On the other hand, I did manage to get another vest finished, which I think will stand in for the linen vest. \u00a0I had a great opportunity to get even more comfortable with Fiberworks and how to play with threading\/tie-up\/treadling to design patterns. \u00a0I also learned good lessons about color and made some improvements to my vest sewing abilities. \u00a0The second is better than the first; I can see growth.<\/p>\n
I also will lay a bit of blame on this beauty:<\/p>\n
I still can’t believe I have this. \u00a0And that I have a glimmer of knowledge of how to use it! \u00a0Granted, it’s been sitting idle since it came home but that’s currently changing. \u00a0A warp is going on thanks to Jeane loaning me her warping wheel and I expect to<\/span> will finish that tomorrow. \u00a0I’m putting on a six yard warp and I’ll sett it for twill on all 16 shafts. \u00a0Then the fun starts. \u00a0And re-threading will be easy if I want to do something else.<\/p>\n Separately, I’m also going to use the warping wheel to put a long warp on the Gilmore so that I’m ready for dishtowels there as well. \u00a0And I’ve already wound a third warp that can go on the Baby Wolf for a bit of crackle play. \u00a0This all goes for dishtowels for fair – and I’ve two more weekends of dyeing and that’ll be ready as well. \u00a0Then it’ll be September and another three-month window gone.<\/p>\n My SOAR project is also limping along; only four bags of cotton spun up since the ginned stuff is slow, but I can backfill with the four ounces I’ve already spun. \u00a0It really does go surprisingly fast – so once Fair is behind me I can focus and get the shirt finished. \u00a0I don’t think I’ll do anything extravagant since it’s about the yarn and the shape. \u00a0But, that’ll wait until I have yarn.<\/p>\n But, I’ve a reason for a seemingly meager set of work – a lot of thinking. \u00a0Thinking about what gets my mind working and how to turn that into a set of tasks. \u00a0That’s the real work to take me until the end of the year. \u00a0Some writing, some reviewing, some discussing, some planning, and then a lot of working. \u00a02014 is going to be an amazing year. \u00a0At least I hope so. \u00a0At a minimum, I’m going to learn a TON.<\/p>\n Ok, Lynn – please, please, please share more of what happened at NEWS. \u00a0The tidbits just aren’t enough!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Amazingly, today is July 15th. \u00a0That means the year is well over half-gone and I’ve certainly not said anything here about how Second Quarter went, much less what’s on the docket for Third Quarter. \u00a0On the other hand, this has … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-6c48vRfuVr8\/Uce9_nwYx6I\/AAAAAAAAC8U\/PFaQjhrMTk8\/s1600\/IMG_2747.JPG\")
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