One of my 2012 resolutions was to return to writing prose, my last effort
being almost four years ago during the Oxford creative writing diploma. That
seemed a long time ago, probably because it was, when I started writing this
morning. A mix of anxiety –could I write anything that wasn’t a draft poem or
scholarly – and excitement. My aim was 100 words, some flash fiction for a
competition I saw on Twitter. The challenge was to submit a story, linked to a
song/piece of music by next Tuesday. Did it, great afterglow, left to rest for a
couple of hours and then submitted. Now it feels so good to have started again,
just writing, and slowly, the flash fiction is safely just longer than a small
stone (there’s 8 of those out there now) so now I'm thinking maybe a short
story
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Meanwhile, I’ve dyed some yarn for the very first time. Took the easy route
using an all-in-one dye and just 500 gm of yarn … looks good now drying on the
rack in the heat from the burner. I used the microwave and endless bowls and
buckets … my thumb is also crimson so thicker gloves next time. Might try two
colours and read up abut how to dye cotton fabric for patchwork.. If anyone has
experience of this please share this with me. I certainly learnt by experience
today –my yarn soaked in dye solution needed 15 mins in our microwave not the
ten suggested in the book and putting the dye then the soaked yarn in the bowl
resulted in more even colour. But, I like the slight shading, only that yarn has
that subtle hint of dark, light and in between.Next task is to wind it into
balls when its dry and start to knit. Pictures soon.
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