I exercised tremendous restraint at the weavers conference marketplace, mostly coming away with photos of the many wonderous offerings-
Manged to get the loom re-warped-
Felix’s butt trimmed up-
(though now that his butt is trimmed, it makes his gut look bigger!)
And got a start on a Contiguous sweater!!
Been meaning to give it a shot for a while now, and I have to say,
It is everything I hoped for!
So simple, and clever and versatile.
Yes, I am a Sweater Geek.
To the campus of Western Washington University
Signs are everywhere-
And i think there might be some crocheters among them, too-
For real.
ANWG conference at WWU this week.
I wasn’t able to sign up for any workshops (found out too late)
But there is a vendor marketplace in the gym that will be open to the public at noon on Thursday!
Cool, eh?
This weekend we moved the Peeps (guinea hens) into the pasture with the chickens and sheep.
They had been socializing through the fence with the new little chickens, so the transition was pretty smooth.
Here they are poking around the edges of the pasture together-
across the way, other interspecies mingling in progress-
And I just love how Frank is peeking around the corner here.
Other scenes from a peaceful weekend on the homestead-
Bees buzzing
Peonies popping
sheep scritching
puppies posing
people planting
And now that the seedlings are all outside, Mr. Carder has taken back his rightful place on the office desk, and I’m catching up on fiber prep!
of the loom, that is 🙂
Just pulled it off tonight.
I originally thought that I might try different patterns in this piece, but I just really liked how the plain weave looked in the different natural colors.
Nothing fancy. But it’s beautiful to me.
Here it is again on the gate.
It’s really quite long. About 9 feet.
So now I get to figure out what to do with it! Probably would have been more versatile fabric if I’d made it a little wider. But no worries! I’m sure the right use will present itself.
Anyhoo— this means I’ve got to get it warped again!
And I’ve been working on some handspun Edgar warp for the next go-round. Got about 200 navajo-plied yards so far.
Probably need another 200 before I get started.
Here it is posing with a possible weft candidate (Frank/Felix)
I haven’t decided on my next sweater project yet, but the needles have not gone cold! I’ve got some Frankensocks cast on with sporty sock yarn leftovers
Here is Chone inspecting-
and I have some Crazy Zauberball on standby in case I need more time-
I’m such a sucker for the Zauberball.