White and Tan

W O V E N WARMTH

.....my family claims that I am queen of stating the obvious,

ITS BEEN COLD HERE!!!    As I write this it is -11 degrees, with plenty of snow

I have been weaving up an inside storm of warmth and coziness as a survival technique.
And it has been great to both enjoy the process and have the challenge of discovering what the resulting five and one half yards of fabric will ultimately become.
Linen (with a little cotton) as warp and mostly all wool as weft........Maybe curtains?  Maybe a pieced coverlet??
I'm not sure yet, and I am in no particular rush to decide....we'll just see what evolves.

maybe wait until it becomes obvious.......

woven on Glimakra Julia loom

Fenceposts

view from the window next to my loom

Prairie Edge Road, near Viroqua Wisconsin

...taking a break from weaving I went out Hunting for an elusive Snowy Owl, last seen along the fenceposts of 

Prairie Edge Road

(that's the for real name of the road,  isn't that great?)

For quite a few years I have been painting and drawing in journals keeping a sequential record of my perceptions and views of my world using paints and colored pencils.  That process is continuing however weaving has lately become more invigorating.

My current weaving piece started out with moss and lichen as my inspiration but gradually over time has begun to look like the snow and hills and fenceposts of my home here in the hills of southwestern Wisconsin.  These blog posts are challenging as I wonder at my new life.  I was out driving on the lookout for a snowy owl,  I felt inside a painting......... or a song......"Don't Fence Me In"

Let these posts be posts on the way to new fields.  I haven't spotted the snowy owl yet but I sure am enjoying the journey, throwing my shuttles across, as the yarn turns into more and more cloth.

The pleasure of my new life here is more and more a wonder.

Dwell in Possibility

Emily Dickinson is a recent re-discovery for me.  I realize again that she was brilliant and deep and comical simultaneously. The "dwell in possibility" is from her.
So with snow on the way yet again, I am dwelling in its possibilities by squeezing out new white paint, both titanium and zinc.  I also have a new Strathmore journal with tan pages.
There are new possibilities in yarns for both weaving and knitting.

W E A V I N G TOOLS

Y A R N S

I've been weaving with cotton and wool on a hemp warp and have yet to decide on what I will do with the fabric.  The orange/red wool in all the photos was hand dyed here in Wisconsin from Wisconsin sheep.  It is a joy for me to be learning about different breeds and the kind of wool/yarn that they give us.  When I listen to the tall tales we knitters tell each other as we knit together at the yarn shop, I feel glad that I am able to walk over for this time with my comrades even when the wind outside is icy.

One way of staying warm during these exceedingly frigid days of Wisconsin winter has been to busy myself with yarn and creating my own warmth.  Below are wrist (or ankle) cuffs which can help to keep me cosy.

Changes

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I am in the process of figuring out how I might change this blog

My life has recently changed with a move and my blog is
going to be UNDER CONSTRUCTION

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