More workshops, bog myrtle
Students from Acharacle primary school look on as I pour some yellow dye down the sink. The dye was made from bog myrtle - a local plant I found out about just after I got here (’rideag’ in Gaelic). The dyes have been coming out very well and the bog myrtle smells great. Kind of like cloves? Every evening in between workshops I’ve been taking a walk to a bog near my place and picking bog myrtle in the midges (the vicious Scottish equivalent of black flies).
The younger the kids are, they more willing they seem to be to improvize with textiles. Older students want to get the pattern just right and get frustrated when things aren’t perfect the first time, but the younger ones just go for it. Making mittens and bags inevitably turns into making puppets, monsters, and accessories.
June 12th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
WoW! We are blogging! and yours is coming along GREAT! I see you are busy with plants and dye… I can really see it because of the great visual presentations of fibrescape. Foregin things are fun and I hope you are enjoying yours. That picture of the little house is breathtaking. I don’t get a lot of that where I live. Keep up the good work
Glad to see everything is coming along be in touch 
June 15th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
I wish I had high-speed Internet so I could look at your blog more! Here on dial-up it takes quite a while to load pictures. Someday when I’m in Baddeck I’ll spend a good long time looking at what must be excellent pictures. I’m glad you’re enjoying yourself! And it’s neat to think about the super-long days… I’ve often wondered how I would handle long days like that.
♥
June 17th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Just a quick note to tell you how much everyone is enjoying your blog. What an amazing time you’re having; we want to see all your photos when you get back.
All the best from all of us!