Silk Stitches

Every few days I pick up my stitching--usually, when I don't want to 

concentrate on knitting--

This is my Snowman Christmas blocks--I turned to my embroidery box with

all my threads (wish I had more!!) and pulled out my handspun silk bobbins--

I had forgotten I had these to stitch with--The silk is single ply

and the above has been dyed with indigo

My handspun silk pulls nicely through the cloth and is strong

to resist any tugging--no breaking on this yarn!  

Oh, how I love the indigo color!  I think one day

I'll stitch all my blocks with indigo silk thread (handspun, of course!)

I also have other natural dyed handspun silk threads in

my handy dandy box--I did these when I held a natural dye

workshop--not hard to make a small skein and throw it in

the dyepot along with the other skeins--here I have some

over dyed greenish gold--dyed yellow, dipped into indigo--yellow and

blue make green!

I also use madder, cochineal and logwood--