I am getting better with this loom. Starting to figure some things out. My selvages are still nothing to brag about but they do, I think, show some improvement. And I am trying to be patient with unweaving and fixing mistakes that I find as I go along. I’m sure more will show up once the fabric is off the loom but still… You know that saying about the running horse! :laugh:

Along with this kind of weaving comes things called Thrums. It’s the left-over or “waste” yarn from weaving on big looms. Lots of people come up with neat things to use these short bits for but the small hand looms offer many possibilities which I have been exploring. The furry looking one was woven on the 7″ square. I tied the 11″ bits together with an overhand knot leaving tails of 3/8″ or so. It was slow-ish weaving as the tails wanted to hang up but it was not difficult. Then I felted them in the washing machine. I love the look. These two are going to become a needle book for my yarn needles but I can see many uses for them. This was wool; all but the center triangle square have been fulled, but not felted. It makes a nice fabric. That center triangle square was woven on a multi loom triangle which was a special order for Randy to invent! He rose to the challenge. 😀

Since I bought this nice used Baby Wolf loom I thought I ought to learn to use it so when Randy said he had a class for his water master certification Eureka, an artistic town, I started looking for weaving classes and found Linda Hartshorn at the Ink People for the Arts studio. Our trip did not fit any of her class schedules but she said she could give me private lessons. That’s why you see nobody at all those looms. Wednesday evening they are busy but today only that one in front was going with me on it. Linda had stepped out for a sec when I took the photo. I am so glad I went! I learned soooo much today! I think I am going to be able to weave on this loom and maybe even eventually be able to translate some weaving patterns to the small frame looms as weavers keep asking of me. X your fingers!
I’ll just add that if you get a chance to take lessons from Linda -do it, she’s a fabulous teacher! 😀

The wood shed is nearly full. Good thing the warm(ish) weather is holding as he was a little late with it this year! 😛 We have not yet had a frost but we did have a nice heavy 3 day rain to wet things down and put an end to fire season.
I would be pleased to see this “Indian Summer” continue for a couple more weeks. A nice foot of snow the week after Christmas would be good, but till then… Let the sunshine in!

I am estimating about 8 thousand feet, maybe a bit below that. Shasta looked really good, it’s been bare but for the glaciers most of the summer. but there was snow on Mt. Eddy, too, which is just a bit over 9000′. This is looking into the Alps. None on our 7200′ Billy’s Peak yet. Anyway, I’m glad to see it & hope its a sign of more to come.
I went out to the Winery today with the Trinity Artists. We were there to paint the fall colors. I did three little post card sized water colors while the rest of the group were testing the winery’s wares! I left about the time they were all setting up to paint. Not sure what will come of that as they were testing quite a few! 😉 But it was nice to see the ladies again. Haven’t painted with them in quite awhile.
Now I guess I’ll get back to my looming. Hope you are having a lovely fall! 🙂

I copied this photo from HandWoven magazine, in case anybody wants to turn me in. This lady, it says, is 84 years old. Take a look at her hands. She hasn’t let a little thing like that stop her from weaving. She makes me ashamed of griping about my hands hurting with my little bit of arthritis.

Weather had been chilly, we’ve had an occasional fire. We also had a really great rain, put an end to fire season. More rain is predicted for tomorrow.

I’m trying to get my new Baby Wolf Loom warped. This business is much harder than weaving on our own looms! I haven’t gotten very far with that, but I did get a 12″ square woven for a project
I am trying. Much more relaxing! lol I thought I ought to learn, tho. I was told this fall, by a customer, that I ought to publish some patterns for textured and lace weaves for our looms. Well, the truth is… I don’t know any. That’s why I weave on these! They’re easy. But I thought if I got acquainted with Big Loom weaving I might be able to translate some of those pattern to small looms.
Hummm… We’ll see. :hehe:

We’re home again and I posted several new photo’s. You need to scroll down and start from the bottom since this blog posts botton up. All should be dated today, Oct 11.

The last park we visited was Lassen. We stopped at the vents. If you enjoy the smell of hot sulfur you would like this steamy spot! I took a little video of one vent but I don’t know how to post those. They whistle and steam like your teapot, but don’t smell as nice! The vents have been moving around since I visited last, too. We can no longer walk the trail among them and it looks like they might even undermine the road one of these days. The volcano is suppose to be dormant (that’s not extinct!) but it still reminds us that it’s hot down there. :O
We’re home again now and have been spending the afternoon shooing the deer out of the yard. They have pretty much eaten off every plant out there. All my mums are gone, they even ate grandmother’s Christmas cactus that i thought would be okay. Guess we won’t get any flowers again this year. I’m sure it will come back, but I think I’m going to find an old fashioned wrist rocket and do my best to discourage them. :angry:

And around Lake Tahoe. This is Emerald Bay on the north west side of the lake (I think). Very pretty. It really is a beautiful spot. Half in California and half in Nevada.

Over the nearly 10,000′ Tioga pass and down into the desert we visited Mono Lake. It has some fantastic mineral formations but the shore is fragile so I did not venture near. A big blue spot in the sands.