It’s getting done! I’m excited! I think I’m buying paint tomorrow, tho I don’t suppose he’ll have the texturing done by then, it should be ready to start on Monday, at least. Or maybe Tuesday! :laugh:
You can see the bed frames out by the alder tree, the mattresses are stacked under tarps on the picnic table. Couldn’t get them in the main room, it’s so stacked full already!
Is this “the light at the end of the tunnel?’! :laugh:
We finally have the room done! But… the drywall guy who promised to have the taping and texturing done by the weekend, didn’t show yesterday and didn’t call and wasn’t home when I called him last evening. 😦 I know he has the reputation, but it was still disappointing. I am making a list of paint and stuff I need once he’s done and then I can get some of this stuff out of here and will be able to Walk Though My Studio Again!! 😛 😀
As you can see it’s almost solid stuff! To the right the floor is stacked with bins and boxes with just a narrow isle to the front door. The door you see in the photo is in the new room. 💡 I’m asking for magnetic vibs, to draw the guy over and keep him stuck to the job until it’s done! :laugh:
Thanks for your help!!
I bought this yarn and the mohair at BSG and swatched on #3 & #6 bamboo dps. I wanted fat socks to fit my fat shoes. My regualr socks are too thin for these too wide shoes, but that’s okay because now I can wear my ‘fat’ socks with my shoes instead of having to save them all for winter boots. Anyway, I decided to go with the #6’s because I thought the fabric with the #3’s was a bit stiff. But as you can see, I have plenty of yarn left so I think I’ll do another pair with the smaller needles. I want to try those socks where you knit the heel in last to make the heel and toe replaceable. It’s usually the toe I wear out first, but mostly I just want to try the after-thought heels. I love my colorful fuzzy tops. Dunno how well the locks will stay knitted in, but even if it all sheds out, I’ll still have nice socks. 💡 I’m thinking I’ll spin up the rest of the mo, maybe ply it with some rayon thread I have into a sort of tail-spun. I’ve never done tail spun, but hey! How hard can it be? 😛
Meantime, I have some looms to finish and some drywall to do… 😥
Here in the National forest where fireworks are sensibly not allowed, we celebrate by doing our yard work for the summer! Randy mowed and I pruned and re-dug planter boxes and that sort of thing. Place looks pretty nice now, if I do say so! Here’s the lamb I won at Black Sheep. I planted… what else?… lambs ears! :laugh: I was going to put a begonia in it but found the grass was crowding out my little patch of lambs ears so changed my mind. I think she looks happy with the choice!
My woven bag is making slow progress and Randy has parked the mower and is now in the shop where it’s a bit cooler.
Hope you all have a sparkling 4th and a safe trip home if you’re traveling! 🙂
Whew! Home again! We had a wonderful time in Eugene again this year. Here is Cookie with one of the woven, needle felted bags she made that were pretty much one of the hits of the weekend. We displayed these in our booth and sold quite a few of them, to her delight. Sis sold her two big felted bags and I even sold the diamond felted bag I made, which I hadn’t intended to sell. But we know the most sincere form of flattery, don’t we?! $$ :laugh: There are a lot of weavers with new looms now, too. We visited with a lot of fiber folk again and had a great time. The organizers of this show do a terrific job and I want to thank them for all their work!
…and before you ask, No, it’s not a family reunion! :laugh: It’s a really great fiber fair in Eugene, Oregon.
If you’ve never been, I hope you’ll get a chance to. check it out: http://www.blacksheepgathering.org/
Here I am rubbing down the last loom to go. We’ll stop on the way and pick up Rosy and arrive in time to set up Thursday afternoon. See you soon!!
And before you ask… No, it isn’t a family reunion! 😀 Fiber people know it’s one of the biggest get togethers on the west coast for us do-it-yourself type’s. But anyone who loves quality and luxury yarns will also find much to delight them. spinners, weavers knitters, crocheters, tatters and lacemakers. Not to mention sheep, goat, alpaca, & rabbit raisers are there in abundance, too, selling fleeces, and animals and yarn made from all these.There are animal and fiber events, displays of fantastic arts, a spinners circle, works shops on just about any fiber related subject you could imagine… really, I can’t begin to list all that’s going in there so I’ll just furnish you with the link to the web page and you can go check it out. http://www.blacksheepgathering.org/ I hope many are you are close enough to get to come. It’s worth the trip and Eugene is an interesting town as well.
But it’s me in the photo, rubbing down the last of the looms we need to take along. I’m *almost* ready to go…! 😛
Now … what was it that I didn’t write on the list….? 💡
And before you ask… No, it isn’t a family reunion! 😀 Fiber people know it’s one of the biggest get togethers on the west coast for us do-it-yourself type’s. But anyone who loves quality and luxury yarns will also find much to delight them. spinners, weavers knitters, crocheters, tatters and lacemakers. Not to mention sheep, goat, alpaca, & rabbit raisers are there in abundance, too, selling fleeces, and animals and yarn made from all these.There are animal and fiber events, displays of fantastic arts, a spinners circle, works shops on just about any fiber related subject you could imagine… really, I can’t begin to list all that’s going in there so I’ll just furnish you with the link to the web page and you can go check it out. http://www.blacksheepgathering.org/ I hope many are you are close enough to get to come. It’s worth the trip and Eugene is an interesting town as well.
But it’s me in the photo, rubbing down the last of the looms we need to take along. I’m *almost* ready to go…! 😛
Now … what was it that I didn’t write on the list….? 💡
For all my complaining about the rain this spring, I think I have the prettiest yard I’ve had since the flood took out most of the front garden. This is it, grown up in tall lacy grasses and wild flowers as well as the heartier of what I had planted there. It just seemed so pretty that I had to post this photo a bit larger than I usually use. I had a hard time deciding which piciture to post, too. The dogs and one cat came along and I snapped them in the meadow, as well!
I live in such a pretty place! 😀
This is the rug I’m weaving out of Pendleton selvages. It is 14″ squares and needs at least two more. it’s difficult to weave because it tends to catch on the nails but it makes a really nice rug fabric. Thick and kind of chenille-y. I’m using every other nail.
Hazel Rose 
