Planning for the next project is well advanced and in fact the yarn (Vintage DK from Yarn Barn of Kansas. http://www.yarnbarn-ks.com) is on its way as I type this. Another of Anne’s nephews is about to become a father. As we gave his brother a blanket when they had their baby recently we were pretty well obligated to follow suit. In fact, between these two we also wove a baby blanket for Anne’s younger brother. Yet another tradition is born!
The parents chose pink and grey as the main colors and we have added colors drawn from the Grand Teton Mountains – a place they spent some time in their earlier lives although they now live in North Carolina. The extra colors are white (snow), grey (mountains), and green (forests). The design is done and it will end up yet another tartan/plaid! I have a few months to get it done, but once on the loom it shouldn’t take too long. The fringe twisting is likely to take just as long as the weaving.
I have two other projects to contemplate. The first is a combination of two needs. I need to dress the HD 4 shaft traveling loom ready for the Fiber Festival in April as I will be on the porch demonstrating again. I also need to get something going for the guild challenge which is to create some form of 3 dimensional object using woven materials. I was considering weaving something similar to the wedding scarves as my demo project because of the distinctive colors (reminiscent of abalone shell). The guild challenge might become a wavy ‘ocean’ setting with some shell pieces perhaps? Needs more thought.
Finally; I have always wanted to weave some of the designs my Dad used in his place mats, so I have been looking carefully at some of the structures. One is an overshot trellis style which he used a lot. I should be able to find similar yarn, and it would be great to be able to duplicate some of his work.
Today though is out to the studio build as we have a fine day after a full day of rain yesterday. The weekend was good and we finally finished the garage end wall and have it all wrapped in tyvek. The old tarps have been retired from that area and hopefully we can move on to getting eaves and roof on down this end of the building.