Dear Christi, 
    Here goes i hope from what we lost last msg. 
     I would not like to discourage you about the needles you gathered 
from the ground [i tried to do it that way at first and they are a 
pretty rust color] but it is an awful lot of work.  You will find that 
only about 5 out of 100 needles obtained that way are useable. 
Problems:  the needles do not fall until they are exhausted and so are 
already brittle-when you moisten them for weaving they get flexible but 
when they dry they go back to brittle, usually people or animals have 
been walking on them-also a long fall to the ground- so they are often 
damaged, then you come along, rake them up, put them in a bag and move 
the bag around.  By the time all this has happened most of them are 
totally ka put'.  
    The way i recommend is to cut a bunch of yarn or string [8-12 inches 
long.  Then listen for chain saws and pick the needles by the large hand 
ful and bind them in the middle.  They are then dried in the bundles [in 
the sun for a tan, or in the shade or dark for a soft green.  After they 
are dried, they can be turned chocolate brown by air trapping them with 
ammonia. 
    Shalom,ll 
 
 
 
 
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