We woke to snow. Falling...sidewise? Yes, sidewise. It wasn't really a surprise, we've been expecting snow to come any day now, since the end of October. It hasn't been as warm as autumn last year, and it has been less dry, which is a blessing. I don't know if there has been enough rain to call an end to drought, but at least it has been something.
Yesterday I finished beaming the warp and got everything set up to start threading. I'm not sure if I can finish that today, but it should be done tomorrow.
I still have to mess about some with the treadling. The threading looks good, but I still have to decide on how much cloth to weave for the hems. A bit of 'mathing' that I will have to check and re-check (several times as I don't 'math' well at the best of times - and my brain isn't at it's 'best' these days.)
It has been working well to switch the colour combinations for each warp. It helps hold my attention and to not get 'tired' of working on these linen towels. I think I've got about enough linen for 5 more warps (including the one I just beamed). Once I finish that yarn, I will have to seriously look at what I have left in my stash. I may need to make scarves (although I have plenty of scarves on hand.) Hopefully some sold at the craft fair the first weekend of the month plus the other fair the guild has chosen to do.
On the other hand if I can get into the writing more, exploring things in more depth than I've had previously had the time/energy to do, that might be fun, too.
Anyway, winter has arrived, apparently. Time to dig out the snow boots and winter jacket.
And to make sure that we have sufficient masks. There are reports of an increasing number of covid cases, and yesterday, apparently, there was a report of the young person in this province having Bird Flu, and the strain of the bug they have has adapted to infect humans.
Might be a really good idea for people stuck indoors with large numbers of people start wearing a mask again, to protect themselves. Just saying.
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