{"id":142,"date":"2009-10-20T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/?p=142"},"modified":"2009-10-20T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-20T15:30:00","slug":"safflower-and-cochineal-shibori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/?p=142","title":{"rendered":">Safflower and Cochineal Shibori"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>><\/p>\n<p>I may not get things done in a timely fashion, but it seems to me that I\u2019m <em>always<\/em> juggling too many diverse things.&#160; In the midst of my shibori ideas, I went sailing with my husband for five days over the Columbus holiday down in the Chesapeake.&#160; I also got quite a bad cold which slowed me down\u2026<\/p>\n<p>So\u2026back to shibori!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SvLwF3BmGoI\/AAAAAAAABcE\/7dcuDQBANxs\/s1600-h\/Oct.09Shirboriworkshop17.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 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