During this quiet time of winter, I've been spending much of my time doing things other than knitting or weaving, but I still have a few projects to blog about. Coming soon: the story of "The Long, Long Warp," and exciting pictures of onion skin dyed socks. (They're orange.) Stay tuned!
It's fun to make a word cloud. Just go to http://www.wordle.net and either enter the URL of your blog, or do what I did and copy/paste your tags. Click on the "randomize" button to see different colors and layouts. Easy!
Here are my Wordle links: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1518630/Knifty_Wordle and http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1518648/Knifty_Wordle.
The big snowstorm turned into freezing rain, then slush, and now plain o'l rain. It's a slushy Christmas, but it's Christmas nonetheless. The weather kept us indoors, and I finally had time to play with my new 8 dent rigid heddle, my new shuttle, and my backstrap loom.
I don't keep a lot of yarn on hand. I tend to buy it only with a project in mind. I don't have a complete skein of anything (except some old Red Heart and Homespun), so I scrounged some Sugar and Cream cotton and warped the loom. I had just enough for about 30". It was fun and a little frustrating, too. Then, I found some slubby cotton I had tucked into a basket, and used that light green for the weft.
I have trouble with pulling the weft too tight, but other than the occassional bumpy edge, I'm very pleased with this little mat, just right for the snow globe. Using the rigid heddle is great fun, and I'm getting closer toward a balanced weave. Next, I would like to do a longer project with the 10 dent heddle, so when the stores open back up, I'll probably be there scouting out some sport or worsted weight yarn for a scarf.
Merry Christmas, everyone!