Category: Scarves
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New Normal
It feels like my ‘normal’ for the past 10 years is trying to weave down my stash. So what’s new about that? Well, my energy levels, for one thing. One of the adverse effects of the cancer drug is to feel tired. Even on the lowest possible dose I feel tired all day long and…
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New Normal
It feels like my ‘normal’ for the past 10 years is trying to weave down my stash. So what’s new about that? Well, my energy levels, for one thing. One of the adverse effects of the cancer drug is to feel tired. Even on the lowest possible dose I feel tired all day long and…
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Choose One Thing
This summer has been challenging for a long list of reasons. We have been dealing with daily smoke, better or worse, for going on two weeks. I rather suspect that the smoke is getting to everyone. Nerves are getting frayed. Children and people with lung issues (or allergy to smoke) are being urged to stay…
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Warps in Waiting
Earlier today I wove a couple of tea towels, but as much as I would like to get that warp finished, I am also getting concerned about my other craft fair inventory. I’m very low on scarves, and since I have boxes and boxes of various kinds of rayon in my stash, I switched to…
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Mining the Stash
Nine boxes. I was thinking there were six. Well, I am going to try to use some of this up. But first I need to see what is actually in those boxes. This is yarn from the fashion designer I used to weave for. She retired when she hit 65 and offered me her yarn…
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Two By Two
When it is feasible, I wind warps holding two threads. Winding two ends at a time means winding goes twice as quickly as winding one at a time. I prefer a 2 x 2 cross, especially when the yarns are textured, as in this warp. Textured yarns may tend to grab onto their neighbours and…
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Showing Up
I’m over half way through this bin of rayon chenille scarves, but still hours of work to do yet. Today Doug is working on installing a new light in the laundry room and, for safety’s sake, the computer that runs my loom needed to be shut down. Ergo, I could not weave. While it was…
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Labour Intensive
I got home late afternoon on Tuesday (leaving Richmond at 5 am). Yesterday was filled with appointments – including a change in the date of my dental surgery. It will take place on Monday, not a week from now. So things have to be changed around in order to leave me some time for recovery.…
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Learning Curve
All this yarn is part II or maybe III. It is a research project with two other fibre people where we have each brought our skills, our knowledge, our expertise, to make something that is greater than the sum of it’s parts, insofar as we are all benefiting from the interaction of our various areas…
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Revving Up
One of the things I did last year (maybe the year before!) was wind a bunch of rayon chenille scarf warps. I managed to weave off a few of them, but there were seven warps, sitting in their boxes waiting, patiently. In an effort to reduce rubble, I decided to weave them off. So far,…