Flax and Wool Homework

Jessica — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:33:15 +0000

Shopping

I “gathered” wool from Mill End Factory Outlet. I looked for felt fabric that I loved, but I guess modern felt is made of 100% Acrylic. So, I purchased a yard of Ralph Lauren wool from the remnant pile. Beats finding a sheep to sheer, no?

I picked up a box of flax seeds from the grocery store. Thanks to my Mom I figured out that flax is all over the place in the health foods niche. Nice. I guess I’ve spend too much time buying Jell-O and non-dairy coffee creamer to notice.

Anyway, let my eager hands work!

I’m thinking muffins with flax and some sort of accessory with the wool.

I had to literally buy thread and needles to even entertain the idea of making something with fabric. Plus, do flax muffins taste like cardboard?

We’ll see how it goes!

Love,

Jess

Works With Eager Hands

Jessica — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:47:13 +0000

Just a Blink Readers: I will pick and choose the order in which the verses from Proverbs 31:10-31 are “learned about”. I think I’ll clump together the husband verses down the road a bit. Hey, it’s my blog I can wreck it up if I wanna.

Proverbs 31:12
13 She selects wool and flax  and works with eager hands.

Hang on a second, I need to go sheer a sheep and pick some seeds, then eagerly mix them together. Oh wait, I live in 2010, in suburbia, with not a clue what to do with wool and flax.

Research needed.

Wool

Did you know that felt was made from wool? I love felt. I guess some ancient people put clumps of wool in their sandals so they wouldn’t get blisters. By the time they walked a long way, the wool turned into felt under their feet. Flash forward a few thousand years.

Now look, it’s pretty…and less smelly I’m sure.

photo credit from Wikipedia

Flax

Flax can be used to make linseed oil, vitamin supplements and even a type of hair-do product. One of the oldest clothing remnants ever found was made from flax fibers.
And look, it’s pretty too…

Eager Hands

I don’t have seeds of flax or clumps of wool to put into my eager hands. I do have the opportunity to gather supplies for useful purposes.

To me, Proverbs 31:12 is basically like going shopping at craft, fabric or thrift stores. Hmmm…yes I just made thrift stores biblical.

Well, my hands to love to create with materials that I have on hand or that have been eagerly albeit thriftily gathered from my surroundings (garage sales).

I’ve done my research. Now, it’s time for homework.

Create with wool and flax. I’ll show you what I come up with next week. I see felt in my future…