When I was younger my favorite color was blue (still is) and my least favorite color was yellow. I always thought, yuck, wearing yellow makes people look sick. To this day I don't own a single article of clothing that's yellow but that's about to change. Basically I never gave the color yellow a fighting chance and thought I never would.
HOWEVER, my mind was blown yesterday When I saw the above photo from NYTimes Fashion and was in awe of the beautiful shades of gold that in theory should not look good... but somehow... and so I'm deciding to give the color yellow another opportunity to wow.
My next weaving project will be a naturally dyed kimono style poncho/ jacket. Really simple design to let the yellow become the focal point. I'm using 100% organic cotton: I snagged the warp yarn from Voices of Industry who sourced from small business cotton farmers in west Texas. And the weft yarn I chose is beautifully variegated in texture to create a subtle woven landscape of yellow cotton.
I'm dyeing the yarn with Osage wood (maclura pomifera) shavings which I've never tried before but had previously ordered from Maiwa in Canada. Equally inspired by the beautiful Osage photo in Kristine Vejar's natural dyeing book
Very excited for this project and I figure (worst case scenario) if I don't like the yellow then I over dye it with indigo and voila... green! Wish me luck!
Coming up... Images of the dyed yarn and setting up my loom.
