I was looking for a certain yarn, which I did not find, but look what I did find. Must have been stashing these ‘practice’ pieces in this drawer for a long time, but had forgotten about them. Don’t know how long they’ve been gathering. But it looks like a project. A creative one. lol Hummm wonder what I can make of this mess! There’s some interesting things here. Wonder if I can remember how I did it and what it was supposed to be for. Nope. Just start again.
The Weave ALong at Ravelry is going along great. There are some very nice doll dresses being completed. If you have not joined yet, there is still time and we’d love to see your version! Meantime, here’s a little hint on assembling small squares faster and easier, in case you haven’t run across this method yet.
A couple of ways to assemble rows of blocks, no matter what size. There are less ends to deal with this way, which you’ll love!
1. Lay them out in the pattern you want.
2. Sew or crochet them together the longest way leaving no extra apace between the blocks.
3. Sew or crochet them together the short way, squaring up the corners.
I am issuing an invitation to anyone interested to join us on American Girl Knitters for a WeaveALong to make a dress for an 18 inch girl doll. She doesn’t have to be an AG. I will be using the 4” Square Multi Loom but you can also use your weave-it or the Tiny Weaver Square or any other loom you have that will make a 3 1/2” to 4” square.
As a little bonus, I am offering 10% off the 4” Multi loom for weavers who would like to join in but don’t have a loom. (Sorry you missed the sale but you can still get your hand crafted hard wood loom at www.hazelroselooms.com )
This is a great group for doll lovers of all ages and we’d be delighted to have you join us. The WAL will start
February 1 so you have time to go though your stash, find your looms and yarn. I will be using a variety of yarns, mostly sock yarns but any that makes a nice fabric on your loom will do fine.
No age limits, either direction! Come play with us!!
Samantha is modeling the dress we’ll be making but I have several other patterns to share with WAL Members!
Lexi’s shorts set is one of the extras. Made with the same loom as are all the rest of these dresses!
Here is Samantha and Addy all ready for the holiday parties.
This peasant girl skirt can be made as full as you like. Mine may not be quite full enough. I guess Molly hasn’t spun up enough sock yarn! lol
And there are more, once you see the possibilities with small looms, there’ll be no stopping you!
Here’s a couple of the fancier ones I’ve made, some using more than one loom. Well, you get the idea! Even tho the layout of these pictures is getting weird on me you can see that you can do a lot with your little loom. You don’t need to knit to make a great wardrobe for you doll! But come join us and learn how easy it really is. And how much fun!
…Jolly well overly busy! The fourth week on the jury and now we have an added 2 1/2 hours to our day. That means I leave here at 7 am and hope to get home by nine pm. But we are still working hard to get your loom orders on the way to you!
Just wanted to reassure you who might be waiting. Randy has been spending his time in the shop and I’ve been out there evenings and weekends, too. We’ll get it done and want to thank you all for your patience!
Meantime, there hasn’t been one snowflake! We’re due some rain later this week, the NOAA people tell us, and they did mention a snow level of 4000′ which is as low as it’s been so far, mostly over 6000′. We sometimes get a little wet snow here when they call for 4000′ tho we are are at 2500′. Our little valley is a cold one. I would like a bit of snow before Christmas. Hate driving in it but the first snow is so pretty and makes it feel more like Christmas, don’t you think?
Hope you are having fun this December and staying warm and safe. If you’ve placed an order… it is coming!
Our promised rain… well, they said 60% chance…. turned out to be 40% that it wouldn’t. Not a drop. Very disappointing as we really do need it and our rain is very late this year. This storm all went north of us it looks like, tho we did have our first little fire last evening. I’m going to have to turn the water back in the garden. But it’s been cool enough nights that all but the Kale and the other few cool weather plants have done. I picked the last of things yesterday. There are still quite a few tomatoes that I’m hoping will at least show a little color before frost so that they can ripen indoors. A late cold spring and a long cool dry fall do not make for good gardening. But here’s yesterdays harvest. The little green melon would have been a cantaloupe but the vine died so it was only starting to show some orange. Bummer. The apples are windfall, those on the tree are better after frost.
We are getting ready to leave for the next show. It’s near Seattle, the Northwest Fiber Fusion, on Oct 20-21, in Winston at the fairground. If you are in the area do come by and see us. And Randy wants to visit Grizzly Tools, which is in the area, so I get to go to the American Girl Doll Store! I’ve never been to one so I am excited. I am going to take Addy and see if they can do something about her hair in the salon, there. Meantime, I made a couple Halloween outfits for them. The knitted Sweater is a pattern from a Ravelry knitter, Jacqueline Gibb. The woven one is mine, ‘stealing’ her Boo idea, but Kanani doesn’t need a heavy sweater in Hawaii, after all! Hope your autumn is going as it should!
Susanne from Benny fibers in Montana gave me this skein of yarn at OFFF and I wanted to thank her so wove a little pouch using the 4×6 Mutli and noticed that this color-way wove up into a really nice Scottish looking plaid so decided to make up a school suit for my AG doll. I think it turned out really nicely. I also made a dress for Skyler Hopscotch. Weaving is such fun!
We had a great time at the Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival this year. The weather behaved and was just perfect, sunny and warm but not too hot. Lots of people came to enjoy the activities. We met and made new weavers and met a lot of weavers from years past. It was a very nice weekend. 
This picture shows a very new weaver! She’s just 6 years old. She told me that she already knows how to crochet so it is not surprising that she caught right on to weaving as well. She finished her little square here and Mom bought her her own loom. I am sure it will not be long before she has many projects to share. She went off happily to find yarn!
And here’s little Hazel Rose. She’s not so little any more, she now 3 years old, but as pretty as ever. We met another young Hazel there, too, but I did not get her picture.
And then a large group came by. Not all of these people came into the booth at once, of course! They are refugees from Burma and several of them were very interested in the looms and this kind of weaving. They are all, or most all, weavers themselves and were wearing lovely examples of their weaving skills, but found this kind of weaving new to them. A small group of them came in and tried their hand at weaving the Quilt Weaver square. I gave them a copy of my book and I was asked to sign it. First time I’ve been asked for my autograph! lol We enjoyed a nice long visit.
We also had a brief visit with Hazel Rose, who is now three years old. Mom took a photo, which I hope she will share with me. Hazel was in a hurry to get to the animal barn and see the interesting stuff so I didn’t think of my own camera until it was too late! lol And we got to visit with friends from Hamilton, Montana, who are at OFFF every year with their lovely yarns and fleeces. We hope to be visiting them next spring at their Big Sky show. But now we are going to be busy people as we have just barely a month before we are to be in Monroe, Washington for the Fiber Fusion fair up there. We have a lot of looms to replace in stock.
And don’t forget that if you are within reach of Grants Pass, Oregon in November I’ll be having a class there at Fiber Mania. Sign up now. I think it will be a lot of fun.
We had a great time in Arcata at the Natural Fiber Fair but I came home with a ‘gift’ from someone. Sore throat, coff, head ache… Not bad, but certainly not good. I’m sure I’ll be over it soon. Meantime, I am working on projects as usual.
And the tomatoes are getting ripe at last. I think I have an orange one, too. These are heirloom Oxheart. They average almost a pound a piece & are very tasty. There’s also one early girl, a roma type, and some cherries.
This is the basket I made for Momma to pick her asparagus in. It’s long a narrow, I used willow and our native blackberry vines.
Wishing everyone safe from fire and storm.
I’m taking the cats to the pet motel tomorrow and getting the dog washed. We head out Friday to Natural Fiber Fair in Arcata to join in the fun there for our first time. This fair has been going on for 22 years but it’s the first time we’ve been part of it. I am looking forward to it. And it’s on the coast, which will be fun, too. as the weather is perfect!
The end of the month is the Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival and we’ll be OFFF to it in a couple more weeks. Today on American Girl Knitters on Ravelry we discussed a Weave ALong to be tentatively set for January/February. that will be fun , too. We’ll weave a doll dress, of course!
Speaking of dolls… I got a new one today. She’s an American Girl, too. An older one, no longer made by Pleasant Company. I knew she was coming in just her undies so i found some patterns from fellow dollers and had some waiting for her. Now that she’s here for me to fit I can start weaving her wardrobe, too! Meet Skyler! She’s having a bad hair day just out of the box but is in great shape elsewhere. She even stands up. her mini skirt is just a tad too mini but the sweater fits just fine.
Hazel Rose 