Wednesday’s Work….Weaving

You may remember this picture from when I was demonstrating at Fryeburg Fair.  I have to be honest with you, it was a last desperation as what I had planned to do, failed and my second choice failed, so I looked at what was hanging in my shop and pulled off 2 skeins of Opal for a plain weave scarf and prayed real hard. 
(Note to self….get this done when you have more than 1 week to warp your loom.)
I figured that as long as I got something on the loom that I could demonstrate with, it was all good.  I wasn't thinking that I would have something that could be used, but I was pleasantly surprised with this….

I was so pleased with the fabric that Opal gave me and I will definitely be using it again for scarves.  The one thing I had wished I had thought about a little more was making sure I had long enough ends to twist, but truly, I was just praying that I could get something on the loom that was workable, because it's all about demonstrating, not necessarily the finished item when you are at the fair.
It's fun to see how much of an attraction a floor loom is at the fair and surprisingly it's always the men and little boys who are very fascinated by the mechanics of a loom.  I love watching them study me while I am weaving.

When I used to teach people how to spin, I always stressed to them that 15 minutes every day at the wheel with your cup of coffee was far more beneficial than an hour once a week.  I have decided to take that lesson to my weaving..and eventually my pottery throwing.

It's all about the process and repeating the process daily helps to cement that process.
I will be weaving a lot more this winter.

Life has a wonderful sense of weaving lessons into our days and love into our lives….and you all are a part of my life's weaving's by visiting me here and sharing your stories with me….thank you!