Jedis in our home!
The past couple of weeks have been so fun with our friends Anna and Jim visiting from Toronto. Their two kids, Finn and Chloe, are super cute and have lots of energy. Finn is a Star Wars fanatic, and Rob completely indulged his inner Jedi by getting two lightsabers for them to play with (ok, they were free from a friend, but still!)
Finn insisted on have his lightsaber red ("like Darth Vader!") and he posed for some photos.
In between the baby nose-wiping, Jedi-training, laundry folding, and general fun-having, I've started a new weaving project.
It's my attempt at an experiment with texture. The warp yarn is Handmaiden Flaxen, and the weft is Tsumugi silk.
I think I might have made a mistake with choosing two such tweedy yarns to go together. I think if I had paired a solid vibrant silk with the Flaxen it might look better. Oh well, I'm having fun weaving it!
For Christmas, I made Rob three handmade gifts. One of them I'm still working on (yipes!) but here's a yoga bag I whipped up in about an hour.
It from the Lotta Jansdotter book "Simple Sewing" and the fabric? Lotta Jansdotter fabric that I bought in Japan.
I really like the craziness of the fabric.
Finally, the weather here has been crazy. It was super cold around Christmas and then warmed up for the next month. It's rained the past two days but our plants are getting super confused.
I'm sure we'll still have plenty of spring flowers!
Feb 7, 2009
Reader Comments (4)
What fun company! And I love your new weaving project... recently we've been watching Scholastic book videos, and you'd love Charlie Needs a Cloak by dePaola, there's a cool weaving scene...
I love the sublety of the two yarns together. You can always try for a move obvious difference for another project.
The weaving is looking amazing... I love love love tsumugi silk. Have you washed and finished your handwoven scarves? I think they would have such an incredibly soft feel and hand.
We have almost identical pictures of my son with his light saber - although, his is blue. Too funny. I'm in love with your scarves! Really lovely work.