I finished something!

Lily’s first night out. Wow! I’m looking old

Lily is complete. I need new knitting!! I'm waffling between another gnome, a shawl/poncho thing in cotton (with sequins!) or a sweater using the gnome yarn, cause let's be real, I'm never going to make that many gnomes.

Plus I could use a new warm sweater for my fall trip.

I just signed up for a jacket class with Threads...  They'd sent an email this morning with a broken link; I notified them about the link et Voila! I got a 35% discount. I have some fabric from Japan, hoping I can use that.

I’m mostly done with the Alabama Chanin scarf with the embroidered ends, more on that in a later post. I really enjoy the techniques and am looking forward to further experimentation.

I wound 5 100g ish hanks of that 10/2 cotton and dyed it using procion dyes in these colors: Avocado, Green Lantern, Indigo, and Grecian Sea. A couple spots are lighter than expected but otherwise I declare them glorious.  Photos when I start weaving with them. I was debating how to get them from the hanks onto the loom (yarn handling is always entertaining as it will tie itself in knots if not properly supervised), so I ordered a cone winder from Dreaming Robots. It arrives on Friday.

Still working on the table...

The little loom is finally warped. I had issues…  I cataloged them in an email to K, but I’m going to skip it here. Let’s just say I’m up and weaving. I’m going to play with some weft choices and wet finish a sample  to see what folks want to do for the weave it. The goal will be to weave a couple of towels to take to the folks at Unspun when we tour there in September.  The big loom will get baby blankets in the newly dyed yarn. 

I’ve also finally been working on the table top, on Monday mornings while the house is being cleaned. Apparently I can make a lot of progress in an couple hours per week. The wreath is complete except for one leaf, which I need to recut. I'm pleased that nothing feels off center to me. The background will be in tans, grout will be black. 

One last photo… I’m taking German again from the Goethe institute, and in our last unit we read a recipe for Zwiebelkuchen. So I baked one. What was interesting to me was that the dough for the crust is yeasted; next time I'll make it thinner. Also, one recipe said to mix the onions in with the filling, and one said to pour the filling over the onions; if I make it again, I'll mix them (there was too much separation). It was especially delicious with this most excellent Austrian Riesling.

Hausgemachter Zwiebelkuchen mit einem österreichischen Riesling