{"id":505,"date":"2011-01-26T09:56:07","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T13:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abbysyarns.com\/?p=505"},"modified":"2011-01-26T09:56:07","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T13:56:07","slug":"morgaines-prayer-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abbysyarns.com\/webshop\/2011\/01\/26\/morgaines-prayer-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgaine’s Prayer Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"

So every year on Super Bowl Sunday, Morgaine at Carolina Homespun hosts a “Spin For Peace<\/a>” event. If you’re in the area and not committed to watching football — or looking for a way to be not committed to watching football — it’s a really great event.<\/p>\n

As 2011 started, Morgaine asked me to make her a series of special batts for the event, and they’re presently on their way to her. We spent a while talking and thinking about images and symbols representing peace, and we settled on a prayer flag<\/a>. With their long and storied history rooted in Indian Buddhist sutras, and repurposing battle flags, I wanted to find things that were symbolic and meshed with that for the underlying theme of all the blends. There are traditionally five colours: blue, green, red, white, and yellow. So I needed a theme that tied all of these together with a message of peace.<\/p>\n

It was a really meditative process, actually. I thought about it a lot. I listened to music thinking about it (hey, I always listen to music when I’m working on blends, but I was a little more specific this time). What finally settled things for me was my favourite version of a classic, much-covered song. <\/a> Go ahead, give it a listen. I’ll wait. <\/p>\n

So. I made an olive branch, and I took a line from the song, and these became the prayer flag.<\/p>\n

\"Morgaine's<\/a><\/p>\n

Green: Olive Branch (Merino\/Tussah Silk\/Alpaca 50\/25\/25)
\nBlue: How Many Seas (65% Merino \/ 20% Rayon From Bamboo \/ 15% Carbonized Rayon from Bamboo)
\nWhite: Must The White Dove Sail (50% Organic Merino \/ 20% Cashmere \/ 20% Tussah Silk \/ 10% Carbonized Rayon from Bamboo)
\nRed: Before She Sleeps (50% Mixed Wools \/ 30% Alpaca \/ 20% Rayon from Bamboo)
\nYellow: In The Sand (50% Merino \/ 25% Tussah Silk \/ 25% Superfine Alpaca)<\/p>\n

But of course it wouldn’t be complete if it wasn’t flying together, so there are a dozen special batts that are called Prayer Flag, because there’s a stripe of each of these in there together. <\/p>\n

\"Morgaine's<\/a><\/p>\n

So. They are done, and they are on their way (along with a little something purple called Namaste, because it seems no shipment to Morgaine is ever complete without a little something purple). Go join Morgaine and spin for peace!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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