tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post216821209942971862..comments2024-01-01T21:19:43.721+13:00Comments on THE LAST VISIBLE DOG: Weaving with NZ FlaxKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-66822625281261378392009-12-21T17:07:03.721+13:002009-12-21T17:07:03.721+13:00Well, maybe you could find something up there that...Well, maybe you could find something up there that you could use instead of harakeke, Kerry?<br /><br />Welcome to TLVD, anyway!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-86781432504889430162009-12-21T16:19:30.324+13:002009-12-21T16:19:30.324+13:00Oh this looks like fun. I would like to try it.Oh this looks like fun. I would like to try it.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-56265902256856725292009-12-17T08:28:03.048+13:002009-12-17T08:28:03.048+13:00Of course that should have been 'NOW you have ...Of course that should have been 'NOW you have me humming...' Should wear my glasses instead of guessing, eh?Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-4711217563907923242009-12-17T08:10:30.456+13:002009-12-17T08:10:30.456+13:00Yes Alden. Not you have me humming Carole King...Yes Alden. Not you have me humming Carole King's 'Tapestry'<br /><br />Hello Sunny! Thanks for your comment. The last one contains strips that I dyed 'progressively' - ie I made a bunch into a loop, held the ends, then, over the course of a couple of minutes, I dipped less and less into a hot dye-bath. So the middle of each strip was darkest, and got progressively lighter and lighter towards the ends. Made an interesting graded, soft effect, even in a very naive little Kete like this.<br /><br />Yes YP. I sometimes yearn for a simper, more 'grassroots' type of life. However we must beware of 'Noble Savaging'. The Maori had a tough life, not least because NZ flax is hard to work, and cold to wear! Imagine the only way you are going to be warm this winter is if you not only weave your whole garment by hand, you also have to tie EACH tiny feather on. No mammal fur, you see? Not the tiniest bear, wolf or cat or mink or rabbit...Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-12268976821628925372009-12-17T04:21:08.030+13:002009-12-17T04:21:08.030+13:00How expert the old Polynesians were in making the ...How expert the old Polynesians were in making the most of the island environments in which they found themselves. A world without shops where the comforts of life and the level of your survival depended upon your own ingenuity and the social bonds you had made with others. There must have been something amazingly satisfying about living like that. They were masters of their own destinities - unlike we "westerners" who sometimes seem like pawns in a vast international game over which we have no influence.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-68135546174594899812009-12-17T01:15:51.873+13:002009-12-17T01:15:51.873+13:00outstanding, katherine.
thank you again,
for a v...outstanding, katherine.<br /><br />thank you again, <br />for a very informative and<br />interesting post.<br /><br />:-)<br /><br />not sure if its just the photo,<br />but that multi-colored weave at the end is just stunning.<br /><br />congratulations on another artistic endeavor gone right.<br /><br />..<br />.erobARE-eYED sUNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274024134490490172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-3242133689366067102009-12-17T00:42:12.440+13:002009-12-17T00:42:12.440+13:00I like the idea of weaving, it's a metaphor fo...I like the idea of weaving, it's a metaphor for life itself really - and we all weave our own stories over a lifetime (some of us weave a few extra ones on our blogs :-)Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.com