Some FO's

Over the last several weeks, I have only been in the Studio in fits and starts, but I do have a few Finished Objects to show you, finally!
These were technicaly finished before last weeks retreat, and I wanted to post about them last week, but I figured that  they could wait until this week, as I knew that last week would not be a good Studio week. (Are you confused yet?)

First, I am happy to announce that the last obligation blanket is off the loom, and finished, just not delivered yet!  Plans are in the works for a special order blanket for my youngest daughter new baby, due in November.  We will finalize the colors once we know if it is a boy or a girl.  I am really loving my new blanket design, and everybody I show them to is just as enthusiastic about them as I am!

I combed up a box full of top from the fleeces from the Museum of Appalachia last week, for them to have on hand for their spinners.  It is super soft and springy!  Next, I want to spin up a couple of skeins for them to display in the shop.

I am working pretty steadily on the loom with the Hollywood warp that I adapted for placemats/runners.  The piece in the picture on the left is woven with t-shirt strips, it is a nice soft runner of about 36 inches, if I remember correctly.

 Next I dove into deep stash to do a hit and miss runner.  I really wanted to stretch my color comfort zone, and I was really pleased with the outcome, this is also a runner.

Before I did these last two runners, I had looked in my inventory bins, and remembered that I needed to replace  a couple of placemats and a runner to complete a set that had been broken up in one of the shows.  I dutifully wove them first, then I was free to play a little bit.  I will probable repeat the 2 new runners so that they are not all alone on the shelves come this falls shows.



I am trying to get this placemat/runner warp finished, I really can't tell how many more yards are on the back beam because I used paper as a packing.  That is my least favorite packing medium, I really prefer sticks and blind slats.  This warp is on the loom that I want to try a weighted warp system, for several reasons.   I have the equipment that I need, all I need now is an empty loom!


I managed to finish a pair of sock this week, the pattern is a freeby on Ravelry.  It is Hermione's Everyday Socks.  I used Panda Wool sock wt. yarn, in the Bluebell colorway.  

I am also this week, working on the Featherweight Cardigan that you can  find on Ravelry, though you will have to buy that pattern.  I really love the way this yarn is knitting up!  I am using some yarn that has been in my closet for over 2 years, it is a lace yarn, "Shadow" I think, from Knit Picks and it is the Jeweled Heather color.  (I don't believe they are making this yarn anymore)

I say that it was in my closet and not my stash, and that is because I had previously knit this yarn into a shawl.  I love knitting shawls, but I have found that I never wear them.  So after 2 years on the shelf, I ripped it out, soaked it and let it dry in the skeins with no added weight.

I chose the Featherweight Cardigan because of it's simple lines, and it's top down construction.  Since it is top down,  I have been able to try the sweater on as I go, and I do believe that it is going to fit.  If it does, it will get a lot of use this fall when the temperatures start dropping.  Just this morning started the ribbing on the bottom of the sweater.  I plan to make it about 1 inch longer in the body of the sweater and in the sleeves as well, based on the picture on the pattern and the schematics.

Next week, I am going to have grandkids for a couple of days, but I am hoping to keep at it and get that warp off the loom before much longer.

Until next time, Happy Spinning and Weaving, Tina

As I go about my day, I am listening to the Must Stash podcast, the Prairie Girls Knit and Spin podcast, the Just One More Row podcast, and the Stash and Burn podcast. (to name a few) What are you listening to?