EGGS!

I've been keeping busy, as I always do.   I've done some basic weaving classes, in my new 

class space.   

It used to be my retail space years ago, and then turned into storage for all my "thread", 

until a few weeks ago, when I decided it was time for a huge downsize.

It will  now perfectly  house three students, two  on Wolf Pup looms, and one on a Baby Wolf.  

The light in the morning is great, and when it gets a bit dimmer in the afternoon, I have some great new lighting.  

It has worked out perfectly, and turned out to be a much better idea than the one 

I was toying with, which was to move the whole classroom upstairs.

Sometimes, I find it is best to let a new idea ferment for a while.  I have to resist being

impulsive and getting on with things, like I am wont to do.

I have found, that sitting with an idea, sometimes evolves into something else entirely, and usually it is better.

Like not running up and down the stairs to attend to students.

I found time to get the screen porch ready for summer.  It's amazing how much grit and dirt accumulate over the winter. 

But everything is washed and clean, and ready for book reading and ice tea afternoons.

"The park" which is what my late husband called our expansive back yard, will be

a lot prettier once the trees leaf out.

You remember when I was not so long ago transfixed with the different colors of 

eggs, from different breeds of chickens.  I was intent on interpreting that somehow into my weaving.

So I  did finally make some dish towels, that I tagged as "egg towels", and they flew right out of the studio.  Everyone loved them.

  I used a draft with big squares, and it looked great.

But I kept thinking that I could do better.  An idea began blooming in my head, and I couldn't 

seem to get rid of it.

So here's a new warp going on the Megado, using the AVL warping wheel.

After two days of laboring over it, here's the warp, on the back beam looking very pretty, and very organized, if I do say so.

Threaded and sleyed, and tied on.  Ready for the big reveal.    I spent a lot of time at the computer, getting the draft just right, so that the eggs fell into their respective colors exactly.

I was a little obsessed about getting it right.

Yes, me.

I am very, very pleased and satisfied with the results.

They could not be more perfect.

VOILA!!!!!

The Revamped Egg Towels.

So far all 20 on this warp are spoken for.  

I see eggs in my future.

There are way worse things.

God, I love what I do.