Once Upon A Time....

I had 12,000 visits, many followers and a zealously maintained blog.

Alas, due to some too quick key strokes, my beloved blog was laid to rest.  I will attempt to regenerate lost photos and info on techniques but it may take some time.

Dawn

OOPS!

Well, I suppose there is no place to start like a fresh start!

I lost my Blog!  I lost my friends!  I lost my design!  So here I am starting ALL AFRESH!

Hope you find me again old friends!

Finally I Have Translate

Occasionally I will receive a comment from a fellow weaver overseas, which then needs to be translated.  I have tried to add the widgets from blogger which appear to be broken.  I was able to track down the working Google Translate HTML code and install into the blog, which will now enable my non-english speaking friends to read comfortably.

Isn't technology wonderful!

Big Show in October

A year or so ago I won a guaranteed entry into a juried art show.  Last year I had to decline due to regular work obligations, college courses and work on our old home, did not permit time to produce.  I just received a "save the date" for the fall show and the committee was kind enough to defer my entry.

My question is, what should I produce?  It is a high end show in an affluent area, however do I produce volume of one item or variety?  My initial idea was to create volume of easily produced fast sellers along with some higher end items nicely displayed.  Then see what generates the most interest.

Bagpuss Syndrome

Waaaay back when I was a wee lass, there was a show with a stuffy, baggy old fabric toy cat named Bagpuss, who always ended the show with a looooong yawn.  Well folks, I feel like Bagpuss!

Work at 8am - 3pm (with young children)
then home to my own young children, pre- dinner dinner & homework
off to get my big girl and stop for food for her (dinner wasn't an option as Tues nights are 2 sport nights & hubby is in Manhattan till 9:30 pm)
2nd "kinda" dinner, finish homework, laundry and off to sport 1 with son #2
back to pick up son number 1 for sport #2
stop at grocery store to buy supplies for Wed, Thur & Fri dinner and lunches
off to pick up son number 2 and friend
come home and clean up the trash that the puppy strewn all over kitchen and put away groceries
glass of wine - still no dinner for me as now it is 9:45 pm and I am pooped
son number 2 in shower and bedtime snack before son # 1 has shower and snack and hopefully no supply runs for teenage daughter (we ran out to store at 9:30 pm last night for copy paper and ink for term papers)
2nd glass of wine and dreaming of reading the last few chapters of the thriller that I usually wake up in bed with in the morning after only making it through 3 paragraphs.

And in less than 7 hours, the whole process begins again....

yawn..... goodnight Bagpuss

A Gentle Reminder From the Universe

Haven't thought too much about weaving projects.  In fact I have been cleaning out some of my looms, thinking about downsizing.  I have my keepers and my aim is to computerize my smaller Finnish loom.  Then just as I was filing weaving away for the next few months, I received an email from a owner of the store at which I teach a beginners weaving class asking if we can schedule January classes.

Yesterday I also spied some lovely holiday baskets which I thought would make great containers for holiday towels for the ladies in my family.  So maybe this weekend I can post about a new kitchen holiday towel warp and its progress.

I'll Post Some Weavey Stuff Soon - I Promise!

Sigh, I'ts only Wed.   Hope to have something pretty and interesting to look at that is totally fiber related next week!

When This Week Is Over

........ I will clean my house, laundry, reorganize my bedroom, finish the drawloom set up and take photos of all the equipment I am selling for potential buyers and make some holiday goodies .... the problem is, I still have to get through this week.

What do ya mean "it's almost Thanksgiving?"

YIKES, that went fast!  My family lives in England, so in my "pre-slave" days when I was a stay home mommy, the house would be getting prepped for the holidays and Christmas pictures for the Christmas cards would be ready - all to be mailed by Nov 20th at the latest!

But now alas, with 3 children across the board age wise (one thinking about college) and a near full time job teaching little ones, and weaving and going back to school for a different certification, things are, lets say, a little unorganized!  I have backed off my teaching of weaving and have not done a single show this year.

It is my favorite time of the year but it is also coming at me like a freight train.  Here is the sched for next week:

Organize a Thanksgiving Feast for an entire school (3 other teachers involved)
Make Thanksgiving decorations for the pre-schoolers
Take number one son to hopefully get braces off
Take both boys to CCD
Homework
French Tutor
Soccer Practice
Baseball training
clothes for # 1 sons Confirmation next week
book restaurant
get cake
Pick up High Schooler and drive her to Big Sister, Photo Club etc
(Ok, we are only up to Wed so far)
attend son # 2's teacher conference
get daughter something to wear for Confirmation
get something for me to wear for Confirmation
Attend a friends housewarming
study for a MAJOR test next weekend
clean for company coming in for Confirmation

get the image - yeah... that's the one....where smoke is coming out of my head, because I still didn't cover laundry, housework and dinner!

AND I still haven't thought about Christmas cards!  But the best part is..... after next weekend - no more studying!  and on Thanksgiving it is my BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!

So - being the optimist I will look forward to Thanksgiving week, a couple of days off and a celebration with my family.

Naked looms will have to stay that way and there may not be any "woven gifts" this year.  But I count my blessings.



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I'd take a picture but it went so well with what I wore today!

As I am in "no show" (as in fairs) mode, I am enjoying the fruits of my labor!  The deflected double weave scarf I made is really quite nice.  It is light and comfortable and goes really well with my charcoal shirt!  So folks, I did not snag a photo of it using Lovely Lola, maybe later in the week when it's time to do laundry and I am out of clothes that go with my scarf!

Spent several hours studying and making flash cards for a class I am taking.  It sure is harder when you get older to learn a lot of new terminology!

Dawn

Happy Halloween!

So, the scarf is 70% finished.  I am sure it will go to a good home!  Tried to do some weaving despite doorbell interruptions from trick or treaters.  The holidays are coming up and as usual I leave it till the last possible minute to put a couple of "gift warps" on the loom.  I also have an ambitious wedding project to start.  My Niece is getting married in April and I would love to create some linen table-ware for her and her hubby!

Happy Halloween