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Safe at home

I’m an introvert by nature, so staying at home is easy for me. I have everything I need, and most things I want, here in my little house. The reality is that I ‘trained’ for this. For 14 years I lived all alone on a dirt road, with my nearest neighbor almost 1/2 mile away. […]

Calm, cool, and collected

Or maybe I’m not what the title of this post says, but at least I’m trying. And the colors I’m working with are reinforcing that.

I started knitting these socks months ago. Although I pretty much always have socks on my needles, this pair took much longer than usual due to my thumb tendonitis. I […]

I’m like a crow

I’m not necessarily attracted to shiny things, but “Oooo…that’s a cool technique, let me try that.” “Oh look, there’s another one; I should try that.” “Wow, that one’s marvelous; I need to do that.”

And so it goes. I never have/make the time to fully explore one thing before I’m on to the next. […]

Next multi warp

I’ve wound several strands of different colors on my warping mill for my next run of 3 scarves. Includes some handpainted (not by me) bamboo-cotton blend, cotton, and tencel. I really like the way they look on the mill.

And a different view, with them chained and bundled on the floor.

Wonder […]

What a difference!

For the second scarf on this multi-colored warp, I made a few changes.

Because I didn’t like the ‘sharpness’ of the color transition on the right side of the piece, I traded out 3 warp threads. Only 3 threads.

Then I changed the tie up and treadling to an advancing twill.

Then I changed […]