{"id":11251,"date":"2022-03-09T09:15:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T16:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=11251"},"modified":"2022-03-09T09:15:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T16:15:13","slug":"march-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2022\/03\/march-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"March energy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m just acting as if spring is going to arrive. I have faith, although the weather is still wintry. I feel energetic about gardening. I started some leek, shallot, cipollini, and celery seeds indoors. And I ordered seed potatoes today after procrastinating for months. I was late in ordering and I didn&#8217;t have much to choose from. But I only bought half as much as I did last year. I planted them too close last year, I think. Plus there are some potatoes sprouting in the pantry that I can plant to fill out the rows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I washed some remnants yesterday in preparation for dyeing. Or cutting up. Or whatever. Mostly cotton double gauze, some silk. They are nice and soft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_4390.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_4390.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_4390-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I went through all the storage onions and removed the sprouting ones. I had a pile of skins left after this, so into the dyepot they go. A pleasure to make use of these scraps that came from the onions I planted last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_4389.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_4389.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_4389-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And the star weaving is almost done. I just have to finish off the top few passes. I learned this method of four-selvedge weaving from Rebecca Mezoff and Sarah Swett, in an <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/rebeccamezoff.pathwright.com\/library\/fringeless-four-selvedge-warping-with-sarah-c-swett-33457\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">online course<\/a>. I have to go back to the lessons regularly for a refresher on how to do various steps. Sarah recommends really packing in the weft at the end, so the white warps are not even visible. So I have a ways to go. I really like it and I want to make another. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_4388.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_4388.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_4388-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m just acting as if spring is going to arrive. I have faith, although the weather is still wintry. I feel energetic about gardening. 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