It's a No Pictures Saturday

because I can't find the camera. :-/ Good start to the day, eh?

Anyway, the merino-tencel is washed and ready to measure; Li's scarf is DONE! (YAY!!) except for weaving in the ends, washing, and blocking - though since it's Wool-ease, I'm not sure how well it will block. So these things are on my list of things to do today. I probably won't get to sewing the hems on the dishcloths until tomorrow. Oh and I ran across a great idea while surfing - how to make a key-chain crochet hook. This would be really handy, so I hope to try that today, too.

And I want to see what yarn I have for my possible next knitting project - the Lace Edged Cowl Pullover (link corrected). This is probably beyond my skills at this point (I've not made a sweater yet), but I love this! Of course, since the scarf took me almost a year to knit, this sweater will probably take me 5 years!

I've received the extra-large whorl for the Polonaise - I can't wait to try it - it looks HUGE. The really nice vendor also sent me a sample of corn fiber to try spinning - it's so shiny! That will be interesting to spin as well.

And I also received the Schacht mini-loom in time for my trip last weekend, and let my sister try it out for me. She really liked it, so perhaps I'll hook her on weaving too. :-) I'll probably use it for small tapestry-type weaving, mug rugs, or squares - fast and fun stuff.

Surprisingly, I've been volunteered to do a RH weaving demo for the weaving guild. Now, these are folks that use big multi-harness looms and do fancy weaving, and I must say I'm a little concerned about little ol' me doing this. I'm more a 'put some string on it and see what happens' kind of weaver - these people have taken lessons and workshops and actually know what they are doing. Luckily I will probably have a year to come up with a (short, thankfully) program that may make sense to them (and they are very nice people, so they probably won't be too hard on me)! I have a bit of an idea of what I'll have on the looms, but of course I'll need to experiment (AND PRACTICE!) first.

But before I do any of that - I'm in a cleaning mood today, and I'm going to start with my craft room and then do the guest room if I have any energy left. One of my Yahoo groups have been talking about machine-knitting, which is inspiring me to get my machines out and do some acrylic stash-busting. But first I have to clean off the machine-knitting tables and actually the entire room is a mess. As is the rest of the basement. How can just two people make so much mess (and most of it is me, I'm sure)?!