If you watch my Flickr, you already know this is done. I loaded the photos meaning to post last week and then the week went downhill and my desire to write a post disappeared. Tomorrow I’m going to put a few kits on the website for weaving a scarf like this. Yarn and fiber sets. It’s my new favorite way to weave. I have another scarf I’m working on too. The next one will be merino and tencel. For now, I’m reveling in one finished scarf.

It sure does leave a pretty landscape for a sunrise:

Since that’s probably a little cold for some of you….how about some Beach Day:

I’m working on weaving a scarf from a previous club offering of yarn and fiber. I’ve got one more scarf planned that uses fiber and yarn together. Then, I’ll be putting together a few kits that show the 3 different options (remember the first scarf?). I really like working with the fiber and yarn this way. It’s my new favorite for scarves.

I finished this scarf over the weekend:

I love it. It’s made with one skein of Rustic silk and one ounce of tussah top.

I made it on the Rigid Heddle loom at the shop. The Rustic Silk was warp and weft with bits of top woven in (with rows of Rustic silk) to create the little bumps and oddities. I stole the brilliant idea from Beth. I wanna be Beth when I grow up….if I grow up.

So how does one get that twisty fringe? There are a couple of really cool gadgets that make twisted rope or fringe but if you don’t do a lot of it, you can easily do it by hand.

The first step is to figure out how many strings you have so you can do your best to get an even amount in each set. I did 4 in each half of the twist. Here I separated out the 2 that I will need to begin doing the fringe for the second half of the scarf.

Yes, I’m in sweat pants, it was an impromptu tutorial
Then you take each set and roll them. You can twist them in your hand but it’s easier to roll them down your leg to get the twist.

Make sure you are rolling the same way for each successive bunch you do. Do both of the sets of string you set aside making sure it’s overtwisted:

Can you see the extra sproing I have in there? Then you take the ends and knot them.

Just a simple Overhand knot will do. and then give it a tug and let it go. It will twist upon each other and voila! Twisted Fringe!

Doesn’t this make you want to go twist up some fringe? Or is that just me?

I haven’t been getting much done that’s blogworthy.
I started a weaving project in the shop:

It uses the Rustic Silk yarn I dye and the Tussah top. I stole the idea from Beth because it’s a really good one.

Other than that, I haven’t gotten much knitting or spinning done. June has been a flurry of activity. I feel as though the only time my feet were touching down at home was to run through. July is a new month and I should be home a little bit more. The shop has been crazy because of all this activity too. We’ve been moving stuff around and cleaning and making room for new product. Speaking of new….

The Cherry Matchlesses have arrived. Well, the first bunch. The next bunch will get delivered in August.

This is where I’ve been lately. Here, there, everywhere, but no where in particular for any length of time.
It’s hard having the loom in the cellar away from everyone because I would rather spend time with my family so I get a few inches done on the next scarf here and there:

I need to work a little harder on it though because I’m hoping to make the kit available soon. Of course, sewing is in the same place as the loom which is making that slow going too unless the kids need something. My main winter jacket is 12 years old and it shows. I have so many plans for a new winter jacket and it starts with this:

I have plans for weaving the cloth for another jacket but this one is a lovely boiled wool from a local woolen mill in Norway Maine. It’s a gorgeous charcoal grey fabric that’s been sitting in my closet for a couple of years. I finally cut it and will do a bit of sewing and reworking the pattern to include a lining so it will be a suitable winter jacket.

I’ve done a bit of knitting here and there as well. I finally finished the sample sweater for a class at The Knitting Experience. I need to steek the sleeves and I’ll be done so they can have a sample for the Fair Isle and steeking class.

Last but not least I finished some spinning. This was a couple of lovely batts that Josette from Enchanted Knoll sent me for my birthday. I’m making a pair of much needed mittens. The cable cuff pattern is lost in the yarn but I know it’s there and to me that’s what counts. I almost did a plain rib but I really wanted the cables and stopped caring if it showed or not. Sometimes it’s not about how it looks, but about how it makes you feel.