Crafty things

We are on a textile tour so we have done a couple of workshops. The first one was a stencil which was a lot of fun and not too challenging. The colors are great.  We had a Dutch instructor who had been teaching English to high school kids but thought this was way more fun.

A real live wire.

Here is my room mate Arline working hard.

The finished product.

The second workshop was a shibori tie dye workshop. This one gets mailed to us after it is dyed.

I have a new appreciation for those people who tie all those knots.

All knotted up

This is what the final product will look like. I picked dark blue.

This is what the real stuff looks like.

Arimatsu, the  town where we did the workshop is a couple of hours from Kyoto by bus. It is full of old buildings which were very attractive, what I think Japan should look like.

This is a 200 hundred year old building

With a beautiful garden 

Phone booth

Many buildings have these stepped shudders to keep out fires. They are closed and sealed with mud. Go figure.

This is the cover for the fire hydrant.