Purchased gifts. Done.
12 yards of Dishtowels, woven, cut apart, hemmed. Done.
Annual Christmas missive, written, printed, stuffed, stamped and mailed. (Thanks Brianna!) All 150 letters… Done (if you are curious, click here…)
Tree decorated. Dog happy.
Gifts wrapped. Thank you Brianna.
Baby gate installed after dogs unwrapped gifts and ate some of them. Sigh…
Warps wound for 1 Day Beginning Weaving class through Jockey Hollow Weavers, Jan 10th (which incidentally is now full, starting a waiting list.) There is another beginning weaving class forming in the Princeton area in February, click here for details.
Brianna wound my warps for the class, and came up with a great idea when winding alternate colors of yarn using a mill. She clamped a small piece of wood to one of the inside struts drilled out to hold a fat dowel. The second cone of yarn sits inside the mill when not in use. They are easily swapped out when the next color is needed. All this education I’m paying for and really, she just needs to come work for me…
Knitted Alpaca Hoody Vest done. (C2Knits Pattern, handspun alpaca from Woodsedge Wools in NJ)
Pattern selected for mohair yardage. I ended up using the McCall’s with modifications.
Fabric laid across the floor of my studio to “get a plan”.
Fabric cut.
Garment sewn together.
And now I have the endless job of finishing off all the seams with a blanket stitch and the perimeter of the coat with a crab stitch in Crochet.
It has been a satisfying couple of weeks…
Oh, and hired back my old housekeeper. Done…
Stay tuned…
Woman, you get more done in a few weeks than I do in a lifetime! Merry Christmas to you. My little loom has the cones sitting atop it still waiting to be warped. If I wind the warp, maybe I can visit you at WWAC to make sure I dress the loom correctly in Feb? In the meantime, happy happy holidays!
I concur with Ann Marie and YES to the housekeeper…let the dust balls roll!!! Yes, Brianna is an engineer at heart. Coat with trim, nice, otherwise it’s a bathrobe 🙂 And that vest fits like a glove. Dishtowels will make lots of people Happy! Those doggers, what can I say???
Merry Christmas and BEST BEST wishes for the New Year.
PS What a wonderful Christmas letter.
My warping mill came with 4 upright dowels on two of the cross beams…I can work with 5 cones when warping! It’s great. It’s a 20 year-old Harrisville and I thought they all came that way until recently. Love sharing your life vicariously…have a wonderful holiday season.
You make a great team. Best wishes to you and yours for the coming year. 🙂