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Winter Weaving

It’s been nothing but winter here for weeks, with more to come. Unless I have other commitments, that makes for good weaving days. Today was one of those days. I got PW’s warp tied on the front apron and wove. Went for my walk and wove. Shoveled a bit and wove.

I got […]

XLIX & L

There’s a reason we don’t use Roman numerals anymore. It’s so much quicker and easier to say 49 & 50 than XLIX & L. Unless, of course, you’re running a super bowl. Then, Roman numerals are apparently a must. I’m sure if it wasn’t for super bowl, only 4th graders would have a clue what […]

All natty

As planned, today I finished weaving the not-AM wrap and started on HF’s. She chose a natural cottolin weft. The yarn has an extremely natural look on the cone – a bit fuzzy, the color not as definitively solid as dyed colors. Interestingly, on the loom, at least with the CFL bulbs in my […]

There’s always a first time

I have bought many dozens of tubes of cotton from Maurice Brassard since I started weaving baby wraps. I’ve commented to the staff at The Woolery, where I order from, about the fact that there’s never any difference in dye lots. In fact, the yarn isn’t even marked with dye lots. If I order magenta […]

Busy day

I worked really hard today. I spent about 2 hours shoveling snow. Came inside and made some phone calls, vacuumed, and decided I needed to do something sedentary for a while. So I fringed & washed the third red gradient shawl. Tomorrow I’ll press all three, and that’s when I’ll see if there are any […]