I knew it would be a dreary rainy weekend so on Friday I baked a cake: Cocoa Yogurt Cake.
Goggle searched: Why did my cake crack? (Oven too hot? Overmixed?)
Oh, well. I flipped it upside down.
Yesterday I made more yogurt so I can practice making this cake again.
Finishing the Charity scarf this afternoon. Both ends were hemstitched while the scarf was still on the loom. The fringe has been knotted and now it just needs to be trimmed.
Combed the threads till straight and flat.
Trimmed with a rotary cutter.
The scarf is ready for Handmade's donation box but first Show-and-Tell at Little Looms Group next week. It has been awhile since I've shared an item woven on a Rigid Heddle Loom.
Yesterday I decided to make a charity scarf for Handmade with donated yarns,
woven on the Schacht 10" Cricket Rigid Heddle loom. I warped the loom to the same size as the knitted scarves we donate, 4 to 4.5 inches by 60 inches.
The skinny scarf did not take any time at all to weave. I even gave it a bath.
Carding more California Red sheep wool
'
Later using the drum carder to fluff up mystery white wool (unknown sheep breed) that is a bit compacted.
This was my Quaker Yarn Stretcher Boomerang Shawl. I knitted it with handspun yarn.
From the pattern: "Barbara Walker lists the stitch as Quaker Ridging - hence the name."
All well and good, but I didn't care for it much; it was meh.
I didn't even finish it. It still had two tails that needed to be woven in.
I decided to repurpose and frogged (rip it, rip it) the shawl back to yarn.
My white Subaru Forester is almost a year old, we purchased it last May.
At the time I didn't want a new car but The Man was starting to question the reliability of my 2006 Forester, aka The Goat Mobile.
I am glad for the upgrades of the newer car.
I volunteered to spin three Sheep Breeds for the CCW Guild's Fiber Project display board.
Funny, I just realized that all the fiber were spun on Bossie Suspended Spindles.
California Red Sheep Wool
CVM/Romeldale Sheep Wool
I was able to use Ember's washed locks for the display but not her 2-ply lace-weight yarn.
I used some "CVM Small Mill roving" I had in my fiber stash to spin a DK-weight 2-ply yarn then wove a sample on a 4x4 Weave-it pin loom.
Shetland Sheep Wool
Lots of short bits (neps and noils) which made it a challenge to spin on the Lendrum wheel.
I used a Spindle. The slowness afforded me more time to pick out the loose fluffy bits to make a smoother, less textured yarn.
The Little Looms Group is giving May's Guild Meeting presentation. Our group will be sharing 11 types of Simple Looms: Rigid Heddle, Inkle/Card Weaving, Tapestry, Potholder, Round, Pin, Frame/Boom/Minnow, Back-strap, Kumihimo, Wave, and Nature weaving.
My topic is the Potholder Loom. "Dust off your 'ol Potholder Loom and have some fun!"
My Bullet Points:
