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Progress on my project with ! .school
11/12/2025

Progress on my project with ! .school

Ok, I am interrupting my Festive Folktale Advent reveals to announce that I have finally started ! Yes, I still intend...
09/12/2025

Ok, I am interrupting my Festive Folktale Advent reveals to announce that I have finally started ! Yes, I still intend to do the October and November lessons. My yarn dyeing and Advents got in the way! Here is the first of my fodder for and ! .school

Day 6 of my Festive Folktale Advent is Lorelei (Geman spelling is Loreley, I believe).This colorway is an inspired by a ...
06/12/2025

Day 6 of my Festive Folktale Advent is Lorelei (Geman spelling is Loreley, I believe).
This colorway is an inspired by a myth from Germany, specifically, a rock formation along the Upper Middle Rhine Valley.
Here is the story of the rock, now a popular destination to see along the Rhine River. The name Loreley first appeared in the romantic ballad by Clemens Brentano in 1801 about a pretty woman disappointed by love called Lore Ley, from the village of Bacharach. Spurned by her lover, she wanted to die. Men were fascinated by her beauty, end even the bishop could not ignore her grace and charm. He sent her into a convent, but the journey was interrupted by the cliff. She wanted to look once again at her beloved castle and her lover, and in desperation and despair, she jumped into the river. Brentano wrote several variations on the same theme and in his Rhine myths and fairytales, the Loreley appeared as the sad Frau Lurley, sitting on a cliff and combing her long, blond hair.
In Heinrich Heine’s 1824 version, fishermen passing below would be so fascinated by the lovely maiden Lorely combing her hair on the cliff top, that they would neglect to watch out for the treacherous rocks and strong rapids and drown. The ballad was put to music by Friedrich Silcher ‘Song of the Loreley’ and has since become famous across the world. And there are so many more songs since about this same Lorelei!

Day 5 of my Festive Folktale Advent is Arachne and the Weaving Contest.This colorway is an inspired by a myth from Greec...
05/12/2025

Day 5 of my Festive Folktale Advent is Arachne and the Weaving Contest.
This colorway is an inspired by a myth from Greece - many fiber lovers are quite familiar with this figure.
I was so excited when I came across this famous Velazquez painting of this exact myth at The Prado in Madrid on a trip I took right after sending out all my Advents this year! It was fate! Of course, I recognized the subject immediately - thanks to my theme this year.
The story of Arachne and Athena is a Greek myth about a mortal weaver who challenged the goddess Athena to a weaving contest. Because she was filled with pride and dared to claim she was better than the goddess, Athena, disguised as an old woman, first offered a warning, but Arachne persisted. After a contest where Arachne’s tapestry was technically perfect, the enraged Athena destroyed the work and struck Arachne with her shuttle. In despair, Arachne tried to hang herself, but Athena took pity and transformed her into a spider, forever doomed to weave…
I can think of worse fates - what do you think?

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