[Dr. Susan Pavel]
Okay. Funny story. So, when uncle and I were first dyeing, doing the natural dyeing, you know, some of it was experiment. Like, we didn't know, like we just didn’t know, I mean, some of the things we knew, like the Oregon grape, we knew, alder bark somewhat.
So, some things we knew, but we would, go on these driving expeditions, him and I, and we would just kind of experiment, honestly.
On one of these driving times, I'm driving, he's in the passenger seat, and we were just driving like, hey, what about that plant? What about this plant?
You know, so we're driving by this field of white daisies, you know, white daisy things. And I, I'm like, you know, I'm all excited, right? Because these are fun trips. We’re just experimenters, tramping around in the woods and stuff, and, I'm like, hey, uncle, what about these white daisies?
And I'm driving, and he doesn't say anything, and I'm like, I look over at him and he's like, honey, girl, the yarn is already white.
[Gail White Eagle]
So sometimes Bruce and I would sit and wave until like 3 or 4:00 in the morning if I was on a roll, he would just let me weave, and he would always sit right behind me and watch me weave. And I was just weaving away. And all of a sudden — "you made a mistake 25 rows back", and I turn, and I look at him and he goes "right there, 25 rows back, what are you going to do?"
And I said, I'm going to take it out. So, I took it out 25 rows and then started over again. And that was a big teaching for me, because you should check every row.
