Doing a little weaving

It has been forever since I have posted anything on my blog.  Much has happened in the last seven months. It is time for me  to get back in the swing of things. 

In December I purchased a new to me 8 harness loom. It is a J-Made.  I have been wanting to get a larger loom and and a friend had one to sell.  Lucky me.

The first thing I wove was some plaid Christmas fabric. I will do something with it later on.

This is table runner I finished weaving yesterday.  The pattern is a variation of  the M's and O's pattern.  I wove it with  22/2 Cotolin.

close up of table runner

Silent Saturday

Grandchildren

My grandaughters Mirella and Molly are staying with us for a few days while there parents are at a conference. We went for a walk on the Columbia River one evening.

Woven Tablerunner

This tablerunner was woven on 4 harnesses using 5/2 pearl cotton and 3/4" cotton fabric strips.

11" x 29"

More Socks

I knit these socks from Stroll Hand Painted Sock Yarn from Knit Pics.

Fun With Easter Egg Dye

I started with a knitted blank of white sock yarn and put a few straight pins at the half way point. I followed the direction for dissolving the for Easter eggs using vinegar and water. Next came painting the dye on to the yarn. When I got to the halfway point I repeated the colors in the same order as the first half. I then flipped the yarn blank over and repeated painting the dye. After I was satisfied with the colors I wrapped the blank up in plastic wrap and put it in the microwave for two minutes and then let it cool for two minutes. This was repeated two more times. At this point all the dye had been absorbed. I let the blank cool done and then rinsed with cold water. After letting the yarn dry I wound off half the yarn for the first sock and half for the second sock.

Swedish Weaving

14" x 29"

When I was in high school (a few years ago) a girl in my speech class gave a demonstration speech on Swedish Weaving. Also known as Huck Weaving. I fell in love with this technique and over the years have stitched many pieces. I finished this table runner yesterday. I love white on white designs.
The designs can be done on Huck towel fabric, Monks cloth and I have also used 14 count Aida fabric. The fabric I used on the table runner is called Popcorn fabric that I purchased from Nordic Needle. I have found fabric and books are available on EBay.

Owl from Recycled Sweater

12" tall

I had a beautiful hand knit sweater that I bought in Ireland for my husband. It fit nicely at the time, but he has dropped quite a bit of weight and so it was way too large. First I thought about giving it away and then decided to felt it and make a few things from the fabric. I purchased this owl pattern from Mimi Kirchner. The pattern is easy to use and Mimi has added several pictures of different owls to give one ideas. Please check out Mimi's site has she has wonderful dolls that she has created.

Old Barn at Willow Grove

Cowboy Quilt

Last week Fabric Depot in Portland had a sale on fabric and since we were close I thought I would see if there was something that would catch my eye. I just finished up making this quilt from cowboy fabrics that I purchased. The back is flannel from "The Buggy Barn" in Eastern Washington
The pattern is from the book "New Cuts for New Quilts" by Karla Alexander. Karla has put together some fun quick ways for making quilts.
P.S. The quilt was a gift for my friend Bob, who is having chemo treatments for leukemia in Seattle. I got an email from him that he had received it on 1-21 We pray that he will be healed and soon be able to return to Longview.