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Handwoven Rayon Chenille Scarves

I’ve been working exclusively on custom weaving orders this month. I accepted four orders in mid-late December, telling each of the people when in January they’d have their scarves.

First on the list was a solid black rayon chenille.

I was happy to get this order. Although I’ve made lots of handwoven rayon chenille […]

Baby It’s Cold Outside

It’s definitely winter in western New York!

I arose this morning to about 6o above (Farenheit). I had to decide if I would do my usual morning walk with dog or wait until later. I decided to put Red’s leather boots on him and see what it was like out. (Anything below 15o and […]

My First Socks

Obviously, these aren’t the first socks I’ve owned. They are the first socks I’ve ever knit.

After all that Christmas knitting of the mug cozies and the baby things, I was in a knitting mood. So I decided I’d try my hand at making socks. I’d always heard how hard they are, but one of […]

2011 (Non) Resolutions

I stopped making New Year’s Resolutions years ago. Mostly because I figured if I had to wait till a specific day to decide to do something, I probably didn’t really want to do it, and it therefore probably wouldn’t really happen, so it was a setup for failure. At least for me it was.

One […]

Upside Down Cone

Remember back in August when I said I was having trouble with the white rayon chenille yarn? I said it twisted uncontrollably, and that it had been wound on the cone backwards. I planned to wind it into balls before I wove with it again to get it wound forward.

Well, I had a custom […]