Sometimes I feel like all I make (aside from my work projects) are scarves, well, here’s another.  This is my handspun, two ply sport weight superwash wool.  You can see how I made the yarn, the whole process, from dyeing to spinning, on Flickr.  I’m always amazed at how fast weaving is, especially a little scarf like this.  I warped the loom Friday afternoon, which took less than an hour, and the weaving took about four hours total and then another half hour or so to twist the fringe.

I got the idea for the little bit of lace from an article on Weave Zine called Weaver-Manipulated Lace Weaves.  This is Leno lace and it was very simple to do, you just have to twist bundles of warp threads around each other and then do a pass with the weft and let out the twist.  It did take a couple tries for me to get it looking neat and even, and it’s still not perfect, but I like it.  I actually meant to do another row of leno after a half inch of plain weave but I forgot all about it.  You can’t see it in the picture but the Leno is done an inch from each both ends.

I ordered a couple weaving books from Amazon, Weaving Made Easy and Hands on Rigid Heddle Weaving I’m just waiting for them to get here.  None of my local stores had them in stock or I would have picked them up over the weekend but I can wait.  I love weaving, it’s so much more relaxing to me than knitting is and I love seeing the interaction between the warp and weft yarns, I even love the simplicity of plain weave, though I am interested in learning about more complex patterns for the rigid heddle loom.  I’m so glad I bought my loom.

Don’t worry that I’m going to abandon my knitting though!  I don’t have anything for me on the needles right now (I frogged my scarf and the vest is on hold until I decide whether I like it or not) but the lace bug is biting at me again and I’m feeling the need to knit a big, giant, cozy shawl.  I have a few in mind and I really love the look of this skirt, but I’d like to make a little more progress on my work project before I cast on.

That’s it!  I don’t know if I’ll have anything to post for the rest of the week.  I’m going to spend the whole weekend cleaning (fun, huh?) and since I’m not making anything I may not have anything to talk about.  We’ll see.