Okay.Having spent much of my adult live immersed in and teaching American Lit (and, importantly, having cynically disparaged it and a lot of other things during my misspent yute) I feel I can say with some credibility that Young Jefferson felt it was important to criticize a standing president WHEN HE DESERVED IT but Older President Jefferson didn’t think so much of the whole mishegas. I think Franklin thought EVERYone was fair game...

some update picsThe Faroese dyed:The Faroese drying:I think I’m going to overdye it with a very weak black/grey solution to try to mitigate some of the brightness. This IS what I was going for, but it didn’t bleed/blend as well as the test strip I made.The front of Jim’s baby sweater:And the glorious back:That ugly carpet is courtesy of the Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport.I got the pattern here, but had to play with it a bit to get...

some update picsThe Faroese dyed:The Faroese drying:I think I’m going to overdye it with a very weak black/grey solution to try to mitigate some of the brightness. This IS what I was going for, but it didn’t bleed/blend as well as the test strip I made.The front of Jim’s baby sweater:And the glorious back:That ugly carpet is courtesy of the Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport.I got the pattern here, but had to play with it a bit to get...

My DH sent me this link. Too good not to share.

My DH sent me this link. Too good not to share.