October
Final harvest 10/10/2010
Just used up the last of the tomatoes that I roasted and froze. So tasty!
Sad kitty with cast #1
Four days later the peg leg kitty was very pleased when he got it off all by himself. Cast #2 didn’t even stay on 24 hours.
Bargain loom ($300!), mostly assembled
Did I scare you!
November
A visit from some evening grosbeaks on November 1
Marieke's new hat, in progress
Oh look! Some knitting! This was a commissioned hat to replace this one . The purple yarn is pure alpaca. The other yarn is a superwash merino from The Kangaroo Dyer. My own design, featuring double-layered, form-fitting (aka flapless) ear flaps, also featured here and here.
There was more action on the learning-to-weave front. My first warp! A scant 2 yards, 120 ends, of 2-ply wool from Estonia (mentioned here). That’s a shiny, new, 12 dent reed.
Rough sleying the reed
Warping back to front
Beaming the warp
New Texsolv heddles ready for threading
The bread tags were just a counting aid.
Yarmouth Craft Splash Sheep to Shawl Afghan
My local knitting group made this afghan as a fund raiser for our local craft guild. It is all natural wool, hand spun, and hand knitted. I spun a lot of the wool (some old, some new) and knit about a dozen of the squares, including the striped concentric square ones. The raffle netted almost $200!
How did I miss this post?!?!? I will blame it on my own addled brainz. ’nuff said.
How’s kitteh, did his leg heal up alright?
What a gorgeous loom!!
Enjoyed ALL the photos! xox
Paula! Yes, you can start a fibre mill. And when you do, tell me all about it and I’ll splash it all over the place. SO happy to hear from you!
Just the other day I was thinking about you and wondering when you will pop out again, nice to see you!
I love the hat and the afghan, so beautiful.
Great to see you back! Obviously you have been very busy — beautiful afghan and the weaving looks challenging and fun (I never knew milk played such a prominent role). :-) What happened to the poor kitty?