Weaving in the Garden

The weather this weekend was nearly perfect for weaving in the garden.  The goal was to finish a group project that was started last year, and was put on hold until the weather was warm and dry enough to set up the warp weighted loom on the patio.  An unusually cool and wet spring postponed the project until now. 

With the help of Jan Eichling, we wove 25 inches between Sunday afternoon and Monday evening.  There were plenty of breaks for putting my feet up - one of the draw backs to a WWL is the standing.  There are about five more inches of weaving left on this shawl and a little finish work, then it will go to it's recipient.

Something old, something new

A couple of week's ago I took a knitting class based on the Gunnister pouch.  The 17th century original was found in a peat bog in Scotland, along with other personal items.  Here's a picture of the original:



My adaptation includes a design of crosses, instead of the stripes and checks of the original.

It's also a little bit longer - just the perfect size for holding my iphone.

All Wound Up

I have this bin in the garage (OK, I have lots of bins).  Up until today this particular bin was full to overflowing with left over bits of yarn.  Over the last two days, I have grouped the yarns, mixing textures and colors, and wound them into warps for scarves - ten in all.  Here are some of my favorites:

I love the candy colors of this one:

And the cool sage of this one.

This one reminds me of a berry/ peach smoothie.  Yum!

Meanwhile, I've been dyeing the purple and green warps for the Water Lilies shawl.  Here they are with the multi-colored warp and the blue weft:

And here are some of Monet's Water Lilies.