Olly olly oxen free!

Ooooooops.

I may have bought another loom. May Have.

 

But have you seen my baby???

 

 

And therein lies the problem. Either the new loom has to go, or my Cherry Baby Wolf. :( The decision will be made once I "test drive" the new loom for about a month. Heaven help me.

 

Sock it to me!

Have I mentioned how much I love weaving on a rigid heddle with sock yarn? A ton. Right after I bought my first floor loom I sold my Ashford Knitter's loom (AKL). I had actually thought that once I start weaving on a "big girl" loom, aka a floor loom, that I would never want to revisit my slooooow weaving RH. A month or two without that little AKL and I quickly realized I had made a big mistake! I love making scarves out of wacky variegated knitting yarn.

 

 

This little beauty was dyed by a Ravelry buddy, Azlynn of Dyelectable Yarns, and is an 80/10/10 MCN blend. The colorway name is roadkill. The image of roadkill isn't all that beautiful, but this skein sure is.

 

I decided to pair it with some Sanguine Gryphon Skinny Bugga (also 80/10/10 MCN) in Grey Scalloped Bar Butterfly.

 

 

The result is stunning although I am only 1/4 of the way into it.

 

 

My cats loved it too. I left to go to the store, and when I returned home the caked skein that was waiting to become the weft looked like this.....

 

 

I almost cried. I did yell. I was tempted to throw it away. But with some encouragement I sat down and untangled it myself. Only after I contacted some of the fabulous women in the Knot a Problem group on Rav. These women love to untangle yarn, and will do it for others. More power to them. I'd rather knot do it ever again ;)

 

 

 

 

A very productive weekend

Well this was supposed to be posted yesterday, but I was incapable of typing this and listening to my audio book. Apparently I cannot do both at the same time. Who knew?

 

A productive weekend it was though. I decided it was time to find something to hang my warping board on instead of just laying it on my table. I found these square closetmaid hooks at wallyworld.

 

Since these will be in my dining room, I didn't want to attach the board directly to wall!

 

 

 

Fits my 12 yard and 4.5 yard boards perfectly!

 

I also finished a scarf on my 15"Schacht Flip RH. This warp was knitting sock yarn in a SW merino. Hemstitched both ends.

 

 

The baby wolf was also warped, and back to front for the first time!!!! It went very well with few issues, and I plan to warp that way most of the time now. Yeah me! No pictures of that though, it is a super secret Christmas gift.

 

Happy Weaving :) 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello? :tap tap tap on microphone:

Weave, weave, weave me the sunshine
outta the fallin’ rain!
Weave me the hope of a new tomorrow
an’ fill my cup again!

I decided to start a blog for me, to catalog my weaving adventures (and misadventures). Forgive me now for my inconsistency, misspelled words and poor grammar. I shall try harder! Design and layout may change too, is it making you sea sick yet?

Missy aka Wool Therapy

Things are happening!

Wow! What a whorl wind few weeks it has been. We are quickly gearing up for the winter holidays here and excitement with the monsters is spreading! We decided to get them out of the house and took them to a state park the other day.

I also spent the rest of that afternoon with my dye pots simmering.  What  a wonderful day.

These fabulous yarns can be found in my Etsy shop. Sorry... most are gone already! (ok. not really sorry...)

I also have a new weaving project in the loom.....

Looks like spun gold. The yarn is a 50/50 blend of SW Falkland Merino and Silk. The color is Salted Caramel and is my Harmony base.

I hope your winter is gearing up to be this awesome! Happy crafting!

My Babies

Today was bath day for my babies. Meet my Schacht Matchless,

and my Ladybug.

 <~ See the nice foot marks?

I searched the internet for hours, ignoring my kids and the laundry to find all the info I need to give them the love and attention the deserve. I started by removing the front maiden, flyer and extra whorl off both wheels. I also removed the drive band tension knob off of my Matchless. I wiped everything down with an almost dry cloth to remove dust, fibers and gunk from it. Make sure that you do not use any water-based cleaning products to clean your wheel! At that point if there are any marks, scuffs or build-up on your wheel you can use steel wool, grade 00 to clean it.  Using a dry cloth OR a paint brush I applied a liberal amount of Watco Dainish Oil to my wheels. I actually busted out my gun cleaning kit to reach all the crevasses..... but your kiddos water color paint brush, or a Q-tip would work too! I applied the first coat and let it sit for 30 minutes, the wiped it down. I re-applied a second coat, this time letting it sit for 15 minutes before wiping it off. The amazing thing about danish oil is that it penetrates the wood, sealing it from the inside out. DO NOT BE AFRAID!!! This is not like staining wood... you can't screw it up and ruin your finish. It soaks in and what doesn't soak in gets wiped off. For realz. 

Next time I do this I will work a little harder at removing my foot prints from my Ladybug treadles.... Another thing I now have and will be using on my wheel treadles is Wood Beams by Goodies Unlimited.

I am so excited with how my wheels look now. They Shine!

<~ Walnut Inserts on back!

LOVE.

Etsy!

I have posted many new thing in my shop! I am really excited about this new adventure in my life, although it is a little nerve racking. The Daffodil Buttercream shawl is finished and a total knockout!

I have also decided to list some more spinning/felting fiber as well.

Not only that, but I have been lighting my wheel on fire too!

All of this and more can be found in my shop, Wool Therapy.

Happy shopping!!!!!!!