Sometimes I Get to Have a Little Class…

In general, I have a hard time being a daytime person. Usually this matters not, but events like doctor’s appointments and in-person/live classes and meetings can be difficult. Saturday's plans included the ATA / Kennita Tully Soumak Class - starting at noon and running until 7PM. Zoom, yes, but still, yikes, a long day and emphasis on the day time requirement. Turns out it was not even a bit of a problem - I really wanted to explore more about soumak going into the class and Kennita is an exellent, engaging teacher. We learned and wove, had an anecdote or few, and learned and wove some more and all of a sudden, "Wait, is that the time?!" Now my only problem following the class is whether to sign on for her Elements class. It does hove a bit of price to it and I'd had plans to do some topestry exploration on my own, but... 10/10 for the class I just took - I’d be psyched to continue learning in a Kennita class and it does appear that Elements has a lot of subject to matter...

If anyone that happens to read this has taken/is taking the Elements class, I’d love to hear what you think...

Progress so far on my sample from
the Soumak Class…

(PS: Please forgive my yucky camera angle. The selvedges are straighter than they appear, I promise. How does one choose between comera/iPad shadow or skewed angles for in-progress shots, I wonder?)

I Move Slowly

No matter how careful I am with my calculations, it always amazes me when my selvedge threads line up in the reed with my edge width marker tape!

This warp is designated for one of my dear daughters and will hopefully resemble a wild-ish set backing for the tank my… ahem… grand-lizard, would that be???… lives in. At the very least, it should give me some practice with greenery and the soumack I hope to learn more about in Kennita Tully’s upcoming class.

I do move slowly but I hope to tie onto the cloth beam tomorrow. (Note to the wiser than me, also, avoid this season’s norovirus at all costs — it is nothing like the yarn and takes one’s “I move slowly” to an extreme…)

Baby has a New Sweater

 24.XI.19.Th Baby has a New Sweater

Most of my knitting past has been pretty much sock focused - thin yarn and tiny needles are the norm. I took a break from knitting altogether for a couple of years to let my joints recover (that old kniting injury of mine 😬) and am now just dipping my toe in the proverbial pattern pool again, focusing on projects that yield necessaries for knitworthy folks. It just happens to turn out that these projects tend to be knit on larger needles - makes my slow knitting feel so speedy and accomplished if I don't think about it too hard.

So my current necessary is for my knitworthy dog baby - here is Tara with her brand new shield against the cold:

I am quite pleased with how it turned out (aside from the renegade Tara tongue trying to energetically blep its way from the photo). I followed the design as you knit school of pattern-making and I'm particularly pleased with how well it fits. And isn’t she a beautiful lady?

Another More Looming Post

 

Ruthie and Ruthie Again

24.XI.10.Su

Ruthie and Ruthie Again

So we built the first Ruthie.  Then we disassembled the first Ruthie. It turns out that both looms are not the same - I thought they were both 48" but the first one we built was the 60" version instead and I would prefer to have the larger in the attic workspace and the smaller in the living room. Correcting the oversight does seem a long way to go though and I'm a bit embarrassed - how does one misjudge such a major aspect of the loom when purchasing it? Still, it does end up being kinda nice that the two are one each of both sizes and I will be much happier with how the smaller one will fit the downstairs space.

24.XI.12·Th More Ruthie and Then a Change of Plans

Addendum: So much for that, it is to be another change of plans. The last loom (as in I'm out of space already but can I keep this loom it followed me home and how could I turn another Cantilever down?) arrived yesterday morning and I really think it is the one that needs to live in the living room (and besides, it will be easier to shuttle the Ruthie's sticks up to the attic shop than would be the nearly assembled Cantilever, so musical looms and Ruthie disassembly it is.

In No Particular Order

 

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100 Day Project, Day… Um… One?

My apologies, I had intended to be better about posting, right up until we got sick. Not “a bit under the weather” sick. Not quite on par with the first round of Covid where we tried for the fever temp survival world record either, but still, we slept through much of the last few weeks. Better now, if still revisiting what I recall as that hangover long Covid thing I remember from last time, and perhaps with one or two fewer spoons at my disposal (do people still count spoons?)

Hiccup: I wrote this for Day 1 of the 100 Day Project (though admittedly I plan to follow my own path) but am only actually posting now, on Day 3. I’m still calling it a go, for writing and intent and actually getting this set up and posted, but case, point, and unneeded explanations — this embodies the why of the challenge thing.

Back to original post: I will (aim to) do a few things that would fit into the #100dayproject (#weaveeveryday / #draweveryday / #tapestrydiary — yes, you three, I’m looking at you…). And sometimes, often, much of the time, these are a challenge; they certainly will all show up regularly as part of the 100 day thing. But the behavior I’d really like to make a reliable part of my routine, the one that I find the most challenging to keep up with, is just this. I intend to post regularly, but when there is any sort of a hiccup in my systems, posting is the first thing to fall aside. 

So… If we’re gonna do this, let’s make some plans and rules.

• Blog post weekly: I had planned to post on Thursdays but for various and varying tidbits, that seems to be a rather rushed day these parts. Today is Wednesday and here I am posting, but I think I am going to run with Monday is Blogday instead as of next Monday* (note to self, learn how to link footnotes in Blogger…);
• IG/FB post daily — just a short check in and perhaps just for as long as we’re running with the project. Link to blog on Blogday;
• Start putting a blog roll together: so I can share, of course, but also so I can go back to checking the places I like to visit regularly myself;
• Remember to photo, photo, photo, draw: post in my other hashtag “everydays” and write regularly so the Blogday’s post is ready to schedule for Monday.

Are you 100 day-ing as well? It’s definitely easier to be accountable in numbers with others, so I figure I’ll be wandering around the hashtag to see what everyone else is up to. Let’s do the thing!

The Thing: Gratuitous color draw on for the day:

(Someday cartoony watercolor thing… )

* Sarah Swett publishes her own wonderful The Gusset on Tuesdays, and the temptation of Twosday Tooday monikers aside, I will choose to follow Sarah’s Tuesday writings with my own on Mondays going forward. Moonday it is!