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Singapore Postcard: Javanese Grasshopper
by Catherine Carter-Evans
Another gigantic tropical insect for you! These guys are about the size of an adult finger with gorgeous yellow and black stripes.
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Works in Process: The rug project
by Catherine Carter-Evans
My rug project is not going as planned. Since it seems like you can’t swing a cat without bumping into someone’s curated list of everything that’s ...
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Singapore Postcard: Gotcha!
by Catherine Carter-Evans
Finally! This gorgeous fellow is a carpenter bee. I have been trying to photograph one for months. As soon as I get my camera ready, zoom - gone. T...
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Works in Process: Refurbishing a rug
by Catherine Carter-Evans
This is my kitchen rug. I bought it at Apa Ini in Portland sometime in the early 2000s. It’s an assortment of old rugs re-sewn into a patchwork, an...
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Singapore Postcard: Kampong Chicken or Red Jungle Fowl?
by Catherine Carter-Evans
Exhibit A: A bird at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, helpfully identified on an interpretive plaque as a Red Jungle Fowl.
Exhibit B: A kampong chic...
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Works in Process: Play Tent
by Catherine Carter-Evans
Approved by Rufus.
A few months back, a team of landscapers was trimming back the bamboo outside my home. They cut down some huge pieces which I wa...
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Singapore Postcard: Blue Pea Flower
by Catherine Carter-Evans
I wish my camera could accurately capture the color of these flowers. They are so blue the camera thinks they’re purple!
A member of the pea family...
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Works in Process: Gradients
by Catherine Carter-Evans
Gradients are all I want to dye this week! Here are a few beauties from a recent dye run.
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Singpore Postcard: Oleander Hawk Moth
by Catherine Carter-Evans
Spotted this quite large and very cool moth while walking Zissou (my dog). He or she is without a doubt the biggest moth I’ve ever seen.
A quick re...
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Works in Process: Adventures in over-dyeing
by Catherine Carter-Evans
It happens.
Indie dyers sometimes end up with skeins from the same dye lot that can look like they’re not even from the same county.
I bought a swe...
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Singapore Postcard: Monitor Lizards
by Catherine Carter-Evans
Easy there, big fella.
Spotted this guy or gal at the Botanic Gardens, digging through the leaf litter and eating earthworms.
Monitor lizards are b...
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Works in Process: The weaving continues
by Catherine Carter-Evans
My scrappy weaving project continues. I think I have about 4 yards of warp left, and I’m moving into the blue-green end of the spectrum. Really hop...
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