{"id":9873,"date":"2020-01-09T14:17:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T19:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=9873"},"modified":"2020-01-09T14:17:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T19:17:11","slug":"some-new-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2020\/01\/some-new-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Some new things"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s what I’ve accomplished since my last post: <\/p>\n

I got a cold. Or maybe it’s a touch of the flu, lessened by the fact that I got a flu shot. In any case, I spent only one day feeling totally crappy, and since then several days feeling pretty good but staying away from people because I’m quite stuffy and my cough sounds really awful. I fear the cough will hang on for a time, despite the fact that I’m taking all of the following: raw garlic, elderberry, echinacea, herbal teas designed specifically for this, goldenseal, Airborne, vitamin C. I’m also using my neti pot twice a day and Vicks-ing up at night. I must say it’s been rather a joy to simply stay home. I’d forgotten how much more free my schedule is when I don’t go to the gym for an exercise class in the morning. I didn’t think cardio would be a good idea, likely causing coughing, and I don’t want to spread this nasty. I am going to try my soul line dance class this evening and see how it goes.<\/p>\n

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

I read a book I really liked. 350 pages in 24 hours. One of the benefits of having a cold.<\/p>\n

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

I did all my year-end paperwork. This means counting shelves and bins of raw materials as well as inventorying finished pieces. I also entered months of expenses into Quickbooks and prepared everything for my accountant. <\/p>\n

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

I submitted an online application for a small, local show for my jewelry only. No idea if I’ll be accepted. <\/p>\n

And I FINALLY took photos of the scarves I wove with the green tea\/modal yarn from Finger Lakes Yarn<\/a>. I showed you the dyed warp and 2 possible wefts here<\/a> more than a month ago. I really like the 2 thin gold stripes down the middle of this warp, and the black edges.<\/p>\n

First I used a 8\/2 black tencel weft. It shows the weave structure well and really made those purples pop. But somehow it looks sort of like a bruise to me.<\/p>\n

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

I wanted the weave structure to show up but didn’t want the second scarf to be that dark. I tried the dark teal I’d dyed for weft, but didn’t like the way it worked with the warp colors. So I went for the sort of periwinkle yarn I’d dyed in the green tea\/modal yarn. The colors are all ‘prettier’ here, but you can barely see the weave structure.<\/p>\n

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

So for the third scarf I chose a red-violet bamboo weft. This yarn is 5\/2, so the scarf is a bit thicker than the others, and the pattern a bit elongated. The overall look is SO purple; I’m a purple lover, but maybe not as much as this. Too….magenta.<\/p>\n

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

I had my rigid heddle loom warped up for demonstration at the Weavers’ Guild<\/a> Holiday Sale and the Shop Hop at the Weaving and Fiber Arts Center<\/a>. So I finished that off. I like the colors, but the yarn is a bit scratchy. And the fiber content is unknown, since I just pulled cones off the Center’s donated-yarn shelves. Not sure what I’ll do with the scarf itself. Likely donate it.<\/p>\n

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

I also got some private instruction in some sewing techniques since I want to make more garments, and even improve at least one of my already ‘finished’ pieces. Looking forward to trying some of those things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s what I’ve accomplished since my last post: <\/p>\n

I got a cold. Or maybe it’s a touch of the flu, lessened by the fact that I got a flu shot. In any case, I spent only one day feeling totally crappy, and since then several days feeling pretty good but staying away from people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4],"tags":[214,412,227,556],"class_list":["post-9873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-as-i-see-it","category-weaving","tag-bamboo","tag-hand-painted-yarn","tag-handwoven-scarves","tag-tencel","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9873"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9887,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9873\/revisions\/9887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}