Quillin Weaving

A blog about spinning, dyeing and fiber related things.

Sunday, March 30, 2008



Spring and ribbon, what could be better? This scarf was made entirely of that hand dyed silk ribbon that appeared several posts back. It is the blue and purple colorway and made the lightest weight scarf. It would make a good accent with a jacket or for one of you skinny girls, a belt. It was made on a loom powered by people-power, no electricity involved.

Last night the planet celebrated an hour without the use of electricity. I wish that had been better planned and advertised. There were many places where no one had even heard it was going on. I am a diehard liberal and will leave you with this wonderful quote from Wendell Berry - one our nations greatest thinkers. "The most alarming sign of the state of our society now is that our leaders have the courage to sacrifice the lives of young people in war but have not the courage to tell us that we must be less greedy and wasteful."

1 comment:

DEEP END OF THE LOOM said...

That's a great quote! But I didn't know about the hour without power.