Messy, but true.

Two more days until the Christmas in the Country tour, but who's counting?
I finished the bamboo scarves today, and I will have to be satisfied with how many I wove, because there is just not enough time to make more, at least not in time for the open house.
I will still make them, and put them on my web site, just because I like them.
They are really nice, if I do say so myself.
I am convinced that women aren't as concerned about intricate patterns, as they are with color and the feel of the fabric on their skin.
And these scarves are silky and soft!

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I made the 5 shawls, too, which can actually be worn as scarves.

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Then I made a caterpillar rug, because I don't have any in stock. I love them.

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Tomorrow my goal is to get a rug started on every loom. And to make my world famous Greek honey cookies.
Just kidding, of course. They aren't world famous, but they SHOULD be.

I brought some old rugs home with me. They came in a box with a loom I bought a while back. I washed them, and because they had holes in them, I took them apart.
In the kitchen.
It made an awful mess.

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Whenever I am in the kitchen cooking, or whatever, my mother appears, and wants to talk.
I usually ask her to help me, even with things I don't really need help with. It gets her away from the TV, it gives us a chance to chat, and she likes to feel that she is contributing.

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The mess was my job.

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Dear Lord, she drives me nuts sometimes, but isn't she cute?

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And we got 6 rugs torn apart. What a job! It felt great to be finished.

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I watched the Oprah show today. I usually never get home that early, but it was pouring rain, and it felt like a good day to be home.
The polygamous family that does the show Sister Wives was on. My husband actually watched it with me.
I kept trying to see what it is that makes that work for women. And I finally have concluded that what bothers me most about it, other than the ICK factor, and the double standard issue, is that I feel that these 4 women have set women in general back a couple of hundred years. My feminist self just doesn't get it.

Once in a while, someone asks me what I use for inspiration for my weaving. Or more specifically, what drives me. Where do these ideas come from.
Mostly, I think I come up with some of them because my brain is on overdrive a lot of the time, and I guess it is just like taking pictures. If you take 1000 of them, you are bound to come up with a good one once in a while. If my brain is speeding along every waking minute, it is sure to come up with something that just works. So I guess you could call it dumb luck.
Whatever it is, I am grateful for it, and happy that you want to come along for the ride.
I love having you.