I’m sorry about the silence of these last weeks. First I was very busy here in Bäckedal, because I travelled on 16th October to London for two weeks. When I came back, I got a terrible cold, which is actually still going on a bit.
So, a status update: Because textile course is felting in tat house where we usually tan skins and hides, I can’t do almost anything there just now. I’m only stirring the bark bath of the cow hide every day. It smells terrible, though process goes on fine – the smell which fastens to your hands doesn’t disappear even if you wash your hands about two hundred times after stirring. Actually, it stays after taking a shower too. It means that I’m continually smelling like a rotting cow to the beginning of January, when I’ll take the cow hide up.
I’m still couching a lot so I try to do light work, which means spinning very actively. I have been way too lazy and, also because of travelling and the cold, have lost more than three weeks of active working time. I also lost some time for felting woollen things for me just because felting is so fun. Trallala. Hopefully I’ll manage to be more energetic.
Hemp stems are also still waiting for braking – the only problem is, that winter has came to Härjedalen and it’s something like -4 Celsius and snow out there, so braking isn’t very pleasant work just now… I can do it inside too, but then I’ll breath all the dust inside my lungs.
I haven’t still taken any pictures about my wool and spinning. I try to remember to do that soon.
