brown cloths

when the amazing india's eco colour appeared

i had been playing for some time with rust

and mold

and alternative dye processes, 

not knowing what, exactly, i was up to.

since the days of college and extreme frugality

i have been

using old cotton sheeting to dye on.

in those days, i used rit and procion dyes. 

there is an unfinished quilt in the trunk--

in soft reds and blues

(the story of the blue oatmeal comes from this time)

anyway, 

not long after i commenced reading eco colour 

i was dyeing

bundling, adding metals, plants

(and a frond of eucalyptus from the florist)

several days ago i pulled out this cloth

and studied it. 

it's fine. 

 the old cotton

sucked up the available pigments

in tidy patterns  

for christmas, my daughter hannah

knitted a brown cloth. a scarf

to keep me warm. 

her friend jody's pattern

apparently available on ravelry

(i don't do ravelry...)

two brown cloths.

both made from a few fibers...

beautiful