Finally got the shorts woven and assembled. I think it’s cute. I still have to find the proper buttons and a zipper for the back of the shorts. Then I have to canvas the neighborhood for a slim figure willing to model it. It looks okay on the plastic lady but I want to see how it fits a real person.
It didn’t take long to weave considering that there are 21 4″ squares in the top and some 32 in the shorts, if I remember correctly. Plus I made the shorts legs and little longer with the 2X4″ loom.
If you have the Multi loom or a weavette or one of the other little looms you can find the pattern for this one on Eloomination.com

While Randy checked out the nearby trails, I entertained the mosquitoes and wove on my 6″ Multi there by the campfire. The rest of our trip is in the next two posts. More pretty pictures! 🙂

I know you’ve probably seen this picture a billion times, even if you’ve never been there but it is so lovely, it’s worth another look. Randy and I spent a couple days taking pictures and driving around the rim. We stayed in the campground there with a passel of other people… a popular place. 😀 Then we moved on, toured Diamond lake and ended in a nearly deserted campground out in the middle of Oregon, somewhere, I think near the headwaters of the Umpqua River. it was a really enjoyable and relaxing trip. The only drawback was that now that the snow is melting, Oregon’s Deluxe sized mosquitoes were out in full force. I kept a hot campfire going and that kept most of them at bay. A bit of breeze came up now and then and that also helped. But… we were really glad we invested in that trailer! :laugh:
Home again now and back to work in the loom shop!

Mt. Shasta from the east… Wait! Is that steam?! No, guess not, it’s just a little cloud. Whew! Just a little volcanic fun. 😀 I got this great shot at a view point on the way up HWY 97 heading for Crater Lake.

Jack found life got too hard this morning & left us for a better place. June 12, 2009

The reception last night was fun and, I think, successful. Quite a lot of people came and there were good comments and lots of interest in my locally collected and hand-made pigments. I had three oils but the rest of my paintings were painted with Trinity County dirt. The painting above sold along with some small prints. The show will hang for a month so who knows what may happen in that time. But I enjoyed my first gallery experience, in any case. My previous sales were though a local restaurant. Sold many there but the ambiance is totally different! 😀
Now, back to my weaving… 🙂

I think this 1940’s swim suit is a cute playsuit and decided to try it *without* making any changes! 😛 But I really don’t think the way the shorts are made that they are going to fit very well so I might, after all, have to make a few small “adjustments”. 😛 Anyway, it’s woven on the 4″ Multi Loom using A textured yarn from my stash: Bernat Calico. 13% acrylic 9% polyester, 64% cotton, & 19% nylon. It wove up nicely and not sheer, which I thought important for that design. I will need to find a warm model when it’s finished. My last young lady graduated from high school and went away to collage but surely someone around here must have a granddaughter eager to earn a little cash for looking pretty! 😀 If I find one you will see her here.

…Experimentation in their art works. (the part I cut off the article) :blush:

We hung the show today! Margaret brought her paintings in at noon but Marie and I spent most of the day arranging and hanging. The official Opening is Saturday evening at the Art Cruise. I’m excited Got a nice write up in the paper, too, as you see above. 🙂 I sure hope I don’t break my arm with all this self back patting! 😀 …. but I do think it looks rather nice! In fact, I have already had an inquiry from a Gentleman who was hanging his own show next door! Very flattering.
The 3 paintings on the right are mine. Marie is hanging two of Margaret’s.

Good thing I brought these in yesterday, The thunder storms we had today and this evening have the rest of them with their pretty pink faces in the mud. :O The hail didn’t do them any good, either. On the other hand all the rain probably saved us from a lot of lightening fires. I’m told Southern Trinity reported 85 or so from yesterday’s storms. I hope some of this rain got down to them.
It’s still sprinkling out there but I haven’t head any rumbling for awhile. It’s gotten cold, tho. From days in the lower 90’s we’re now 52! Chilly!
But Thank you, Mother Nature… we needed the rain. 🙂