chug-chug-along

so far from the inner landscape series this one is my fave. but i've just woven 3. by the end of the warp who knows. jute is a nice material, but fuzzes like crazy. not even   my beeswax cake tames it so weaving is slow. so is  brocading. thinking where to lay the yarns and where not to weave.this is a lampas threading, but the weaving is invented :). thoroughly enjoyable!

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in between jobs

there's a lot of talk over here about mini jobs aka sub employment in plain language. but i'm going to spare ya'll the rant.

i am in between projects now and what i'm doing is no mini job, it's a  big task trying to straighten out that yarn mess. again. but as i previously said nothing beats that for mindlessness. and i actually enjoy the challenge and the sense of accomplishment i get from it. yes, i'm that weird. 

this skein though is a piece of cake; it's thicker than what i am usually confronted with and very slinky. i just hang it and watch it slink down as i wind. no fuzziness clinging hopelessly to one another .

maybe i should list this as a skill in my resume. opinions ? :)

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she who dares

graduating from long rectangular things into something with more shape but not quite.

this is blandina's linen dyed in tannin that became a top? a vest?

learning by doing.the increases always show, especially with a yarn as fine as this. so why not take advantage and use them as design elements? all those pretty eyelets!

something that might make the purists-or the more concientious makers- out there cringe; i stitched the piece all around the edges to prevent the infamous stockinette stitch curl in. used the stretch stitch on my elna and i am very pleased with the outcome.

hurry summer,  hurry.






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