Vocabulary lesson.

Vocabulary words for this week:
地震 "Jisshin." (JEE-SHEEN). Earthquake.

津波 "Tsunami." (SOO-nah-MEE). Tidal wave.

火事 "Kaji." (KAH-jee). Fire.

(For good or ill, the reason I know these has to do with their use as titles for taiko pieces. "Tsunami" is the signature piece of San Francisco Taiko Dojo. "Jisshin" and "O-Kaji" are compositions by my sensei.)

More cool tall ship stuff, this time on video.

Shibori mobakama project update.

Three rows have been stitched and tied off. I probably made more work for myself doing it the way I did.



I attempted another ombre "dip dye" on the stovetop, which is a pain in the backside, given that I'm working out of a very tall tamale pot. I managed to lift the fabric back out and get it over a plastic bucket quickly, get the fabric on a couple of skirt hangers and run all of it out of the kitchen, through the living room, out the front hallway and onto our wooden backstairs fire escape where it is presently dripping into said bucket.
Now we wait......