a contest of beauty

for those interested, please know that artist jackie morris will be hosting a contest/celebration of beauty on her blog. please click here for details. sounds like fun, doesn't it?

a hawk? methinks so.

this is what i woke up to, not three feet from my back door. wow.

knitted dishcloths

here are my knitted dishcloths, the first ones i've ever made. just a simple knit stitch throughout, but with a nice hand and (even better) handmade. sweet.

dishcloths

i've been knitting dishcloths. so far, i've made two of them, one out of natural (non-bleached) cotton and one out of a blue-green cotton yarn that i hand-dyed. i'm a slow knitter but the situation has reached a critical state in the kitchen: only one dishcloth has (nearly) no holes in it. the other dishcloths are more hole than dishcloth and washing dishes, wiping counters and tidying up with them is a frustrating affair. the knitting has proven to be very meditative and as i'm only doing a knit stitch i find i can also watch a bit of original Star Trek as streamed via Netflix. score.

tucker

tucker

1 may 2003-19 july 2011

you will be very missed

march full moon

i never get tired of looking at the Moon...sigh...

spring is here

best wishes this spring equinox!

yarn for the baby blanket

here's what i'm using for weft on my niece's baby blanket; 4/4 cotton

busy, busy, busy

been quite an adventure here at the weavery lately...had a new washer/dryer stacked unit installed and a new water heater, all in the same day in the very small bathroom. afterwards, floors needed cleaning and the closet needed putting back together along with a small mountain of laundry (been without a washer since two days before christmas). glad that's done!

now, onto weaving a baby blanket for my new niece. it'll be made out of 8/2 cotton, natural colored, for the warp and 8/4 and 4/4 cotton for the weft, light green/light blue/natural colors. yes, i said niece, not nephew! might throw some purple in there, too, just see how it goes. the finished blanket will be 36" x 36" so it will be done on the new big loom. the warp calculations declare i need 916 warp ends, each 5 yards long. oh my.

snow and holiday gifts

little bird tracks in the snow on the front porch


seven pounds of 8/2 cotton (two cones stacked on top of one another) waiting to become warps

terra cotta colored 8/2 cotton (4 tubes or 2lbs) waiting for warping

happenings at the weavery

Advent/Christmas was a busy time for me. i wove pastor r an Advent stole but unfortunately have no good pictures of it except for the one already posted. i also wove my family scarves out of some undyed natural-colored singles wool (the yarn was wrapped in a thin nylon thread) which turned out thick and soft. those were very welcomed among them since they visited during the christmas snow/blizzard and drove home (!) the same day. my neighbor also got a scarf. so now, my next projects are: weaving a baby blanket for my niece due to be born in february and weaving a full-sized coverlet, both on the new big floor loom. however, my "helpers" seem to have turned into "basket cases."

december snow

the driveway is still only passable via 4WD...and we don't have one...so we're in for the duration...

december moon

foggy night for the solstice...hence no eclipse viewing...but did manage to see the full moon earlier in the evening

november moon

most recent project, finished

underside of the stole i finished for pastor r...in time for Advent...pattern is a miniture honesuckle and has a star of bethlehem in the center...ground yarn is 8/2 blue cotton and pattern yarn is 5/2 mercerized blue cotton...very nice!

happy halloween (from the red devil leaf)

max patch bald

on the trail up the bald to the top


magnificent view at the top; can you see the moon?

another breath-taking view...we weren't the only ones enjoying the view and the day either...

red devil leaf!

give-a-way winner congrats to...

...emeraldspiritstalker! will send out the placemats and besom as soon as i get yer info...and welcome to new reader's from mrs b's halloween give-a-ways!

mrs b's give-a-way vcr placemats

set of four placemats measuring approximately 19"x14.5"

woven of 100% cotton and (tah-dah) VCR tape (!)

fringe approximately 1"
fetching orange and ivory stripes
lovely for Fall, Halloween and Thanksgiving