It
feels like forever, but I’m finally weaving again! It seems like so many things have taken up my
weaving time lately, I’m blaming the fitbit….all that walking is really eating
into my play time!
I
decided to go to my ‘happy place’ and put on a 6 tea towel warp, both to use up
my stash and to get back into the rhythm.
Don’t you love the look of a fresh warp over the back beam?
The pattern I’m using is 6 shaft 2/2 twill and
the colours in the warp are silver grey, navy, shale grey, slate grey and
beige.
I decided to use the navy for the weft and to not put in any stripes; I think the pattern speaks loudly enough don’t you? I was hoping for a nautical feel and I think it works.
I finally, and I mean finally finished the silk scarf, and I’m really happy with the result, but it took literally
forever! I swear I had this sitting on
the dining table for weeks as I slowly stitched the cord to the edge. The result is stunning though, but I don’t
want to have to do it again anytime soon!
Here it is in all it’s glory….
At the beginning of this post I was blaming my
fitbit for not having enough loom time, but I must admit that a few ‘crafty’
projects have managed to sneak in.
My KitchenAid mixer got a new set of duds…after
34 years of hard work I think ‘Betsy’ deserves a new look!
I have a friend who eats gluten and dairy free and since we were having a Spanish meal we found this
Spanish Orange and Almond Cake to end the meal. The Spanish usually decorate this cake with the cross of St. James of Compostela and I think it looks amazing and it tasted spectacular! !
2 comments:
Glad you're back to the loom - don't you just hate when life interferes with weaving time???
The scarf is lovely.
And I love your mixer - did you paint it or are they decals? I'd love to brighten mine up.
Hi Cindie,
The photo really doesn't do the mixer justice, it is so much nicer in real life. I bought the decals from an Etsy vendor; they were really easy to apply and there are scads of choices, next time I'm doing giraffe!
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