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z is for zinnias and zero waste

Zero Waste:

Bread salad is a great way to use up little bits of things, including bread that is not quite as fresh.

Soups, hashes, relishes, chutney are good too.

Next year I am planting zinnias.

 

y is for yellow, yes, and yarn

From the garden.

Yummy yellow beans and lemon cucumber.

Goldenrod from the garden at work.

I brought some home to do some dyeing with, but really need to transplant some of it in my garden.

It's on the endangered list at work...Goldenrod looks a bit weedy and it's in the front entry way.

Cleaning up the yarn stash.

Saying yes to play.

The babies are growing up.

 

oops...another intermission

Monday I realized I hadn't posted something for "y."

Tuesday I thought I'll do it and an use the word "yesterday."

Today is Wednesday and this is all I've got.

Back with "y" and "z" on Saturday or Sunday...

x is for multiplying

The color isn't true in this photo, but the stripes are visible.

Multiply, to increase.

This shawl is built with increases.

Closer, contrasted with white.

Color provided by fresh indigo.

Grown from seed.

Another increase.

Next year I'd like to have a white sweater done to add to the dye pot.

w is for wonder, want, and wool

I wonder what if...

layers

filters

adjust

spin

take action

I went to the fabric store for thread and saw this fabric.  It was want, not wonder. A smaller piece would have been sufficient for a bit of study but I thought "jacket" right away.

There is a  bit more work to do.  Binding for the edges. Maybe a cut down the middle to make it a cardigan?

The first of the dyer's coreopsis to bloom. I have wool to dye tomorrow, maybe a small bundle with this flower?

I wonder...

v is for vegetables, vacation and video

Vegetables from the garden.

Mostly container grown to keep things manageable.

Vacation.

Video, I need to figure this out a bit more but you can see it here.

 

u is for understand and other things

Altered photo.

A different way to understand something?

Under and umbrella shaped.

Things I am saving to up-cycle.

I have some things to paint.

t is for thinking about...

Time.

It passes quicker than I think.

I lost track of it on Sunday and didn't dye anything that I meant to.

There is time still time.

Another shawl. 

They are perfect for the bus.

I've decided to use a different yarn each day that I work on it.

To use up the stash.

Another way to track time.

Someday I'd like a tiny house.

Not tiny enough for this.

Tiny for me.

Tangled and twisted.

Thinking about that too. `                            

intermission: repair, mend, fix, patch

Today seemed like a good day to start making the pouch for first aid supplies that I've been meaning to make.

The hearts will fray a bit. 

I'm okay with that.

s is for salad, shawl, shirt/stitch and summer

Salad: butter lettuce, peaches, sherry vinegar, olive oil with lemon and herbs, scamorza cheese.

Shawl.  The edge is secured and ready for the dye pot. 

Shirt/stitch. It has a few extra seams so that I could use scrap fabric. It's a self drafted pattern inspired by several sources (Spirit Cloth, School of Nomad Arts, Conscious clothing, dosanyc). 

Summer.

It's the season (noun) and it seasons (verb) everything.