Spindle, first aid, walking, demo, farm

[helwen]

My Moosie spindle came today. The whorl is made from moose antler, and the wood I chose for the shaft is called kingwood (dark). The ones in the photo on http://www.journeywheel.com/specialspindles.php look a lot like it. I've spun a little on it already of course, seeing as they ship it with some wool already started on it. Spins for quite a long time, and quite finely too!

Decided to make the car and farm first aid kits using a couple of large tins I had in storage in the attic. I want the containers to be somewhat insulated but I hate putting in zippers, then saw the box with the tins and thought, "hmmm...." So I've cut out cotton batting and fabric for both tins. One I've finished sewing the pieces and glued them into the tin -- looks like it should work just fine. Will do the other one tomorrow.

Went to the mall but just missed getting to the post office in time. We put in a good walk around the mall, couple circuits as usual. Tomorrow morning I'll go back and mail that package, plus I have to stop at S&S to get some meds, and maybe check out Family Dollar for a few things. Oh, and last week someone told me they'd found organic fruit juice at Ocean State Job Lot, so maybe I should check them out as well, before stopping at the bank on the way home to make a deposit, just to get in as much as possible in one trip.

Tomorrow I have to warp up the table loom. If possible I will also have the small rigid loom we got at the New Year's Eve party also warped for other people to try out. Friday evening is the demo at Sage Park school in Connecticut, and I plan to be weaving there.

Saturday we'll be stopping in at Letterpress Things in Chicopee to drop off one of our eye charts -- the owner collects first prints, and since he's been so helpful to us in various ways, seems only fair he should get one :) Not sure what else is planned for Saturday at this point.

Sunday morning we're off to the farm to look at the land with fitzw's dad, and talk to both folks about possibilities for agricultural development and construction. Then Concentus practice in either the afternoon or evening (yet to be decided).

Comments

[tarazed24.livejournal.com]

Wee, found this through Z, and I didn't know you were into the fiber thing too! :D Spindling is such fun. People saw me spinning last Thursday at fight practice, and today saw me starting to knit the plied and balled yarn. :D I'm so excited, my first time using completely me-made yarn.

I've been thinking of a rigid heddle loom, but that's as far as it's gotten to this point. I've heard they're quite versatile once you get into pick-up patterns.

Yay for fiber addictions!

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Hi T! I'm trying hard not to be addicted (we seem to collect looms rather than spinning wheels, of which we have only 2 -- lots of spindles though). But now that we have the space for all of it, it's nice to get to work on learning to weave again.

We picked up the rigid heddle loom because it was 1) free and 2) would be good as a learning tool, some samplers, and small projects. Personally, picking isn't my thing -- I'm trying to keep my eyesight from getting worse :D And I think people underrate plain weave -- it has its good and valued place in the universe too. Still, tomorrow I'll be weaving a herringbone twill pattern, because it's a period twill that everyone will be able to recognize. I thought it might be a fun way to show people that some things haven't changed in hundreds of years.