I have two words that describe my life these days: bed rest. Bummer. I figured I'd l start to slow down a bit during my third trimester, but this is a bit slower than I anticipated. The good news: other than having to be horizontal all day every day, the baby and I are both healthy as horses.
 
The other good news is that my latest free project for Schacht Spindle Company is now available by clicking here. My grand plans to weave curtains for every window in the house are on hold for the time being, but I'm happy to have finished this pair for the bathroom. Now we just need to get the trim up so that we can put up a curtain rod.
 
Since I'm not allowed to sit upright at any of my regular looms, I have been weaving on a mini loom. I'm working on a little project for the kiddo using some Southdown that the very generous and lovely Margaret Russell sent along to me. I have also been working on a bit of knitting. And while I find it far less enjoyable than weaving, it does help pass the time. Speaking of time, it's time to get back to my mini loom. 
 
 
 

Every Tuesday evening I head on down to Elissa's Creative Warehouse in Needham, Massachusetts for an evening of weaving fun. I remember my first visit there being slightly overwhelming as never in my life had I seen so little visible wall space in a yarn shop. You could spend hours in that place and still not get to see all of the yarn she has for sale. It's amazing!
 
Well that was last August, and I have been going there almost every week since. We teach, we learn, we share, and we're constantly impressed by what everyone is weaving. Most everyone owns a Cricket Loom or a Flip (or both!!), and we have newcomers on a fairly regular basis. If you're in the area and want to join us, give the shop a call to make sure we're on for that night. 
 

I have been rather silent recently, though for good reason. First the weaving stuff. My super awesome guild, NOBO Handweavers, decided to do a bookmark exchange using only sheep breeds from the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy also cross listed with the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, a UK organization. Eleven of us participated, and each person wove twelve bookmarks, one for each participant and an additional set which we have sent along to Handwoven Magazine. I was thrilled to receive what essentially amounted to wonderful little samples of each breed.
 
My latest article for Schacht Spindle Company was published back at the beginning of February. It's an introduction to twill weaving. I have to say that I'm pretty thrilled about the project I made. It's not that complicated or particularly remarkable, but I'm happy with how it turned out and can't wait to use it in our new home.
 

My latest free weaving project for Schacht Spindle Co. is live. I think I neglected to post my previous project as well. Ah well. Click here for my thermal scarf project and click here to learn about weaving a blanket out of smaller panels. Off to get some holiday weaving done!

My latest free project for the rigid heddle loom is posted over at Schacht Spindle Company's website. It's a shoulder bag woven in a honeycomb pattern using my 20" Flip rigid heddle loom. The cells of the honeycomb showcase some yarn that I dyed at NEWS this past July. It was actually just a bit chilly this morning, and this bag screams fall to me. I love fall. I'm going to go make myself some cocoa and get my loom dressed for fall. 

Someone posted a link on Ravelry to this very cool project you could easily weave up on a rigid heddle loom. I most definitely have idea envy and will be making a version of this bag for myself in the not-too-distant future.
 

My latest article and free project are now live on the Schacht Spindle Co. site. Click here for details. This festive bag uses hemstitching to create holes through which ribbon could be threaded to cinch around the neck of a wine bottle (or your favorite 40 - yowzers!). It's super easy to weave up on a rigid heddle loom, and I would advise you to weave at least two because you may just want to keep one for yourself.
 
I got the yarn for this project from the fabulous Ellen at Purl Diva in Brunswick, Maine. If she ain't got it, it ain't happenin'.