Now that we are relatively settled in our small rental (I can't call it
TINY since that is a whole different kind of house!) I have realized pretty quickly that for us to manage to exist in our small cluttered with boxes space I need to get out as much as possible! The good thing is that means time spent walking Layla along the river (all the Canadian Goose families are so fun to watch!) and many hours at my weaving studio at
LibertyTown.
You may have heard that the show for the month of May is the annual Patron Show. Fantastic work is donated, however number of pieces that that is (I think 51 this year...) that many $150 tickets are sold. At the end of the month all ticket holders come for the Big Drawing. When you ticket number is called you choose your own piece to take home! This year tickets sold out in TWO DAYS. Below is the blanket that I donated to the show.
My next project is another wool blanket. You may (or maybe not!) have noticed that the blanket for the show has a dark brown back. This effect is created by the type of twill weave I used. It also creates a somewhat heavier fabric. (For those of you in the know, a 3/1 twill creates a warp faced side, thats the colors in this example, and a weft faced side, that is the brown side.) My next project is a more balanced twill that allows for both sides to be similar.
The warp, the yarn set up on the loom first, is an alternating cocoa brown and deep earthy red.
Nearly finished.....
....at the end....
To finish the piece I twist the fringe (that takes about 2 hours worth of Bones on TV.....) and run it through one hot wash/cold rinse cycle in my washing machine. Last is to trim any loose ends.
I'm really happy with this one.
The colors are not quite true. The yellowish color (the weft in this case) is actually more of a lemongrass green.....)
So now the weather has turned warmer for good I think. So I am putting my wool away and pulling out the cotton and cotolin (50% cotton, 50% linen).
I have two blue baby blankets in stock.....Now I think I'll work with some light weight baby blankets with girls in mind!
BUT I have plans to start making pots in the LibertyTown pottery school space....so stay tuned!!
Blackberry Syrup is the perfect want to celebrate a bumper crop of blackberries. It’s crazy simple to make, requires only three ingredients and takes less than an hour from start to finish.
