Friday, January 11, 2008Bah! Humbug! It's never as pretty once we have to live with it, is it!  Oh well, it will make for a pretty summer so I don't mind. Much.Gosh, my head is groggy! I fell asleep in my chair after lunch and had a good long nap. What I get for getting up with himself at not quite 5 am. But I got Grandmother's vest un-knit and the yarn skeined and now soaking in a basin. It's cormo, handspun by Rosy and too good to just lay in the drawer so I decided to weave a vest for myself with the new looms. Now I think Cori and I ought to walk out to the mailbox. Maybe the fresh air will clear my head a bit and allow my brain to start working again. 
posted @ 03:28 PM PST [link] Wednesday, January 9, 2008Experiment I wasn't able to load the photo on the tri list so I'll put it here . The top is the cardboard box pin loom. it is 13 nails on a side. Shorts dies are 1/4" and the long sides 1/2" because I'm not good at the math part and this seemed easiest.  KI used a couple scrapes of handspun, the loom is 3 x 6". The piece was easily pulled into a square, as seen in the bottom left, but blocked into a fairly stable rectangle, bottom right. I can't guarantee it would stay that way with use or that this would work equally with a larger piece. posted @ 08:08 PM PST [link] Monday, January 7, 2008A break We're getting a break in the storm, the sun is going to come up this morning. I wanted to go out and take some photos for next year's xmas cards but my car door is frozen over and I'm not sure I can get out the driveway now that Randy's truck has packed the new snow. I think I'll give it another try in a bit because this froth we got last night is going to evaporate rapidly once the sun hits it. If I can get in the car I'll give it a try. If I get high centered, he'll just have to dig me out tonight. It was his idea for me to go out & get photos, after all! It sure is pretty and we can't complain because it's what we've all been asking for. Hope we get enough to fill the lake without flooding, too. Hope you are having a beautiful January! posted @ 08:15 AM PST [link] |
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