Inspired by Rhubarb
The October Fiber Baristas shipment. This one comes DT Craft & Design from the UK! She sent it along with some candies and a recipe for Rhubarb crumble.
The color is inspired by rhubarb and the included recipe. It’s “Crumble Rumble,” a mix of reds, purples and dark pinks.
It’s amazing how inspiring this poisonous little plant can be! Look at the sampling of pix from Flickr. Many are inspired by its color, taste and texture. The leaves contain oxalates and are poisonous, the stalks not so much. Other plants that we eat that contain varying amounts of oxalates in their leaves are spinach, peas and potatoes.
But it continues to inspire dyers, and apparently me too. Here is Fiesta Boomerang in Rhubarb from my stash.
And Numma Numma ToastyBoo.
And that third one from the left is Rhubarber in Wollmeise.
I find rhubarb inspiring for it means spring and warmth and green growth. And for the next 6 months we will have none of that! Are you inspired by rhubarb?
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my nana has always made rhubarb and strawberry jam, and pie, which I have only recently come to like, but I’ve never liked rhubarb by itself, and some had to tell me that the red color came from the rhubarab as well as the strawberries in the pie!
I am always inspired and amazed at what rhubarb can do. I especially find
the trivia about it quite interesting.
Great Post!
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