Show's Over

Well it is nearly over. We just have to pack up.

Next ANWG will be in two years in Salem (OR).

We will head north tomorrow.
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ANWG

Here in Spokane at The Assoc of Northwest Weaver's Guild conference. Haven't made it to the guild exhibits yet but Sheila says the gallery tour last night was excellent.
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Over half way

The rain has stopped and it has warmed up so much I have to doff my sweat shirt and don a t shirt! Apparently it is supposed to get rather warm in Spokane for the weekend. :)
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What a Difference

a week makes!

We got home around 9:30 pm with the plum trees just past their peak.

There is still lots of snow at higher elevations. We even had some on the trip to Olds last Thursday and there was lots left on the mountain peaks on our return. I don't remember the name of this one, but this is the view from the parking lot at Saskatchewan Crossing about mid-afternoon Sunday.

Now to try and fit all the yarn left over from the sale onto the shelves and get ready to leave again tomorrow morning. :)

If anyone will be at ANWG in Spokane (WA) drop by Teresa Ruch's booth and say 'hi'. I'll be there most of the time.

Reading during the trip: The Language of Bees by Laurie King and Conspirator by C. J. Cherryh. Just starting House of Stag by Kage Baker

HWSDA

The Alberta conference is nearly over. Just tomorrow morning left, then pack up and head home.

The weather has been nice (no snow!) And the people friendly and enthusiastic.
I'm looking forward to ANWG next week.
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Fringes

Thought I would share how I go about setting up my fringes. Above picture shows the end of the first scarf (bottom of the ruler) and the cutting line for between the two scarves.

The picture below shows the cutting line, the first four fugitive picks and then the beginning of the weaving for the second scarf. The measuring 'tape' is just pinned to the web. I have a variety of these 'tapes' for different textiles. This one is 66" long as that is a common length I make for scarves.



I don't weave anything into the fringes, just let the unwoven warp ends roll onto the cloth beam ensuring that they don't fall off the cloth on the cloth beam.

The first and last pick of the scarf are wound into the appropriate bout of fringes - I fringe twist regenerated cellulose fibres to make sure they don't disintegrate and that they will wear well.

When the scarves (two per warp) are removed from the loom I cut them apart through the cutting line, fold them into quarters and set them aside until they are ready to be twisted.

I always begin twisting on the side away from the weft tail and work toward the loose weft pick twisting the weft tail into the last bout.

Doug has just started to load the van up (he had to gas up and fill the tires) and as it's just 4:30 pm there is plenty of time to finish the second scarf and cut this warp off the loom.

And then I need to pack........

Currently reading The Language of Bees by Laurie R. King

Seeing Red - Again

I seem to be having a red-fest. :) In the past week I've woven a couple of red shawl warps on the AVL, a red shawl on the Fanny, a red chenille scarf warp today and am just now dressing the Fanny again with a black and red warp. ;)

Red - the colour of energy. Perhaps my week of rest has allowed my energy to come back and my colour choice reflects that.

Don't know if I will finish weaving it before I leave tomorrow, but that's okay. The AVL is (gasp!) naked and destined to remain that way for a couple weeks. Well, not quite naked - the last warp still needs to be stripped off, but somehow a completely naked loom always looks so - hmm - pathetic? sad? :^)

I will go away and think about my priorities for when I get back and then decide what to weave on the AVL next.

A huge priority will be to get the studio cleaned up to the point where one can walk without the do-see-do between boxes. I have students coming this summer, and the studio has to be able to hold more than just me!

Another priority (sub-priority?) will be to finish skeining the yarn to be dyed and get that dyed this summer. Once I've done that I will have to decide if I continue to purchase natural yarn and dye it to sell and for my own use. I could get rid of a lot of stuff if I stopped doing that. OTOH, with my Art Fire store, perhaps I can sell it on the internet.

So I will be doing a lot of mulling over options and thinking about how I really want to spend my time for the forseeable future.

That's one of the nice thing about long road trips - lots of time to think without too many distractions.

When I come home I have a number of medical type appointments - I need new eyeglasses, a crown on one of my molars and a meeting with my family doctor to discuss changing my cholesterol medication (and find out what to expect in terms of my blocked arteries in terms of symptoms/treatment).

Bette Davis had it oh, so right - getting old is not for sissies! Who knew I'd reach that stage in my late 50's! ;^)