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Makeing progress… I think.

Apr25

I got the edging finished & laid them out. It made a rather tiny rectangle so I decided to space them a bit more. I’ll go out to Le Shed and go through the bin of Rosy’s small skeins. I’m sure she spun somthing that will go with this. The problem will be to find a compatable wool, size, and yes, color. Sis didn’t often spin  for a project. She spun because she enjoyed spinning. In fact, she enjoyed making yarn, often starting from skirting, washing, carding, & dying, and of course the spinning, but she like to experiment so finding yarns that go together can sometimes be a challenge. It turned out that for this layout I was one square short but I manasged to find enough useable bits to weave another square.

So  this is where the ‘free time’ project is today.

Trial layout.

Using up the bits for one last square.

Weave a restful day!

Is it spring… or not!

Apr23
I “reorganized” my yarn shed recently and found a ball of my hand spun wool in a box that the silverfish had gotten into. One of the few really fine yarns i’d managed to make. Most of my handspun tends to be bulky ‘art’ yarn so I was bummed to find this in bits. The bits were reasonably long so i wove on the 4″ Multi loom, joining as I went. Now I’m working around each square with some of Sis’s handspun. I’ve never done a slip stitch edge, but trying new stuff here. I’ll likely use a different yarn to assemble these. Don’t know now many i have but probably a smallish project. Katt may get a new chair pad. I’m going to toss it in the washer once assambled. There may be damage i didn’t find so figure a bit of felting could be a good thing. Maybe a time waster project, but it relaxes me not to have a Goal! It’s free time!
Meanwhile we are making looms, getting trips to fiber fairs set up. Things like reservations for the trailer, fees and classes, you know.  And hoping we can afford diesel for those trips!  And, of course, the garden.
We started “spring” with a warm spell which got me all excited to be sure I was not late late last year, so I planted peas and cabbage but also started tomatoes and peppers. Then it got cold and rainy, a couple times even snow. Them it would warm up for a few day befpre going back to rain and or frost- and a lot of wind this year. So needless to say, those tomato and pepper plants are reaching indoor limits! They are practically trees! We are going to have to plant them out today. He has covered cages for them but they are not  likely to be happy. I’ve started a few more in hopes that they won’t out grow the pots before summer happens! When it comes to weather these days  “You can’t win for losing” sure applies!
Hope you get time to both garden and weave. Both enjoyable…when they aren’t being stressful!  lol

Is it Spring again?

Mar30

I thought it was. I mean we didn’t have much of a winter but it felt like spring and Nature seemed to be agreeing, but now the Weather Wizards are predicting snow. Yes, we need it, but Up There, please! I’m passed wanting it down here now. Already have garden seedlings growing, just give us regular rain showers this spring, Mother Nature, please. It’s a bit chilly in here today. Shall I make a fire and chance it getting too warm or just put on a heavier sweater and wait until evening?  What worrying problems I have to deal with these days! Maybe I should just bake something, that would solve the problem, too.

Ah well, I think I’ll just ignore the whole thing and go oil a few looms. I’m sure he haas the shop nice and warm. We sent a weaver a special order last week. She wante a Bobinga fine sett loom. I couldn’t remember what that wood looked like. It turned out to be very beautiful. He said he only had a little bit left so we asked about whether it was still availaable when were were at Beavertooth Hardwoods in Medford. Yes, they did have some…$30 a board foot! Yikes! The wood for her order we probably bought 10 years ago. Can’t remember what we paid for it, but I can gaurentee it was way less than that. She got a deal on her lovely loom and no one else will be getting one as we decided not to restock it. No one seems to be buying special woods these days except for Tennessee Red Cedar, always favorite, one of my favorites.

I’ve ben weavung 12″ squares using soome of Rosy’s hand spun. I think it was the last she spun and dyed. She started a scarf with it but told me she didn’t like it and would find smething else to make  with it. She didn’t have time to do that so I thought I would do it for her. It’ll be a baby blanket, I think. I’ve been using differnt lace patterns. They’re pretty and more interesting to weave than just plain weave.

So, did you march with the No Kings? I’m not a marcher but I agree we don’t want a king, or a dictator. Or a president who can’t seem to keep his promises. Can’t afford to fill my gas tank and when I did get to the grocery store… Wow! Even chicken, the cheap meat has gone up! How is that making things more afordable? Meanwhile, he can make a gold plated ball room where as I’m lucky to afford a tin foil lined cooky sheet! Bah. And he wants the Nobel Peace Prize while attacking other countires and starting wars all over! Bah.  I’ll be 85 on Wednesday. Seen too many wars already.  Can we survive another one? Can we stay safe over here while he starts wars over there? One day we won’t be so lucky. Bah.

But in case we do get another Spring I have seedlings waiting for the weather to warm up a bit. And my peas are sticking their little green noses above ground!

   Happy April…..

It’s October– time for Lambtown and OFFF!

Oct1

Fall Fiber Fairs are Fun! 

Sometimes it’s cool enough to have us thinking wool! Sometimes not quite that cool but we can feel it in the air and we can see it in the leaves of the trees! Stores are done with Halloween candy and stocking up on Christmas! lol A sure sign it’s autumn.  Apples are ripening and it’s time to make pies and can applesauce for your winter oatmeal. But hey! we’re almost ready and it is time to start weaving your gift list.

  

We’re heading to Dixon and Lambtown in a couple days. I have 10 weavers joining me for a class on Friday. It’s my first all day class so something new to look forward to. We’re going to have fun! I hope! The scarf is just the start! We’ll be real Scotsmen before we’re done! and almost immediately after that it’s Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival in Albany, Oregon so if you can’t make Dixon I’ll see you at OFFF!

 

 

 

 

UFO

Aug6

Picking up an abandoned project. It’s 4 colors of Lopi. Can’t remember where it came from, a swap, maybe? Anyway, I think it was supposed to be a vest and that is what it is going to be now. Haven’t had a new vest in awhile.  It was lovely out on the deck this morning so I will weave and sip until the sun makes it over the firs.

In the meantime…

Apr19

I am still weaving the blue yarn for the nest project but meantime was rummaging though my kitchen trash bag full of this and that, experiments, trials aborted projects, you know, you all have them, and found these squares woven in a muddy brown. So I put them to work as a coast for the girls. I’m calling this one Puddle Jumper because of the color! There was a 12″ square of the same yarn which I managed to turn into a sort of baggy tam.  I frogged a couple of extra squares so I could weave  the band. I am quite please with the way this spur of the moment project turned out! It’s spring I think but still quite chilly here! And I think it looks good with Felicity’s red hair.

A customer, Melissa R, gave me permission to post her project here also. She is doing some really cute tapestries and is very good at it. Love the blanket waving in the sunny breeze on the clothesline! What a sweet homey touch! She’s done an excellent job of finishing and hanging her work, too!

 

Still weaving…

Mar24

Yes, I added  on but found that this method of assembly really does take  up a lot. It was barely enough but I decided to add a little more ease, just in case. Once cut you are committed and I can take up easier than let out on this project! So It will be another day before I cut.

Meantime the boobie prize for the Bunko was a hit last night.  It ended in a 4 way tie for most losses so they rolled off. The winner seemed happy with her prize. I wove the napkin on the 14″ square and crocheted the edging to make it a bit fancier. The yarn is some nice acrylic in bright colors. I added a loaf of frosted cinnamon raisin bread. It was supposed to go into a bamboo bread basket but the basket proved too small for my husky loaf. Ah well..

And today it’s snowing. Again…

 

It’s happening!

Mar19

I am assembling! If I were not already set on another path, I think this would make a very attractive baby blanket or light weight lap robe, maybe. But made great progress today, I believe. The bed is the only place I have that’s big enough to lay it all out. I got the rest of the strips to length, sorting though the skeins to find the needed colors. They don’t all transition smoothly but I’m satisfied.

Here’s the first bunch of strips sewn together.  I really like the way it looks. This is the top, the public side.

And this is the bottom, the underneath. Either side would work but I like the textured side. And besides. I think the smooth side will be better next to me.

More coming! Edited to say: More needed! After sewing the entire thing together I find the seams have taken up a bit more than I figured on so I need to add about 5″. I think two more rows should do it. At least that’s where I am going to start. Pictures are pretty much the same but maybe show detail a bit more. It really is a pretty rainbow, in non-rainbow colors! did I mention that the colorway is called Calming Desert? I guess it’s supposed to be spring in the desert, which is probably timely, tho I haven’t seen spring in the desert in a couple years.

January

Jan3

Looking a lot like winter here! I’m staying in and weaving. Making new “mug rugs” for my soup bowls. I really like those. I used acrylic, which don’t stain easily and and wash up quickly in the kitchen sink. Still working on the Shall in a ball  blouse, too. It’s taking a lot of 4″ squares.

Andway, Hope your new year is starting off well and you are staying warm!

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