I love to weave but I haven't ever quite figured out warping properly. So, I give you the rigid heddle loom. I both love it (simple, quick, relatively small) and hate it (mostly for tension issues) but overall, would recommend one for anyone just starting out. Interested in buying one? My friend Mel has a yarn shop with an online store selling these babies coming soon. For right now, if you're in Canada, you can email her to get one. In my usual fashion, I threw a warp on with no real plan and then realized the yarn I wanted to weave (but hadn't thought about) would be the wrong weight. So, I quickly spun a better weight up (you know you're an addict when...). Anyway, I'm super happy with it so far. Yep, there is some unevenness and wibblywobbly to it but whatever. It will look great when it's cut off and finished.
If, like me, you get tired of people who do all the things and seem to have gorgeous houses for showing off online (or just being proud of - no judgement!), you'll appreciate this glimpse into my actual life: Yep, that's real. An actual mountain of dishes.
You know how it is for me. Wendell. Berry. This happens pretty much any time I hear him speak or read something of his. Swoon city.
Here's some more. I know I'm not the only one who does this. You know, this: You know how it is - you go to the garden shop and there's this and there's that and you just... can't...say... no. In this case, there were a few things on my "must have" list - including (but not limited to) cold hardy, dwarf cherries. They had four varieties so I bought... yes, four. But really here, growing fruit is a real trick. I can do well enough with gooseberries and currants (when they're protected from goats, chickens, and ducks), some raspberries and last year - blueberries. So, this is a garden trial I suppose. I think cherry leaves for ecoprinting, pruning for dye, and cherries for eating. I know you can see something that looks suspiciously like an elderberry by my knee. It is an elderberry. I love elderberries for syrup and flowers for cordial and wonder about the leaves for printing as well. I may have also gotten barberries and a hardy fig (which may or may not be hardy here) Ah gardening. Now I have to figure out what each of these needs. Haha. Time to research. Afternote: Yeah, that one had to go back. I don't need a toxic red berry elderberry planted on purpose. Fortunately, there were a few other friends ready to take its place. Yep, a Golf can fit a full sized quince, some hardy kiwis, and definitely knitting. Now, time to plant.
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AuthorI'm a 40-something writer and smallholder living in the wilds of BC with my family, our small herd of Nigerian Dwarf Goats, chickens, ducks, dogs, and cats. Archives
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