Another amazing day… I know I keep saying that but the days just ARE amazing! We started out dropping by Ines University where Thomas teaches part time. We met Dr. Fabien who is the Vice-Rector who is in charge of academic affairs and Professor Nkubito, an instructor of botany, who will be helping us locate specific plants in the morning. We went to our property where we collected leaves and all types of plant and flower specimens to test for dyeing. Linda brought an entire case study of dye plants that grow in Rwanda! I cannot explain what an absolute blessing she is for our wool project!
Once we arrived at the bakery, Linda started working very closely with the widows and helped them prepare a eucalyptus dye bath. She taught them how to make 2-ply yarn and they were ecstatic! When Thomas asked Velonica what she thought about the process, the translation was “excellent”!
Cynthia has been our note keeper. She has been instructed to just follow Linda around and take notes… and believe me… there are many notes to take! I don’t think I have ever seen a laptop follow someone around so much! There is so much to learn!
A very good friend of Linda’s sent 10 beautiful new spinning spindles made from different types of wood from all over the USA. They are lovely. Linda read them a sweet note in French and then had the ladies close their eyes and choose a spindle for themselves. They have been working so hard with their original spindles that were really just for the learning process. Today as they started using their new spindles we told them they were now professionals and they were so happy. The new spindles make their work so much easier and more beautiful than ever. In fact, they didn’t want to stop spinning to prepare the rest of the yarn! They wanted to do nothing but spin the wool!
Tomorrow we will dye the first batch of skeins with the eucalyptus dye and will test some reds! We are all leaning a lot from Linda and are so grateful for her knowledge of the process! It is evident that God is opening up some wonderful opportunities for all of us
Blessings!
Diana
Once we arrived at the bakery, Linda started working very closely with the widows and helped them prepare a eucalyptus dye bath. She taught them how to make 2-ply yarn and they were ecstatic! When Thomas asked Velonica what she thought about the process, the translation was “excellent”!
Cynthia has been our note keeper. She has been instructed to just follow Linda around and take notes… and believe me… there are many notes to take! I don’t think I have ever seen a laptop follow someone around so much! There is so much to learn!
A very good friend of Linda’s sent 10 beautiful new spinning spindles made from different types of wood from all over the USA. They are lovely. Linda read them a sweet note in French and then had the ladies close their eyes and choose a spindle for themselves. They have been working so hard with their original spindles that were really just for the learning process. Today as they started using their new spindles we told them they were now professionals and they were so happy. The new spindles make their work so much easier and more beautiful than ever. In fact, they didn’t want to stop spinning to prepare the rest of the yarn! They wanted to do nothing but spin the wool!
Tomorrow we will dye the first batch of skeins with the eucalyptus dye and will test some reds! We are all leaning a lot from Linda and are so grateful for her knowledge of the process! It is evident that God is opening up some wonderful opportunities for all of us
Blessings!
Diana
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