Posted in Weaving on January 27th, 2007 1 Comment »
I have been working with my new loom and I have finished my first scarf. It looks great. Really great. This is my first loom that has more than 2 shafts. So I decided to make one of the hardest looking things I could find a lace scarf and it was FUN and I am […]
Posted in Spinning on January 21st, 2007 2 Comments »
Our ashford spinning wheel was not working correctly and my wife and I have tried to fix it. First she tried to glue the spokes but that did not work. Then we took the wheel to Carolina Home Spun and she let us take apart one of her wheels and try a new wheel in […]
Posted in Technical, Personal on January 19th, 2007 No Comments »
I am tech geek (a programmer). The people I work with ask me why do you weave?
Well, when you work with computers there are days when you come home and HATE i mean HATE them. The last 2 days have been that way. Last night as I was leaving our Colo the place we keep […]
Posted in Spinning on January 13th, 2007 No Comments »
Today I went shopping at my local spinning and weaving store Carolina Homespun as they were having a sale today. My wife and I where just there last weekend but we went for the sale.
They had some very nice stuff on sale but I was not really interested in any of it. This happens to […]
Posted in Personal, Weaving on January 12th, 2007 No Comments »
I don’t know if anyone noticed but I have a new header image. Scamper took a picture of my weaving and made it look nice and made it fit so Thank You very very much.
I hope you all like my new header image. It is an image of my weaving
Posted in Spinning on January 11th, 2007 No Comments »
Last night I sat down to ply my yarn into umm well yarn.
This is only the second time I have spun and it was not as even as the first time. I thought I did a good job spinning till I plyed it into yarn. That is when I saw how big it became. Some […]
Posted in aside on January 8th, 2007 1 Comment »
My wife just started her new blog here she is a knitter and her blog is about knitting.
Posted in Spinning on January 7th, 2007 1 Comment »
I tried spinning on new years day. My wife has a spinning wheel and I had never knew why she wanted to spin her own yarn. I would always ask why don’t you just by the yarn already made.
So on Jan 1 2007 I thought I would try it and it was fun and very […]
Posted in Weaving on January 6th, 2007 3 Comments »
I am working on a new scarf. This is my first scarf on my new loom
I am using a lace pattern from Handwoven.
I warped on a lace pattern and am just starting it you can see my progress below. The warping went much faster this time then my first YEA!!! I am getting better at […]