Found an egg! Hurray! It has been almost exactly four months since we’ve had an egg laid in our coop. I was optimistic when I saw Magic do her squat a couple weeks ago. She may be the one who produced this egg! This summer when they are in full production I am definitely going to try some more egg preservation methods.
I’m not sure whether I continue to weave because I actually like it, or whether I just like the chance to make little wooden doo dads to weave with. I warped my new loom (and totally forgot to get a picture before I started weaving, oops), and decided I needed another long shuttle. I found some flame maple in my wood scraps and used the band saw to slice and shape a new shuttle. I did sand it down to 400 grit before I wrapped it with yarn, but I didn’t want to spend the time to finish it with tung oil. I’ll get to that later, or, I’ll use it so much it gets a natural finish.
I don’t weave with the loom on the floor, but my kitchen counter is seldom photo worthy!
Here is my exciting thing for the beginning of 2021: a new loom! It is a Schacht tapestry loom, which has heddle bars and a way to control warp tension. I felt that it would be the most flexible and easily stored commercial purchase. I wanted more room to weave than my frame loom provided, but didn’t want something that had a large footprint. It is rather larger than I anticipated, though! It doesn’t quite fit on my chair, so I’m glad I also purchased the A frame stand for it.
Now to get it warped!
One of the yard squirrels came up to the window to tell me the feeder was empty. Bold. The dogs didn’t see her (him?), they were at the other window.
I had a hard time finishing this weaving. I had the idea of forming shapes using only hatching, but my design was not a good and one. I wanted four basic leaf shapes, but half way through I realized that two of the shapes wouldn’t work the way I laid it out on the paper and I had to wing it. I also don’t like vertical lines, those were a missed opportunity for more hatched shapes. And I really don’t like that the yellow and green I picked for one area are too visually similar, so the shape is all but lost. But. Now it is done, can be used as a washcloth until it dies, and I can move on to other things!
My only motivation for finishing this is to move on to a new thing. Yay I get to put together something new! Blog post to follow. 😉
