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Back in the saddle

As planned, on Thursday I got back to weaving. Not as many hours as I’d planned – life always intervenes, but still I finally finished HR’s custom baby wrap.

Here’s a shot of how the space-dyed yarn works in her wrap. In hindsight, we might have wanted to choose a variegation with a bit more […]

All Duded Up

Every spring I can’t wait to cut Red’s hair. He gets very shaggy over the winter, and then mud season hits and it’s a mess. I think he likes being lighter, too.

Here he is pre-cut.

About an hour later, he looked like this.

Fifteen minutes later he needed a nap – getting […]

Starting a New Baby Wrap

HR had some new-for-me requests for her baby wrap. First, she chose a weaving pattern no one had yet used – Xs & diamonds. Next, she wanted a space-dyed yarn (a type of variegation) for her weft. I was really eager to try this, having used space-dyed yarns successfully for years in my scarves, shawls, […]