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Welcome to my web log Spring! It's truly on it's way at last! Buds on everything and even a few flowers. Green grass and only bits of old snow in the shadowy places. Still chilly enough evenings to enjoy a lap full of fiber. I'm glad you could drop by for an e-visit. Hope you brought your looms! posted @ 08:58 AM PST link] Tuesday, May 13, 2008A winner in the family! My just about to turn 13 grandson, Shane winning the track race. It was his first attempt at sports and he did us up proudly! He did not inherit his athletic abilities from his gramma!  Way to go, Shane!It's finally warm here in the north west! Beautiful! I love it! Spent the day doing what is pretty much spring cleaning... digging out from under all the stuff that has accumulated in the studio over the winter. Still have a way to go, but it's thinning! My next project is to hang all my looms artistically on the wall. They'll look nice and I'll be able to find the one I need at a moments notice. posted @ 08:01 PM PST [link] Sunday, May 11, 2008Spring veggie... or is it fruit? The rhubarb is fat and juicy again! Cousin Dan loves my rhubarb pie and they arrived just now, in time for dinner, so he'd getting a pie. It's been sunny and nearly warm today, a lovely Mother's Day. Daughter Called this morning when I was outside and she was missing when I called her this evening. But we left loving messages to each other! The lilacs are blooming today, too and perfuming the air. Hope your day was beautiful! posted @ 05:05 PM PST [link] Sunday, May 4, 2008Big enough This one is about 18 X 24 I think and plenty big for now. It's maybe half done. I'm trying some things that are new for me and they aren't all working.  One good thing about oils is that you can scrape it off and try again! And again, if need be.But It hasn't all been painting. Randy and I took a trip to Red Bluff yesterday (& I once again forgot to get photographic evidence!) to the 6th annual fiber On The Foot show. It was mostly alpaca breeders, which I believe is how the show started, but there were also a few sheep and angora goats and one Llama. And some Very Nice handspun yarns! Some breeders also had knitted or woven things for sale as well, and there were spinning demo's and a lady giving a lecture on (I gathered) pricing of fleece for a gathering of breeders. It was a small show but well done. We enjoyed it and talked to some nice people and handed out a few brochures. We may join as a vendor next year if there is any interest. posted @ 09:17 AM PST [link] Wow... BIG!  This box of stretcher bars and roll of canvas were given to me so I thought I'd try my hand at making my own but when I started putting them together I learned that I am less ambitious than I thought! This one measures 36" x 44". I don't think I'm ready for that, tho my sister did remind me that I have paint rollers in the garage! But I bought some shorter bars to go with the 36 inch. That will still be the largest canvas I've worked on. I think I'll be doing some cutting down on the rest as they look to be mostly about 44". I'll have to work up to that. 
posted @ 09:06 AM PST [link] Painting again  This one is framed for the June 'student' show. It's from our section on florals. I enjoyed it but flowers aren't really my 'thing'. I've done as many as any painter, I guess, and they usually turn out well if not spectacular. I have 4 pictures framed for this show. posted @ 09:00 AM PST [link] Sunday, April 27, 2008The Multi-Loom I just realized that I've never posted this new guy to the blog. It has been a big hit and Randy is being kept busy in the shop. They are cute, don't you think? Anyway, this is the loom the previous blocks were woven on, in case you were curious. posted @ 08:03 PM PST [link] Sock yarn samples, woven on the Multi-Loom  I'm trying to show these on Raverly but I don't know who it works do this is just an experiment! lol But the samples are fun, anyway. posted @ 07:38 PM PST [link] Saturday, April 26, 2008If you don't like the weather... ...wait a day or two. The sun is shining and it's in the upper 70's today but the forecast is for maybe more snow by Wednesday!  Oh well... I took a photo for cousin of the really new, tight buds on the lilac. She said she wants to be up here when they bloom. I was thinking about two weeks but... who knows! At this rate it could be a week or a month!I got some yard work done today, cleaned up branches from the last wet snow and moved some planters into their summer spots. Brushed about a gallon of down out of Cori's coat. She was leaving trails of it! Jack, being an outside dog again, is not losing his so fast. Craft-wise, I have my knitting in a mess, I have three weaving projects going but not very fast, a painting half done and another one due on Wednesday that isn't even started. I do have my 4 framed pieces ready for the next show so am ahead there. I guess that's about it. Not keeping this blog up very well these days, but as you can see... I really don't have much of interest to share. Hope your weekend was exciting without being uncomfortable! posted @ 05:43 PM PST [link] Tuesday, April 22, 2008Earth Day Surprise! It's also Randy's birthday and since their job is laying out a foundation on a clay hillside, he got his BD off this year, too. They are calling for more precip tonight, but I hope we don't get much more white stuff or trees are going to start breaking. They've started leafing out and a lot of them are blooming... Bad timing on Mother Nature's part. Yeah, like.. what's new?  Oh well, we got a nice bit of rain first, which we do need. Randy thanked me for the dinner and said I did the steak just right. (whew!) I rarely cook those because I'm never successful. Racheal Ray I'm not! But I did research and got advice and used the timer! So dinner was a hit.  We also got some work done in the shop and I did a little on my art as well and did some weaving. A pretty full day, all in all, considering that I took a nap in there someplace, too! posted @ 07:33 PM PST [link] Friday, April 18, 2008Yes... but is it fiber?! Our local supermarket has new plastic bags, a lighter weight, but strong. In a transparent light green color with a teence of darker green print. The produce bags are an even paler, nearly white, green with a little darker green print... very color coordinated! But I was dinking around with them and found that cut into strips about 1/2-3/8" wide and looped together they make a nice ribbon looking 'yarn'. I wove this square to see what it would look and act like. It looks very pretty, I think, with a nice conservative shine sort of like the artificial raffia I once bought. I have a fair collection of these bags and I think I'm going to get out the 12" square and make some summer placemats for the picnic table. You can find instructions for these on the web page. http://www.hazelroselooms.com/project_files/ThankfulThanksgiving.pdf They should be washable by hand tho I expect you won't want to set anything too hot on them. Your color scheme will be determined by what your local store carries! But mine were pretty easy to weave, which is one thing I wondered about. Just cut the handles and the bottom seam off the bag, lay it out flat, and start folding it evenly. That way you can cut the loops easy, once you have it folded about 3" wide. Then just loop them together and weave. I'm going to fringe mine so just keep any color change ends on opposite sides and the tails will blend right in. If you want to share pictures, I'd love to see what you get! 
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