My out-of-town friends arrived Thursday afternoon as planned. They live in West-by-God Virginia, so I don’t get to see them all that often. We had a wonderful visit on Thursday, with a delicious 3-course, healthy dinner: baked eggplant parmesan, lentil salad, and ‘cheesy’ cauliflower with no cheese. The first 2 were great, the 3rd was […]
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I’ve had a busy few days, and the fun isn’t over yet. I’ve fringed and wet finished those cotton & rayon shawls (pressing still needed). I did a bunch of manual labor in my garage (don’t ask). I worked this morning at a fundraiser for my library. I’ll be back there for 5 hours tomorrow. […] Those twisted threads have been a royal pain in the butt throughout this warp. Slowing me down quite a bit and making me take more breaks than usual. When I get frustrated weaving, I have to walk away for a while. Plus, when I stand up I’m often distracted by the zillion other things to […] Here’s a brand new lesson I learned in my weaving: unwind the hard way or you’ll be sorry later. I was winding the warp for ED & WL. With every gradient I do, there’s a specific sequence of 64 threads I follow. At the end of the gradient I count to make sure I’ve got […] Today I got the last two bouts of ED & WL’s warps wound. Bout 3 was pale yellow to pale green to turquoise. The last bout was turquoise to peacock. Apparently I didn’t take any pix of it. Then I spread the warp in the raddle and got it beamed – wound on the […] |
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