I wove Tyler a mini skirt with two Tiny squares and knitted rib waistband. Fit’s her perfectly! I’m working on a top for it next. Looks good with her new cardigan, tho. Next I’m going to see what fancy, designer type yarns I may have in stash and see if I can weave her a party gown. I’m having a blast with my new doll!

Hope you’re finding fun things to weave. 🙂

I think this was from an old dishwashing detergent ad. But it probably should read … “misuse”. Still, it’s hard to get though a day if you are being cautious all the time. Things happen! 😛 There’s broken nails, hangnails, callouses, other cat scratches, nicks, nail bruises from a bad aim with the hammer and mysterious marks I have no idea where they came from.
But, heck… I do really use my hands! Other than a bit of carpel tunnel now and then and some arthritis in my right thumb, they are still doing a good job for me in spite of a little roughness and a few semi permanent stains! :laugh:
Hope you are getting good mileage from yours. And keeping them warm! 🙂

Well, we got it home at last. This is the traveling motel room we’re taking on our spring journey to visit the kids and our country. We’ll take a practice run later this winter and I’ll let you know how we like it! Himself just announced that we’re buying a new mattress for it. :laugh:

Here’s my scarf. I posted a close up below here but this is the overview. It was fun to do and I think even a small child could manage it. If you ‘google’ there are several sites giving instructions & it’s a great way to get kids ‘hooked’ on fiber crafts! I remember back in the Olden Days, we used to make endless cords with 4 strands of leather or plastic strips. And then there was friendship bracelets, a fine thread version of macrame`. Well, I’m sure we all went though it and here we are today…still at it! 😀

This is the scarf I made by finger knitting a skein of Lion Brand Jiffy Thick & Quick yarn. The band says there are 84 yards (76 m). It made a long rope, too long to be practical as a scarf so I finger crocheted it …made a chain… so shorten. It’s maybe a bit too short now. I could work it tighter and lengthen it that way but I think that would destroy the texture of it some. It’ll do and for a child it would be even better, of course. It’s also better this way for those of us who are uncomfortable with a ‘rope’ around our necks! :laugh: But it was fun to make and I’m going to have to try at least one more with some of that ‘fur’ novelty yarn I’ve bought for some unknown reason! 😛

This is my first large lady doll. Not counting the widow and the cloth dolls I made myself. The is a Tonner doll, for those of you ‘in the know’. I only learned of them when I joined a doll group on Ravelry and accidentally bought this one on ebay. But I’m glad I did. She’s very pretty. I spend three days knitting and reknitting this skirt from KnitPicks Lace weight wool and am still not really happy with it. But she is clothed, anyway. She came in a teddy and stockings. I’ve put them away for safe keeping but I love her little shoes.
Anyway… This is what I have been doing while Himself is on jury duty. Tomorrow I get back to painting. My frame stuff should be here this week sometime.
Stay warm and find something fun to fiber!

Sorry it’s been so long since I posted. I’ve been so busy doing nothing that I just forgot! :O Oh well. Some weeks are like that. We were supposed to go get our new (to us) 5th wheel trailer this week but Randy got Jury Duty so it will probably be another week, at least. I am taking the dogs to town for ‘maintenance’ today and will attend the artist’s get-together as well. But what i have been doing really, is playing. Found a knitted doll pattern on Ravelry and have been playing with her. This is Aretha in her heavy sweater. She’s sporting gold hoop earrings now, too, but this photo was taken before she got them. I am still knitting doll clothes, but now for Tyler Wentworth, a lady doll I bought on eBay. Yes, I know… it’s time to get back to work! I ordered some experimental frames for the art so when they come i will get busy. I want everything ready for the Big Show before we leave.
Hope you’re getting some playtime, too!

Sorry it’s been so long since I posted. I’ve been so busy doing nothing that I just forgot! :O Oh well. Some weeks are like that. We were supposed to go get our new (to us) 5th wheel trailer this week but Randy got Jury Duty so it will probably be another week, at least. I am taking the dogs to town for ‘maintenance’ today and will attend the artist’s get-together as well. But what i have been doing really, is playing. Found a knitted doll pattern on Ravelry and have been playing with her. This is Aretha in her heavy sweater. She’s sporting gold hoop earrings now, too, but this photo was taken before she got them. I am still knitting doll clothes, but now for Tyler Wentworth, a lady doll I bought on eBay. Yes, I know… it’s time to get back to work! I ordered some experimental frames for the art so when they come i will get busy. I want everything ready for the Big Show before we leave.
Hope you’re getting some playtime, too!

Randy and I have been making a trip between Christmas and New Years, up to Ashland, OR. Staying at the Ashland Springs Hotel, a historical hotel in downtown. It’s a lovely place with an excellent restaurant and we can walk thought the shops along the street and even visit Websters yarn shop! Lovely! I didn’t spend quite as much on yarn and we do on hotel, food, and petrol, but I still came home with a nice addition to stash! But this is a Business Expense, you know. I am planning to make woven items/patterns to promote the looms. It’s a tough job but somebody has to do it! 😉
Had a nice visit with Sis & BIL, who, by the way, were kind enough to dog-sit for us for the weekend as well. We took in a play and bought an RV… An older used 5th wheel to take on our spring trip back east to visit the kids and celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. I’m excited about this as we hardly ever go anywhere & this will be the longest trip we’ve taken together.
But to explain the photo above… This tailless raccoon and the tiger kitty were exploring at the back door to the hotel. They seemed to be acquainted, at least they were not bothered by the proximity of the other. And not much bothered by mine. Of course my camera was set to take snow pics so most of what I did get washed out. Well… I’m a fiberist, not a pohotog, after all! :laugh:
Wishing you all a prosperous new year, and a safe one. I hope you’ll spend a least a little of your new Year’s Day counting your blessings. In spite of the bleak outlook the media gives us, I think we can all find some sunshine in our lives!
Happy New Year!

Yes, I thought you could! :laugh: Here’s the view from my bedroom window of Randy shoveling his way to the loom shop. There sits the newly fixed loader with a slight problem. The battery is dead and when it was parked last time it wasn’t parked straight so that he can’t get the battery compartment open! :angry: I’m guessing if things got too bad he’d find a way, but so far the snow seems light and dry and pretty easy to shovel or sweep. We had just a tad of rain last evening but it froze and it’s snowing dry again this morning. Been alternating between heavy falls and almost stopping. I’m enjoying watching it from here by the fireside as I sit spending some quality time with my looms! 😀

Hope you are staying warm and dry, too! Happy weaving!