Pinkness...

So, before I run off to do necessary shopping (otherwise known as "errands"), a note on the silly project for this weekend:

Safflower was used as a dyestuff in period, mostly in China and Japan, and I hazard that the Middle East probably had it as well. Certainly they have pickled turnips which are bright pink...anyway.This link is what I used for my instructions. I didn't use enough safflower--I'd only bought a half-ounce at Holy Land, after all--so I did not get the incredibly vibrant pink that Kass got. But, I did get pink. And the linen scrap that I'd thrown in with the cotton towel is also pink, as is the linen bag that I sewed the flowers into. I think when I do this next I will have to put the flowers in pantyhose or something. Also, not all the pink came out of the towel.

But the silk is definitely pink. A light, delicate pink, but when it was wet and mushed together you could see that more of it would have made a very vibrant, almost neon pink. Therefore I am going to have to do this again, so I can laugh in the faces of those who say that neon pink is not period. Yes it is! Here's my proof, neener neener neener.

I am going to rescue the elderberries from Edwin's fridge today, and figure out how much silk I will need for a chemise, then I will try dyeing silk with elderberry and see what I get. I can't wait.

Aaiiigh!

Sitting here calmly, catching up on LJ, when I hear that sound. If it's nice weather, we leave the kitchen door open so the girls can sit in the doorway and watch the world go by. Unfortunately this also means that they can watch neighbor felines go by (because, like an idiot, I planted the catnip right next to the door), and that usually results in a pretty substantial amount of feline agitation. Which usually results in the dulcet tones of a cat fight. Not a sound I was expecting, so I jumped, and splashed a bit of my water about.

Sigh. I do not want to wake up at five a.m. to cats trying to kill each other in the living room. I just don't. Hopefully they will have calmed down enough so that won't happen *crosses fingers*.

I hope so. I really really hope so.