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Weaving 101: Introduction

Like any other activity, weaving has its own terminology. Taking the time to learn a few new words now means that you will be able to follow anyone’s explanations and read any introductory weaving book. It also means that if you run into problems, you can clearly and concisely ask for help. Weaving is a […]

50 books

I’ve been so busy that I haven’t even been reading much, although I did get several moved from “underway” to “done”. And you all know that I haven’t been writing much! I have lots of long, interesting string articles underway, but none finished. A booklist post is pretty to put together, since I keep notes […]

Aiy-aiy-aiy.

I would like to report that 15-hour workdays are conducive neither to blogging nor playing with string. So, nothing new. I haven’t even gotten everything put away from Pennsic yet, although Nick was very helpful and did all the laundry and put away many things. I’m very tired, haven’t been home, and haven’t been able […]

I’m baaack!

Tired, but no longer dirty (hey, hot running water!), and proud owner of large mounds of dirty laundry. It rained, you see. For days. It doesn’t matter what kind of tent you have, camping in the rain will make everything wet and muddy. The washing machine will be running until Wednesday, most likely. My vacation […]

Ikat sock yarn

Oh, look at this! There are alternating wide and narrow stripes of white, and a really neat variegated purple color. I really, really like this, can you tell? It will look very different when skeined, and I’m looking forward to that too. And when knitted? The garden is once again full of color. The lilies […]

Vikings!

I’m completely enthralled by the first photograph in this article about the discovery of some previously-forgotten Viking-era graves. What do you think is under the ground within those rings?

Getting your string in shape

So you rushed out and bought some weaving yarn, right? (Any excuse for stash enhancement, right, and “Phiala told me to!” has been used in the past to good effect.) If you bought something on a cone or ball, then you can skip all of the steps on the rest of this page. But read […]

The dyed roving

Over the weekend I finished spinning the dyed roving! I now have three small balls of variegated two-ply yarn looking for a project. Pretty, no? I’m not overly happy with the spinning – I was having a bit of trouble drafting this wool evenly. Since I purchased originally to make thrummed mittens with, spinnability wasn’t […]

Friday photos

Today, for your viewing pleasure, a pair of flowers: goatsbeard, and a raspberry (or maybe blackberry). but no string. I’ve been knitting on the never-ending Jaywalkers, and doing some swatching for a tank top (think I’ve got it figured out!), and planning the weaving project for the Gotland yarn, but none of those are either […]

Flowers of June

Everything continues to grow, both good and bad. The weeds in the back flowerbed have completely gotten away from me. Bluegrass flowers are attractive, right? Albrecht Durer certainly thought so. The azaleas are about done, and the first tree peony has finished blooming. There’s another to come, but they seem to be on different schedules. […]