The promised pictures...

Sorry about not getting these posted last week - I lost track of time. I also didn't do any crafting to speak of, so I guess it's a good thing I didn't get these up!

I did do a bit of spinning on the Polonaise. A couple of friends came over Saturday night and saw the Polonaise and were really curious about spinning, so I demonstrated (on the Liten Spindle too). This is what I'm spinning:

It's actually darker - closer to this color and not shiny at all:

but the photo was fuzzy and I didn't have time to re-take it. (They were also really interested in my weaving - sadly I have nothing on any of the looms right now.)

And here's how the Polonaise (and Liten Spindle, and Spindolyn, and the sign and the chair and the table, and I even left the crate with the dog stuff in the car, and later I added a case of water and cookies to celebrate our first year of Spin Club!) fit in my Fit:



Room to spare! :-D (That's empty space between the table and chair!)


And just because:


The Handsome Boy (who's not much liking that we were tearing up his carpet yesterday).

No weaving this past week...

but I did do some spinning. Not what I was supposed to be spinning, of course, but spinning on the Polonaise. The blue stuff is spinning up in an interesting manner (of course I forgot to take pictures - I'll try to get them up tonight).

I did end up taking it to Spin Club in the Park - it fit rather well in the back of the Fit (ha!). The only problem I had was trying to get those legs inside - the door doesn't open quite perpendicular and the wheel legs stick out at an angle. But I managed without dinging it. And I even had room for one of the Babes, though I didn't take one (I did take the Liten Spindle & the Spindolyn, and a chair and a small table, and...) I ended up spinning on it the entire time, except for a couple of brief interruptions where I demo'd the Spindolyn (which is still fun!) for a couple of people that walked up. My ankle didn't even bother me the next day, as it usually does. :-D


I spent most of the weekend (again!) trying to figure out how to re-do the living room and watching HGTV for ideas. It's not very big, and and has a lot of design challenges that I haven't seen addressed on HGTV shows (low ceiling combined with small narrow room and more). This could be 'interesting' (sigh).

Progress!

It's finally off the loom! (Sorry about the poor picture.)

Even though I intended this to be a bag, I might just leave it as a runner and do fringe. :-) Even DH was impressed by it. (Luckily, he didn't notice the middle where the selvedge appears to be pulled tighter than the rest. :-/)

Here is a close-up:

Even though I'm not crazy about the tan yarn I used, the contrast sure makes the pattern pop.

I was going to start warping for another log cabin for the rigid heddle weave-along (there are two, for different skill levels - I'll put a link on the sidebar in a minute), but then we lost power due to a bird flying into the substation(!) so I didn't get to it this weekend.


Spinning:

I took the tencel off the Polonaise - I just could not get interested in spinning it so I've set it aside for now. Instead, I cleaned and waxed the Pol, in case I take it to Spin Club tomorrow, and started something else:

Wensleydale lamb/yearling & kid mohair/tussah silk/silk noils 35/40/15

I thought it was roving, but the bag I pulled out appears to be 'fluffy chunks' instead. So this is going to be a learning experience. So far the yarn is turning out fuzzy, and I would rather have smooth, but I should get some input from the Club tomorrow. :-) It sure is pretty though!

Long time no post

I suddenly had to go out of town for awhile, so have been away from the 'net. While I was gone - and even after I returned, very little crafting was done. I did, however, teach myself to crochet left-handed. :-) I'm not very fast, but it looks pretty good!

Since I have no crafty-progress photos to post, I decided to post these. This first item I've been wanting for awhile. For the life of me I can't remember what these looms are called, but sometimes straws are used, sometimes pencils or dowels. It is for making belts or straps - I think I've seen a wider version of it used for making a rug online somewhere. (Could it be called a "peg loom"?) It was all of $5 at our new SuperWalMart, which surprisingly has yarn and fabric and crafty stuff!

This is a rag shuttle DH made for me. I like it a lot, and hope to use it soon. It's very lightweight due to the wood he used, so I don't know how sturdy it is, and I haven't finished it yet. But doesn't he do nice work?

I need to get the log cabin fabric off the Flip, as there is a rigid-heddle weave-along starting that I want to do. I've had such a headache today though that the best I can do is look at it. Perhaps tomorrow. I've done enough of the fabric that I have way more than enough for the bag, or I can do something else with it if I change my mind (or something in addition to it). I still haven't taken the project off the Bonhop loom, either; nor sewn the dishcloths from the previous Flip warp. Good grief! Not only am I bad at continuing to start new projects before others are finished, but I hate finishing things. I need some motivation - perhaps a chocolately reward would work....

Oh, and I've decided the living room is in serious need of redecorating - that's not going to help me keep up with my crafty stuff! Darn HGTV and TLC giving me ideas!!!