String Skirt

I've been working on the string skirt a bit and i'm done with one side of the ties and i've started the waistband and skirt...here's a pic...


and here is the other side...since it's double weave there is an opposite image on the other side which makes this a reverseable garment!


As i was researching this, i found that the Viking Answer Lady had the most info on how to actually make it...it should go pretty fast from here on out because all i have to do now is weave and do the sprang to connect the strings at the bottom

They don't really say what kind of underwear, if any, was worn under the string skirt but Timmy has some fabric that would be perfect for some little skivies for me...we wouldn't want my bum hangin' out

New Spindles and a Marsupial

Oh my...so, of course i have too much to say and i feel overwhelmed...let's see...this has been a great week so far. Last night i got to teach spinning at my knitting group again and, like last time, i had so much fun. I want to send out lots of thanks to Lisa, the organizer of our knitting group, for helping out so much with making the spinning nights happen. While i was there this wonderful woman, Joann brought in some great pyrenees hair and i was spinning that last night and it's nice to spin and so soft and white...i can't wait to ply it...


also, Timmy and i made more drop spindles and they turned out lovely...


I was so wooed by this one that i'm going to have to keep it...(it's hard to see, but there is a naked faerie on it AND glitter!)


here are some close-ups of the others...


so, i have to tell a story...a few days ago our dogs were VERY interested in the gutter on the side of the house that went into a pipe in the ground, and they kept going back to it over the course of a couple days...so, me and the neighbors were hanging out in the yard and Danica and Cullen are sniffing the gutter then suddenly, Willie stands up on his hind legs and starts pawing all crazy on the gutter then jumps down and starts biting it in this angry, aggressive way and in the process rips the gutter out of the pipe and off of the side of the house and now it's hanging there bent in two places AND THEN...a young possum falls out of the gutter and Willie carries it off, but we rescued it and eventually it got up and left (we hope), but what excitement!
Here are some pics of the gutter...notice the teeth marks and how it was ripped off the house...the neighbors were very impressed with Willie's show of exuberance...


my neighbor, Heather, has the pictures of the possum...i was too caught up in the moment and am apparently better at photographing the aftermath

The Crow is On!

So, the part that makes me the craziest about tablet weaving is getting the cards threaded and setting the whole thing up...That took forever! I'm using Lorna's Laces Sock Yarn in Charcoal and Bold Red and it makes such a detailed, tidy and tight weave...it's lovely...so, here's the right side...


and here is the reverse...


well, im going to bed now to dream of threading cards...

A Weight has been Lifted

on friday, i mailed out the silk skirt i knitted, that Annie Modesitt designed for her new book Romantic Hand Knits. I had so much fun knitting this skirt and giving feedback, but it feels so good to have it done and to finally get to work on all the crazy projects that have been bouncing through my head as i've been knitting the skirt. Here are the pics of me wearing it as a dress before it was blocked...It was knitted with Passion by Yarn Source, in the color, Cornsilk...Annie is going to do a crocheted embroidery on it for the book


My first project that i'm undertaking is trying to get familiar with card weaving again...i hadn't done it in like ten years...here is my first experiment where i've used different techniques and ways of threading the cards...


I used a rough spun silk singles yarn in red and purple by Himalaya Yarn Co., so the uneven nature of the yarn makes for a very rough looking weaving...all in all, i have decided that i like the look of the double weave (top row) the best for doing a two color image...i think it looks nice and clean and it makes a sturdier fabric because of the double weft.

Timmy and I are going to Pennsic in august, a big two-week SCA event in Pennsylvania. I'm only going for one week, but that's still alot of garb i've got to come up with quickly...my first plan is a belt for Timmy that is black with a red crow with wings outstretched...the group that Timmy has been doing Celtic re-enactment with for many years is a group out of Virginia called Clanne Preachain, the clan of the crow. I hope to start his belt tonight, now that i've determined that double weave is what i want to work with.
I'll post pics of that as it comes along...

Alright....Just One More....

oh my goodness, so when i was at stitch-n-bitch last time Laurel told me that she had also knitted a junk warmer...but here's the best part...it has a little ring in the end...such lovely detail...


in other news...timmy and i are working on some new drop spindles...one of which i must just keep for myself...i'll post pictures once they're done