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When we were growing up, our Grandmother would make her homemade noodles. My Brother and I loved them so much, my Mother learned how to make them for us. I always watched, fascinated by the process of turning simple ingredients …
Since I’ve been working on socks and cowls, I’ve been in search for a cast on that will leave me with a nice elastic beginning edge. I finally tried the “Old Norwegian” aka “German Twisted” cast on. I mentioned last …
This week the loom is empty – all of them. I’ve taken some time to work on some smaller projects and get a few things done. I’ve been considering the purchase of a used loom that’s fairly substantial in size. …
I recently checked the book, “Spin Control” out of the library in an electronic format. It’s a book I occasionally think about buying, but now I can check it out and give a try to see if I really want …
The final project from the Nancy Harvey DVD’s is complete. I’m really glad that I stuck to my guns and completed all four projects from these two DVD’s. There was a lot of repetition, but I picked up some useful …
This project from Nancy Harvey’s second DVD is nearly complete. Last week I was working on two sloping shapes with some floating bars. The shapes are the same color, so there’s a challenge to keep them from merging into one. …
The beat goes on with my fourth project from Nancy Harvey’s DVD series. After I completed the first leaf with hatching, which I didn’t care for, I continued onto the next. This leaf’s hatching ends on one side where the …
I started to work on the project from my second tapestry weaving DVD. It’s the fourth and final project from Nancy Harvey’s DVD set. I plan to order her book next, which I will likely work a sampler from or …
This week has been one of finishing one project, starting a second project, and redoing another. I have the third project from my first DVD woven. Now I’m sewing the slits together and advancing it on the loom to make …
I have the third project from my DVD warped on the loom, and in progress. I recently refitted the loom’s convenient warping pegs with longer pegs to accommodate a reasonably sized warp. This made warping the loom a bit easier. …