even though some things/places are cooling down, i’m heating up and reviving the indigo.
and even though i have a tree full of persimmons and love how they can create such a lovely dye, I can never bring myself to cut them green and not enjoy eating and sharing their deliciousness. plus a squirrel family has taken a liking to them.
Shibori Girl 
Ah, Beautiful! The only Japanese word I know without thinking is ‘kaki’: persimmon.
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it’s a good one~
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slowly going and thinking. nice.
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Some slow days are necessary to the process.
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I have this sort of Persimmon tree also, and am curious about how to make the dye. The squirrels and raccoons have a lovely time with the ones I can’t reach!
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traded some for some fresh rosemary with which to roast some walnuts.
the squirrels are eyeing the walnuts…i can feel their eyes through the window…
and check out neki’s blog- a moveable feast- top of the left sidebar on a post about making kakishibui.
or here:
http://www.kakishibui.com/
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Thanks, Glennis…
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The Persimmon is beautiful. I’m wondering about dyeing with cranberries. They made such a beautiful mess on my stove this Thanksgiving, I wanted to stop cooking and see about dyeing with it!
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they might leave a pretty good stain…
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My goodness me, I had no idea that indigo could be revived by heating. Where might I find instructions for how to do this please?
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hmmmm…Gently heat and add a tsp of thiourea dioxide to reactivate a chem vat. Check ph and add soda ash if needed.
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i understand about the persimmons and the squirrels…
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There’s enough for all of us…
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