What is on my loom here is - on the back beam, a collection of recently spun skeins of yarn that I washed to set the twist a couple of days ago (a range of coloured merino and alpaca blends) on the top bar a few woven bands (right), a couple of skeins of handspun white Portland and a beautiful stole I have been wearing woven by one of my weaving friends, Mavis Lakin, in plain weave and showing Mavis' incredible talent for putting together yarns and colours. The warp is a Collinette boucle yarn, I'm not sure of the fibre content, and the weft is a darker varigated wool yarn. It feels wonderful and drapes most elegantly.
Behind the loom are boxes and bags of fibre and yarn and a box with a few spindles (on the left).
Work in progress today includes spindle spinning a merino and silk blend (one of those from the New Zealand spinning wheel makers, Ashford) and a knitted cowl from my own handspun yarns (the pattern by Elizabeth Lovick is in YarnMaker no. 12). The red wool in the cowl is left from a scarf I wove for my Mother for Christmas 2009.
Best wishes to all for the New Year - 2013!
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Sorry to hear about the injury. Wishing you good health for the coming year. :)
cheers,
Laura
Goodness me, I love love love the skeins on your loom - I'm mixing and matching them in my head already.
And the silk on your spindle is lovely.
I hope you get to weave something in 2013. Have a lovely year, Dot.
Wow, the spindle silk/merino yarn looks beautiful
Delicious colors, I can only imagine the textures. I love it whenever you post, even if your loom isn't in action! Best of luck with the physiotherapy.
I agree with Jane - that fibre is gorgeous. And my looms are all empty too, every single one!
We all do what we can. Physical injury is a definite monkey wrench in the weaving works.
The cowl is lovely - I knit one, too, but haven't manage to post it yet.
And I'm ALWAYS impressed with spinners! I've tried a few times with AWFUL results - yours looks so smooth & even - drool, drool.
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