{"id":7508,"date":"2016-05-13T12:46:57","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T17:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=7508"},"modified":"2016-05-13T12:46:57","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T17:46:57","slug":"making-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2016\/05\/making-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Making new"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"deep<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve been working on a variety of fronts. Although I don’t have any good pics at the moment, I’ve made plenty of progress in my new gardens. In addition to raiding my daughter’s garden I found two local people with perennial gardens they were dividing, and got lots of things: crocus, English primrose, hosta, lady fern, bleeding heart, echinacea, perennial forget-me-not, and more; even some clematis. My crabtree is doing its maiden flowering, and my tulips look very pretty. I’ll try to get pics of it all soon. Meanwhile I have taken pictures of some of the beautiful flowering trees I see on my walks.<\/p>\n

\"white<\/a><\/p>\n

\"pink<\/a><\/p>\n

I ordered some cotton rep filler, and when it came couldn’t wait to get started on a new set of mug rugs for my booth; I haven’t had any in a few years. <\/p>\n

\"blue<\/a><\/p>\n

The warp only gave me 5 mug rugs instead of the 8 I’d planned, so I quickly warped up a second length and did 5 more. <\/p>\n

\"pink<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are both sets finished. Sooooo much nicer than my first attempt at rep weave<\/a>. Although I’m quite pleased with them, we’ll see if they sell.<\/p>\n

\"2nd<\/a><\/p>\n

Next I decided what to do with another hand painted warp. This time I went back to my first dye class and am using a rayon warp and weft. I’ve always been intrigued by braided twills, and this one is different – and better – than a draft I used before. This one is from Carol Strickler’s 8-Shaft Pattern Book, #381-4.<\/p>\n

\"Hand<\/a><\/p>\n

The treadling looks more complex than it is. However, I’ve learned something new in the weaving of this scarf. I have to back up a bit to tell the story….<\/p>\n

When I moved into my new home I got a belated birthday present from my daughter and her hubby: a new Sonos system. I love it and use it all the time to listen to NPR and podcasts. But my old Mac was too old and couldn’t speak to the Sonos so I couldn’t listen to my music on it. And I didn’t really have the space to set up my old system: receiver, CD player, tape deck, and big speakers. So it all went up to the attic till I got a new computer. I did that about a month ago when I got my income tax return.<\/p>\n

But when I sat down to load my music into the new computer, lo, a CD drive is no longer standard, and I hadn’t paid attention and asked for one. My high tech son-in-law came through once again, lending me his external CD drive. It sat on my kitchen table for at least 2 weeks before I plugged it in and got to work. (The impetus to begin will be revealed in another post. Are you curious now?)<\/p>\n

The process is SOOOOO easy. And fast. I’ve gotten through several dozen discs yesterday and today. I must say I’m LOVING listening to my music again! I’d forgotten how much I like my music!<\/p>\n

So what’s this have to do with weaving? Well, I can’t sing along to my favorite tunes and simultaneously pay attention to what my feet are doing. \ud83d\ude42 I’ve had to do a fair amount of unweaving. Fortunately I’ve caught the mistakes after a maximum of 6-8 pics each time, but still. I’ll have to figure out a reasonable balance between music and treadling: how complex can the treadling be if I want to sing along? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

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