Honeycomb weave on the Flip

I made this washing gizmo out of tulle to keep the locks in order

Carding Tuxedo the Alpaca

Animal chaos in the studio

The Honeycomb Library Bag

We have been busy, busy, busy and it has been hot, hot, hot. According to our friends at the National Weather Service, it's 85 degrees F, but feels like 94 thanks to the humidity. There isn't a product out there aside from perhaps a coat of lacquer that will keep the frizz out of my hair today. Thankfully, my studio is in the downstairs section of our apartment, and seems to have a fairly even temperature year-round. Aside from running the AC every once in a while just to get my looms to un-swell, it is a lovely little sanctuary.
 

I have been weaving up a storm. I finished the last set of samples for Jane's book a couple of weeks back, and now it's off with the editor and creative team at Interweave being worked into what is tentatively being called "The Weaver's Idea Book". Rigid heddle weavers should start keeping their eyes peeled next summer for what I think will be a wonderful resource. There will also be drafts for four-harness weavers, so it's really going to be an all-around useful book to add to your collection.
 
I have been teaching rigid heddle weaving on the Cricket Loom down in Needham, Massachusetts at a shop called Elissa's Creative Warehouse. Lisa, the owner, is wonderful and enthusiastic, and we're having so much fun that we've extended the class for another week. This Sunday I start teaching at A Loom With A View in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Betsy, the owner, is one of the founding mothers of my beloved weaving guild, NOBO Handweavers. If you live in the area and want to spend one evening a month with some of the nicest, most talented and interesting folks around, come join us to see what you think. Details about the meetings can be found on our website.
 
My latest "Yearning to Weave" project for Schacht should be posted within the next few days. When I sent it off to Jane to be photographed, I was so sad to see it go, if only for a short time. I've dubbed it the library bag, and it's a shoulder bag woven on my 20" Flip rigid heddle loom in a honeycomb pattern using some of the yarn I dyed at NEWS last month. This photo is a sneak peek. It's one of my favorite weavings yet.
 
And I have been diligently carding and spinning up the first of four bags of the wedding alpaca fleece. I should have this completed by the end of this coming week, and then it will be on to the next bag. I'm working on designing a project in my brain, and while it hasn't completely formed as of yet, (the project, not my brain, which should be fully formed at this stage, though occasionally gives me reason to wonder), I hope to have something planned by the end of September. Sometimes these things just take time.
 
And now, I am off to wet finish the first of two window cushions that should provide hours of happy cat napping.