Author: Pia

Nettle-along project page

PiaSpinning

I’ve only added a few things to the Page due to health issues, next post will appear in a couple of weeks.

I’m beginning to suspect that the info about saving stalks for a year is incorrect. Looking through an old booklet suggests that “people of old” processed their nettles in the fall. I’ll try to write a summary and translate it because there is a lot of interesting information in there, including a few chuckles:

In Swedish from Carl von Linné 1749: “Nätslor voro här plÃ¥ckade till grönkÃ¥l, sÃ¥som det allmänt sker i Sverige om vÃ¥rtiden, sÃ¥ længe denna nätsla är späd och ännu ej en fingers lÃ¥ng… Somliga lägga till denna sin nätsle-kÃ¥l bladen av ängelöken eller körfvel, at kÃ¥len mÃ¥ fÃ¥ en angenämare smak; andra bruka plÃ¥cka bladerna af sqvaller-kÃ¥l … och Ã¥tskilliga andra växter, utan Ã¥tskillnad, hvarigenom ofta händer, at folket, som äta kÃ¥len blifva vimmerkantiga.”

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Soap suds – sæbetest 2

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soap02

Last month I received a gift of handmade, natural soaps and now that I’ve been using them I can definitely say that they keep their promise. In between cats, horses, paint, dye chemicals, gardening and the usual reasons, I wash my hands a lot and had been noticing that my knuckles have become very dry and scruffy over the winter. Now that is completely gone without any use of lotion, my hands are very soft again.

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Random memes

PiaChit Chat

Just a few that caught my eye the past week. And yet there’s a definite trend here… And since I’m completely stressed out by life happenings at the moment, this is all I have to offer for now.

box

Actually this is not true of me. I have a million boxes but I don’t always remember what’s in which ones. 😉

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Nettle-along

PiaShow-and-tell

Motherowl asked me if I would host a study group for making nettle yarn. I know some of the bloggers that I follow have already tried this with varying results, but since I like to get my own hands-on failures I’m going through with this project anyway. So I’d love for everyone to chime in, newcomers as well as those who already have the t-shirt. The more info we can gather in one place, the better!

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