I had thought that my first entry of the year would be a great total of last year's weaving and sparkling new work started for this year...
It didn't work out that way. I have not taken pictures of the looms for the new year (except for the Bergman which you saw decorated for Christmas and not set up for weaving) and I have not even been able to finish the two towel warps for a photo shoot.
I feel like my body has been wanting to hibernate. I wake up at a good time...6 or 7 in the morning..I might even get up and do something, but I often end up going back to bed and sleeping for a couple more hours. No...I am getting to bed at a normal time at 10:30 or 11 usually. I can't believe that some nights I am sleeping around the clock! Is it the cold and dark weather? Will it improve if I get in the sun for a few hours? What do I need to do to get back on track?
I have been doing some weaving, getting ready for a couple of classes to start. For my first two classes, I needed to empty two looms and put on a new warp for each of them. The first one needs a doubleweave sampler, for the students to see the techniques and the second one needs a rigid heddle project showing the starting header and weaving. I had to weave off the overshot sampler to get the doubleweave on, I finally gave up and just cut off the warp. I wove 3 samplers to add to the overshot class, but I just didn't want to spend the time to weave the whole warp and I have to put the doubleweave sample on today for class tonight. The rigid heddle loom had a finger manipulated lace warp that had been on for a couple of years. Now that I am teaching a RH class, I need to do some more work on that loom. I put on the second pillow from two I started years ago. Of course I ran out of yarn, it is no longer available, so I had to find a substitute that I could use to finish the piece...so many times I buy yarns for a great idea, then I don't get to it or redesign it later and I am no longer able to get more of the yarn...
I was late getting things done for this class, because the furnace went out in the studio, due to holidays off there was no one to get a repair man in. I did spend one day working, but the temperature in the studio was 38 degrees so I was not working very fast. I put a small space heater by where I was working, but the cold was in the floors and the treadles and it was not fun weaving, and I did not spend the time cleaning up for class that I needed to do. So I was not ready for the first class, and to top it off the weather was bad and we only held a short class so we could all get home before the roads got icy. (The furnace was back on before I had students in so at least we were warm in class.) Now a week later we have had temperatures in the 40's and 50's so the snow is almost gone and the ice problems are also gone for a while. (Climate change is giving us very weird weather...)
I am excited for the things I have on the looms, I enjoy weaving when I sit down and do it, but I feel lethargic...I know what my son would tell me..."get up and go to the gym, work it out of you" and I do agree with him, but I also look at the bed and it looks like a better idea!!...
The local weaver's guild had a great meeting. We did a zig-zag braid on a kumi himo plate and the teacher showed several members how to warp their inkle looms. We ended up with 5 to 7 inkle looms. I brought mine, but just talked with friends instead of doing anything on it.
I did get a nice braid worked on with the plate, however.
The cotton ribbon that I put on the inkle loom the next day will be the perfect hanging loop for the black and white towels. I used the same yarn and a similar stripe pattern. I did the shortest warp I could on my inkle, and I finished it the week after the meeting. I haven't taken it off, but had fun weaving on that little loom. Maybe I should do another ribbon out of the linen for the other set of towels!
It didn't work out that way. I have not taken pictures of the looms for the new year (except for the Bergman which you saw decorated for Christmas and not set up for weaving) and I have not even been able to finish the two towel warps for a photo shoot.
I feel like my body has been wanting to hibernate. I wake up at a good time...6 or 7 in the morning..I might even get up and do something, but I often end up going back to bed and sleeping for a couple more hours. No...I am getting to bed at a normal time at 10:30 or 11 usually. I can't believe that some nights I am sleeping around the clock! Is it the cold and dark weather? Will it improve if I get in the sun for a few hours? What do I need to do to get back on track?
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| Christmas put away. Lace and flowers are out. |
I was late getting things done for this class, because the furnace went out in the studio, due to holidays off there was no one to get a repair man in. I did spend one day working, but the temperature in the studio was 38 degrees so I was not working very fast. I put a small space heater by where I was working, but the cold was in the floors and the treadles and it was not fun weaving, and I did not spend the time cleaning up for class that I needed to do. So I was not ready for the first class, and to top it off the weather was bad and we only held a short class so we could all get home before the roads got icy. (The furnace was back on before I had students in so at least we were warm in class.) Now a week later we have had temperatures in the 40's and 50's so the snow is almost gone and the ice problems are also gone for a while. (Climate change is giving us very weird weather...)
I am excited for the things I have on the looms, I enjoy weaving when I sit down and do it, but I feel lethargic...I know what my son would tell me..."get up and go to the gym, work it out of you" and I do agree with him, but I also look at the bed and it looks like a better idea!!...
The local weaver's guild had a great meeting. We did a zig-zag braid on a kumi himo plate and the teacher showed several members how to warp their inkle looms. We ended up with 5 to 7 inkle looms. I brought mine, but just talked with friends instead of doing anything on it.
I did get a nice braid worked on with the plate, however.
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| Isn't the braid great? |
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| I put a warp on the next day. |
The cotton ribbon that I put on the inkle loom the next day will be the perfect hanging loop for the black and white towels. I used the same yarn and a similar stripe pattern. I did the shortest warp I could on my inkle, and I finished it the week after the meeting. I haven't taken it off, but had fun weaving on that little loom. Maybe I should do another ribbon out of the linen for the other set of towels!
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