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Friday, June 22, 2012

Boredom-can (leiðindadós)


There are days, where my boys are soooo bored and everything I think of, no matter what: they only stick with it for 2-4 minutes and after that, they want something new... does this sound familiar to you? Well, to me it does and that´s why I made the "boredom-can" (leiðindadós)... 

What I did: 
I covered an old cocoa-power-can with pretty owl-paper (keypt i Tiger) and wrote small notes with different acitivities my boys can do on their own like: lego (small), lego duplo, listen to a story (CD), puzzle (big), puzzle (small), paint, play with knights, read books, play football in the garden, Playmo... and whatever I could think of and they like doing on their own. 

The rules of the Boredom-can are really simple - in fact there is only one:
1. Draw a note and do whatever it says for at least 15-30 minutes, or even longer, depending on the activity.

The boys take their turn on drawing a note and until now, they always do what to note tells them to do and love it every single time... and the amazing thing is, most of the time they only have to draw 1-2 notes, and after that the boredom is gone and they start playing like they usally do... 

Keeping my boys busy was really important to me this week, since I´ve been dyeing a lot of yarn (einband, kambgarn and léttlopi) - with madder root  and lichen. Next week I´ll do green-dyeing: lupina flower and "deschampsia caespitosa" (little bit of salmiak afterwards)...

kambgarn, madder root (first dye)

 einband, lichen (first dye)

On the 17. june, the icelandic independence day in the city center of Reykjavík

a picture taken in my favorite part of Reykjavík (west, 101) - I grew up in this neighborhood... some day I´ll move back there...




10 comments:

  1. Wow, your madder root and lichen dyed yarn look gorgeous. Beautiful colours :) I am really looking forward to hear about your next dyes too, it sounds very interesting.
    I picked more lupin flowers today, and the yarn is on the stove right now. It is looking nice, and will be finsihed in a few minutes.

    The boredom-can is great, Kristin, and so fun for your boys :) You have so many wonderful ideas!

    Happy belated Independence Day!
    And have a happy weekend.
    Hugs :)

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    1. Thank you so much Hilde! Lichen is one of my favorite dyestuff, even if I love all natural colors. I was really happy to read, that lupina grows where you live too so you can try this out too! Hope you get a nice color!

      My boys love this boredom-can and get so excited every single time - and that makes me happy too!

      A wonderful weekend to you too Hilde!! Hugs!

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  2. Oh, I forgot to mention; the shawl you are wearing in the photo looks lovely. Did you knit it from plant dyed yarn?

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    1. Thank you so much for the compliment. Yes, the yarn is from my plant dyed yarn and you can read about it in this post - the pattern is a free: http://kh-handcrafts.blogspot.com/2011/08/aeolian-knit-along-done.html

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  3. Hallo Kristin,
    deine Krapp- und die Flechtenfärbung ist wunderbar geworden ...
    Ich hatte mir letztes Jahr Moos mitgenommen und gefärbt ... es wurde aut meinem Färbebuch tatsächlich golden ...
    Betreff Indigo:
    Die sog. "Küpe" ist der fertige Farbsud, Lackmuspapier bestimmt per Farbe den Säure oder Alkaligehalt der Küpe ... durch die Essigessenz kann sie dann neutralisiert werden ...
    Eine Frage: ist es möglich, Lupinen zu versenden?
    Liebe Grüße
    Susanne

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    1. Hallo Susanne,
      vielen Dank für die Informationen - jetzt hat sich mein deutsches Natur-färbe-Vokabular ein wenig erweitert! :-)

      Ich hab auch schon mit grauem Moos gefärbt und auch gelb bekommen. Die Flechte die ich hier verwendet habe ist aber eine andere Sorte (kleiner, härter, meist dunkler und nicht so leicht zu sehen wenn man nicht gezielt danach sucht, findet man häufig an Steinen am Meer).

      Zu der Lupine:
      Mir wurde gesagt, dass getrocknete Lupinenblumen (der lilafarbene Teil der Pflanze) keine Farbe geben - will es aber selber mal ausprobieren um es zu bestätigen. Falls man die Blumen nicht trocknen kann, ist das versenden natürlich unmöglich.
      Das grüne von der Pflanze (gibt eine gelbe Farbe) kann man aber sehr gut trocknen und versenden.

      Liebe Grüsse von Kristín.

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  4. Love the colors of your yarns!

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    1. Thank you so much Judi A. - summer is my favorite yarn-dyeing-season! :-)

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  5. Frábær hugmynd "leiðindabaukurinn" :) og svo er svakalega gaman að skoða allt garnið sem þú ert að lita, yndislegir litir :)

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    1. Sæl Guðný! Þakka þér kærlega fyrir - það er alltaf svo gaman að lesa og heyra þegar fólk hefur gaman af því sem maður er að bardúsa :-) Það besta við leiðindabaukinn er að hann virkar svo vel! Maður ætti eiginlega að gera svona fyrir sjálfan sig...

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