February 2010

Today I submitted Sock Baby 2 and Socks (the tapestry) to the “Not Just for Socks” contest at Interweave Press. I am determined to continue to force myself to submit items to juried shows and contests despite the fact that

Snow day today in anticipation of major storm - still waiting . . . But I was able to finish the fringes on SIlk & SIlk. The final analysis is that the tsumugi silk creates a more substantial hand then

[gallery link="file" order="DESC" orderby="title"] Finally after a pitched battle Sock Baby is washed, hemmed and drying on the loom. For some postpartum (okay - I’ll stop) rest I finished Silk & SIlk which is currently drying on the loom. I’ll get

I had a spectacular battle with the mighty AVL, but I believe I prevailed (Although it is 10:00 pm and I am just closing the studio down without having finished Sock Baby 2. Would you call that prevailing?? Tomorrow for

Today I was supposed to fix all that ails Sock Baby 2, and I was supposed to attend a meeting of the 8-Shaft Overshot Study Group with all my documentation in hand for our possible publication in Hand Woven. INSTEAD

[gallery link="file" columns="2" orderby="title"] I got Sock Baby 2 threaded yesterday and was excited to begin weaving today. After a few inches I realized that there was a mistake in the color arrangement on the far right motif. Drat! I got

Today was my son’s “End of Mod” Art Show. I couldn’t go to see it so my husband took my camera to get some picts. I couldn’t then document my INCREDIBLE progress on getting the sock baby blanket on the

I was at Hill today and Chris Hammel (pictured above wearing a Sandy Tobin original apron) gave us a step by step demonstration of warping from front to back. She has a precise, well-thought-out method that would be a great

Today I was going gangbusters finishing winding the warp for the double weave baby blanket and weaving the silk & silk deflected double weave. THEN I ran out of one of the colors for the baby blanket so I decided

Today I finished Polly took some picts and now she’s gone. I am tying a new warp onto Polly using some beautiful tsumugi silk (from Habu) with some spun silk in silvery grey. I am about halfway through the tying-on