weaving

I saw an advertisement in a magazine for these wooden frame looms. They are little and you can sit with them on your lap and weave. I thought this was brilliant. But not being a patient person and figuring that they cannot be that hard to make I got the wood and nails and made one, well I made several in different sizes. I warped the loom and had just started weaving when I had to go in and check on the sick child. When I came back into the living room the loom was no longer on the couch but was on the floor and the yarn was going into the kitchen. I followed the yarn only to find one of our kittens, Jazz, with a ball of yarn in her mouth and she was very busy running around the table with it while at the same time pulling the weaving out of the loom. By the time I finally got to her and got the ball of yarn out of her mouth there was yarn everywhere. That is when I got out the little lime green bag in the picture and put everything in there. It is safe now. The weaving is fun altho I have no idea what I am going to do with a whole bunch of woven little squares. Pockets, put a whole bunch of them togther and create fabric, I don't know. But I am liking it and will continue it.....when the kittens are taking their naps.

YA YA journal

I have four girlfriends that I take road trips with. We call them YaYa trips. One of us takes notes of what we are doing and what we are saying. At the end of the year she does a scrap book for each of us. It is wonderful. So I made this little journal for her to keep all of the yayaisms in. It is made of fabric with lots of hand embroidery. It has a magnetic closure and is small enough to fit into her purse. I will give this to her tomorrow when we leave for the Riverside convention and another YaYa roadtrip!!!

Farmers Market Day

There is nothing more beautiful than fresh brussel sprouts still on the stalk. And to think that just a year ago I would eat these. How things change. I guess what I didn't like about them was that when they were steamed they were smooshy and stinky. Then I discovered roasting them. What a treat. Slice them thinly, put all the slices in a large bowl, sprinkle with olive oil and salt. Spread out on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 until they are nicely browned and crispy. You will need to give them a stir now and then. I could eat the entire stalk by myself and they are very very low in calories. So that will be dinner tonight, with some grilled salmon and a mixture of whole wheat pasta, fresh tomatoes from the farmers market and kalamata olives. Yummy.

BELT

I needed a belt and not being one that just goes out and buys something that I need I went up to the barn and pulled out fabric, six different but complimentary fabrics, then tore strips. Then I braided the six pieces together, under, over, under, over, yadda yadda yadda. Damn that takes a long time. But I did finish it in time to wear the belt to dinner that night. Now I need to post a picture of me wearing it!! I am working on a blue jean purse right now and am going to use the same braiding technique for the handles of the purse.

birthday boy

Yesterday we celebrated Jerry's 53rd birthday!! Looking good old man! We called his twin brother Randy and sang happy birthday to him......along with Dylan who howled along. Both of the birthday boys had a good day and each got the traditional german chocolate cake.

Teaching Bridget to sew

Yesterday Bridget and I went to the fabric shop and picked out fabric for a pillow she wanted to make for her mother. Once home she cut it out, sewed it up, stuffed it and voila! a pillow was born. She is a very fast learner and our next project will be an apron!