I must be crazy

I am a really regular reader, if not poster, on Weavolution. There was recently a post of this truly stunning double-sided scarf, woven by Weavin Steven. The scarf was inspired by a Handwoven article from a few years ago called Homage to Frank Lloyd Wright.

I fell in love with this gorgeous scarf – its colors and the geometry of it all – and decided now was the time for me to do my own interpretation of a Frank Lloyd Wright design. I’d do my scarf in rayon chenille, in clasped weft.

So I started with an online search of Wright’s stained glass window designs. There are MANY windows, most of which are known for their very small sections and their diagonal lines. Neither of those would make me happy in clasped weft, so I finally settled on this design because of its use of color.

Somehow I got to a page that told me this was a window in the Dana-Thomas house, but when I went back in I couldn’t seem to find that page again, so it may be wrong. There are about a zillion FLW knockoffs, designs inspired by the man but not his designs. I’m guessing now that this is one of them. In any case, it’s the design I decided to use, since I have rayon chenille in most of those colors and thought it would be a good one to use.

WHAT WAS I THINKING?

It means using 4, 5, or even 6 mini-shuttles of yarn at once! INSANELY slow! And I’m not at all sure I’ll have my desired effect when it’s all done and wet finished. Sigh.

Why didn’t I choose something much simpler, like this design?

Again, I’m not at all sure if this is one of Wright’s actual Tree of Life windows or an interpretation, but come on, it’s only 3 colors, and I could have interpreted those few diagonal lines as horizontal ones in my weaving! Sigh again.

Unrelated, I tried a new recipe the other day and I’m absolutely recommending it. Here’s how it started out.

I dug these carrots from my garden just moments before I wanted to start the soup. FYI this was more than twice as many carrots as I needed, so the rest just got cleaned and went in my frig for raw crunching.

Here’s how the dish ended up looking.

Carrot soup with carrot top pesto. OMG I LOVED it! I do have to say that an immersion blender would make the pureeing of the soup much easier, and that my food processor refused to do a good job of combining the pesto ingredients into a smooth paste because of the small amount of it, but I didn’t care. I have a little left that will be my dinner tonight, and I’m looking forward to it.