I set a goal of finishing 100 projects by December 31, 2021. Today I finished project number 70. Another charity Hat. The only question now is when I will reach 100 projects, but how many over that I will complete. I am only counting knitting and weaving for this challenge. No spinning or sewing, although I am still doing those too. You can peek at my Raverly projects page to see all the completed projects.
I originally got these baskets for knitting projects because they are so roomy. With a whole lot of weaving and a lot of luck that will happen again. You may also notice that the basket on the left has color coordinated bags of yarn. If I have just a little yarn left after a scarf or 2 is finished, I can just add the next color pack to my working bowl of yarn.
Scarf number one is finished and in the to go to the clothing bank bag. I am almost finished weaving scarf number two. Of course I am using weaving to break up my knitting, spinning, carding and chores. I am hopeful that this will prevent body from burning out.
I let my hands lead the way today. When they were tired I stopped and rested them. I did manage to finish one more hat. Hot water treat and was a new handwoven scarf. The bonus of the day was warping the loom and starting another scarf. I have a basket of yarn and a basket of warp that I want to empty by the end of August. That is if my body agrees with my plan. It’s been a real roller coaster.
This is my first scarf off the loom this year. I am hoping to make a few dozen more for the clothing bank.
Now you need to look at the fab. See how nice the fabric is with the variegated warp verses the plan gray warp. I think someone should be happy with it. Now to tie the end wash in hot water with agitation, thwack, dry and trim. Then wrap in tissue paper and put it in a box. Repeat until my weaving baskets are empty.
Some nights no matter how much I want to sleep, sleep does not come. Every toss and turn just brings a little more pain. I try to distract my brain with music or sleeping with the lights on. Sometimes all that brings relief is more aspirin. So I am hoping it will kick in soon as I have a busy day tomorrow.
So I will just try to relax while I wait for the asp to kick in. I will probably fall asleep on the couch, which is not goood for me but I will take sleep wherever I can find it at this point. Wish me luck.
Today was spent doing errands and puttering around the house. Nothing massive got done unless you count an overflowing basket of hand spun yarn sorted into bags by color to add to the scarfs I am weaving with 1 off and partial skeins of yarn. The ideal is to make the scarfs as color cohesive as possible and still be one of a kind works of art. The mini hand spun skeins add a pop of color between larger skeins of yarn. These should make nice presents for the kids The clothing bank usually skims off my hand woven scarfs for holiday gifts. Since I know it will be the only gift some kids receive I try to make them special
I have started a new hat today and am almost finished with the brim
I still can’t figure out this COVID19 mask thing. There are so many different numbers floating around and cases are up in our state. So when out in public, I will continue to mask up even though I am fully vaccinated. In matters of health and people being sick in public, is that if I had a nickel for every time someone got sick at home from an allergy, I would be rich.
I have noticed that whenever I warp any of my looms that I always stop at 10 inches of weaving the first day. I also found that the British show The Great Pottery Throw Down, on HBO Max is a great show to watch while warping my loom. So here is the beginning of my latest scarf which is going to the Flowing Wells SD Clothing Bank. This is another of my great stash busting projects this year I wonder how many scarfs that I can weave
