Hello! I hope everyone is healthy and safe as we move through the pandemic and come to terms with the results of systemic racism in our country. Remember the old Chinese curse May you live in interesting times? I certainly think that applies to 2020. Stay safe people, wear your masks and think about how your actions and assumptions affect other people. We need to come together and work this all out.

I recently launched a fine art website, LindaFarrellyArt.com. Since that site has a blog page, all further fine art blog posts will be posted on LindaFarrellyArt.com/blog. I have copied all the fine art posts to the new site and will continue to use Blogger to post about weaving, spinning, knitting, etc. So, if you are interested in fine art check out the new page. If you subscribe to my site, you well see new art before anyone else does.

8 shaft huck curtain fabric

On to weaving! The 10 weeks I was on furlough were weaving heaven! I have all four looms in almost-continuous use, warping a new project as soon as the finished warp is cut off. I finished 6 yards of 8 shaft huck lace curtain fabric. I still need to sew the curtains, but I am very happy with how the fabric turned out. There are a few errors, but not as many as I figured there might be.

4 shaft goose eye twill scarves

On the 4 shaft Dorset, I am currently weaving two scarves in goose eye twill. The warp is multicolored rayon slub and the weft is Jaegerspun Zephyr. The first scarf I used the color Curry, and the second one I am using Copper. Since the rayon is so slippery, I have worked hard no to beat in too hard. It's a bit uneven so far, but we will see how it washes up.

Rigid heddle scarf in progress

The most productive loom lately has been the rigid heddle. I am still working through my sock yarn stash weaving Series 1 scarves. The loom is so small and light it often follows me out onto the porch, so it gets more attention than the others. It is naked right now, but that will change this weekend. Here's one of the recent scarves from the rigid heddle using Sockotta (sadly discontinued) and a bit of olive green (mystery sock yarn) for the warp and a doubled strand of Silk City extra fine wool for the weft. I love how the colors shift in the Sockotta!

My goal for this blog is to post every Friday. Enjoy, and we'll see you next week!