The Fine and the Makeshift

5/22/2018

What's not to love
about a mahogany Hepty
or a handmade mast
awaiting its boat's new deck ?

How not to salivate
over spring greens
flourishing in buckets of compost?

Yet another flax distaff

whipped together before the red osier dogwood got its leaves.

works just fine--
as long as I spin with the proper tool.

And experimental linen yarn

doesn't seem to mind
the precise sett and high tension
of a plastic loom.

What's not to love
about coming to know
when precision matters,

and when the half-assed
is simply
perfect.

Cheryl Silverblatt

5/22/2018 07:45:15 pm

What a beautiful Flax bundle you've made! Tidy and a nice blue and white ribbon to hold it in place. It's perfect -- this from a woman who made a mess of the flax on her distaff. cheryl

Cynthia

5/22/2018 08:36:44 pm

Mwah!!!

Patti Kirch

5/22/2018 10:15:52 pm

Your post is all about Organic goodness, and a hepty and sail boat mast. Oooo, Henry might need a linen sail eh!
wind powered coracle ..wind powered bicycle..

Debra Thomas

5/23/2018 03:38:33 am

Does Henry still make the Heptys? The link in your 2016 post for his Etsy shop links to an empty shop.

Sarah

5/23/2018 09:22:46 am

Hello Debra,

Yes! Henry does continue to make Hepty spindles —just not many during boatbuilding season.
He keeps a list of people who want them though, so when he has a batch ready he can contact each person individually.
The wait is long, but totally worth it in my utterly unbiased opinion ;-)
You can get on the list by writing him directly: henrycedwards (AT) gmail.com

Thanks for letting me know about that link! I’ll go remove it.

Debra

5/23/2018 01:50:06 pm

You're welcome, and thank you for the information. Can you give me a ballpark price for one of these? They look wonderful.

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