Work Log

[ursulas_alcove]

It might not work. The pattern calls for 371 yards. The amount of wool I started with is calculated to be 376 yards. I'm doing a twill. Will it have more take up? I don't know. Stay tuned as the drama mounts. Wednesday, there will not be a post. I am picking up another load of sawdust in Columbus.



The green yarn is drying. A green shawl is two or three shawls down the road on the schedule. I have two smaller ones first. One has been waiting a long time. I'd like to do the brown autumn colors while it's still fall. I have a brown and rose tone one as well as a brown and cream colored shawl to weave. Green should be done during Yule time.



The columbine is ready for sale. I will do some finally trimming before it gets tagged.



Today was a day for fighting with computers to set up the Indiana Sales Tax Account. They gave me a call back because the wait time was over 2 hours when I called them Tuesday. It's been sorted out and taxes have been filed. Sometimes this just eats up my production time. I also made pumpkin chocolate chip bread today. My oven takes forever. I think it baked 2 hours before it cooked through. Halfway through, I had to flip the bread because there is only one oven coil. I suspect the temperature controller is totally shot. It's never taken this long. It may also be why the electric bill has skyrocketed. We have to leave the oven on longer and longer. I don't see bread or cookies getting made this year with its condition. I suppose if there is a sunny day before March, I should use the solar oven. Always dicey this time of year. Tonight's dinner was cooked on the stovetop. It was squash with wild rice, bacon, leeks, and figs. We used up the fresh peas. It was lovely. Orders were printed and packaged. We got to the post office around 5 pm. I forgot one letter but tomorrow's another day.

Comments

[haertstitch]

do you have any black or dark blue
you might add a row of that here or there
and stretch it out.

Thanks for the suggestion

[ursulas_alcove]

I don’t have much that matches it. The point was to do continuous so I don’t have to fringe. If I break the thread, I have to fringe it. The superwash will not spit ply to another yarn. If I weave in twill continuously, it uses less yarn (than fringe) and takes very little time which allows me to keep the cost down. The design of these shawls can be mathematical or free hand. Free hand can take me up to 3 years to complete, like the columbine shawl. It’s a matter of contrast, color theory and having enough yarn. Fringing takes as long as weaving a second shawl. So if I have to rip it, I may as well just make it a smaller size.

Re: Thanks for the suggestion

[haertstitch]

its how I spread things out
add row of something else every few rows.

I'd add a poison color
but I was hoping you could add a darker color instead.
even a dark green I love green with purple.

keeping a piece on the frame for 3 years
no other pieces woven
unless you have more looms grimace.

unraveling mohair is a bear
I wonder at fringes, they'd weight a shawl
but i've been avoiding them-
I'd rather have the yarn in the shawl

Re: Thanks for the suggestion

[ursulas_alcove]

Yes, I agree. Fringe is rather a waste. Nothing else got made in three years. I have lots of different kinds of looms. I have three rigid heddles, an inkle, and the big multi-harness besides the triangle loom. I’ve been doing the dyes instead over the last three years. Plus I have spinning and knitting to do. Somewhere I have a pin loom, 10 inch square. Oh, and a tapestry loom too. I’m not very good at the tapestry loom.

Re: Thanks for the suggestion

[haertstitch]

Happy turkey day

Same to you!

[ursulas_alcove]

Do work too hard! I'm climbing into the Wintersmith when I'm done.

Re: Same to you!

[haertstitch]

wintersmyth is good living mythic even.