Charleen's Fiberblog

January 30, 2003

Lots of good movies helped me get a couple of things finished up this weekend. I saw Signs, then watched the 1934 The Rise of Catherine the Great on History International, Analyze This, Finding Forrester, and finally, The Mummy. It was a great day, my family all had plans to go out to different parties to route for the Eagles, unfortunately that didn't have the desired results. I finished weaving the brown and white plaid blanket on Saturday, and twisted the ends and washed it yesterday. I finished the second scuff (Nancy Lindberg pattern) for my youngest son, Josh, yesterday and fulled and fitted them before he left to watch the playoff games. The mohair shows up iridescent on the picture, but they are not so glowing in person. He likes them, but I think I'll try the Fibertrends clog for me - it seems to come up on the back a little more. I have the bootie slipper, but I want something I can kick off.

I got the 6" Schacht bobbins for the old shuttle I had, but I guess I didn't measure right, because it has the little flanges on the ends and it just fits. But did I think it through before I forced it in? I think you know the anwer to that! So now I have to either crush the bobbin, or try to get a hacksaw blade down in there to cut the metal. I think I'm going to have to sacrifice the bobbin since there's only about an 1/8" on either side. Duh... The good news, I've ordered a new Schact shuttle that will accomodate these 6" bobbins. I want to be able to cut down on bobbin changes when I'm using thicker weft yarns. Speaking of shuttles, I love my new Bluster Bay shuttle. It just shoots across the loom, but since I won't be using the 15" shuttle that often, I really don't want to put out that much money.

I have about 25 rows left on my Pi Shawl. I haven't decided what border I'm going to do yet. I've been using the alpaca from one my UFOs and it is so soft and drapey. I've been thinking about my next shawl and although I haven't narrowed it down yet, I think it will be from Folk Shawls.

Once I get three scantron keys filled in for 3 different 200 question midterms AND my eyes begin to focus again, I'm going to start spinning some more Beast. I find that if I use a tennis elbow strap on my arm and alternate projects my tendonitis is minimized. Besides, I know I'll want to play with my new Schacht as soon as it gets here, so I won't be up for any thick yarn on the Louet for a while.

Posted by Charleen at January 30, 2003 09:08 PM