Schafenfreude

While Lynn is off rebelling in her new Loom Room, I’m only making half-hearted attempts to throw off my chains.  Since part of my work involves an actual contract and a deadline, I can’t just cast that project aside.  I can, however, continue to rethink whether or not I’m making good decisions.

See, I’ve been busy.  And, I now have this to show for it:

And more of this:

And the occasional one of these:

All of those, are here:

So, here I sit on March 25th (how’d THAT happen?) and it’s time to be vocal about stuff for the next three months.  My lackadaisical progress so far isn’t something I want to continue.  That said, now that there’s a bit more routine in my life, I’m hopeful for better progress on all fronts.

Top on the list is my article/project work for Jacey.  I’ve already spun up 2oz of BFL for warp, even though my original thought was to use millspun for warp, and it’s possible that the singles will be done by the middle of next week.  That means plying by the end of next week and I can, possibly be weaving by the end of the month.  That puts me on track to be done in time for the submission, which is due June 1.  By no means a cake walk, but I do have sufficient millspun as a fallback in case the BFL doesn’t work as planned.  Cautious optimism!

Assuming I’m able to get my vest done in relatively short order, I’m going to start thinking about the next round of fabric.  Recently, I’d been thinking about linen.  I’ve not woven with it before and I like the notion of trying to come up with something that will take advantage of it’s more wonderful qualities.  Phreadde (I think) shared some pictures of an unstructured shirt that was appealing – and the muslin would be quick and easy to make.  Regardless, something with linen, perhaps with that linen/silk along for the ride.  I’m going to give myself permission to do something other than a vest, but linen will be the theme.

I’d also like to get another whack of fabric done so that I can make another shirt.  20/2 cotton (I’ve got loads), something with stripes, and maybe a hint of color.  I do like the shirt I made, but I’d like it to have a more traditional collar/neckline.  Jeane and I did a pattern workup for this back in December and I need to follow through on it.

Separately, dishtowels.  Lots and lots of dishtowels.  It’s not too early to be thinking about getting the booth stocked for September.  I put a 16 yard warp on the Gilmore on Saturday and the first four towels are already done.  By the way, Sara, the anti-spin kit is BRILLIANT.  All that remains to be updated is swapping out the perished foam under the jacks.  They stick just a wee bit so that’s likely on the list once this warp is done.