January 2010

Cold, cold, cold - the dishwasher froze this morning and although I am very attracted to the “fundamental to life” aspect of hand weaving, I cannot say the same for hand washing dishes. Sigh! But I did brave the elements for

After a little cake baking this morning I was able to get the Polly Scarf started before the birthday party and then for a special treat big son had to do some work for an art class so he joined

Yesterday I delivered Alpaca 3 and the Guild Throw to enthusiastic recipients. Today I worked on a design for a 16 -shaft double weave baby blanket in reds, oranges, and fushia, and I got the Polly Scarf on the little

[gallery link="file"] I got the Guild (friends named Guild) throw off the loom last night - merino wool/silk drape-y and warm. And today I attended Guild for our draft exchange (sorry about the lame segue.) Sadly, my photos are incomplete (

[gallery link="file" order="DESC" columns="2" orderby="title"] I spent the day inside the loom but did get the Guild blanket threaded and beamed. Even though I am traditionally a back-to-front warper I began warping my AVL from front to back in order to

The last wizard just departed and some of us are very tired (see above). I have started pre-sleying the reed for the Guild blanket and hope to do some threading tonight. While winding the remainder of the warp I couldn’t

[gallery link="file" order="DESC" orderby="title"] Okay, it’s not a blog about a magical weaving technique, (Sorry - I’m pretty short on those). It is about a few hours of weaving before the wild wizardry began (and continues . . ) I finished Alpaca

[gallery link="file" order="DESC" columns="2" orderby="title"] The third alpaca blanket is off the loom and in the tub at the moment. (sigh of relief). The above empty cones are from the alpaca boucle used for the blankets. 12 cones for 3 blankets

I asked my Mom if she would apply her considerable artistry to making a frame for Socks II. Although I never doubted she would come up with something that would make Socks II look better (particularly given the nature of

I was in class most of the day today frustratedly finishing my foul fiasco of a huck sampler (huffily hemming my horrible huck?). I am more miffed than usual about my seemingly pathological inability to do good work in class

[gallery link="file" order="DESC" orderby="title"] I have no weaving photos today because I was weaving the third Alpaca Boucle throw and feel that more photos are unnecessary - snore. I was thrilled to come into the studio this morning and observe this

[gallery link="file"] No weaving today. I got waylaid by the necessity for six wizard hats for my son’s 10th birthday party. (A party that I was told of after it had been announced by my son to his guest list -