Thinking time and Gallery update

I finally got around to inventory, of sorts, on my remaining stock and it looks pretty good.  I don't feel I need to immediately rush to the loom and make more rugs before the Unique Boutique show the weekend before Thanksgiving. I do have my new Peaceful Oceans warp on and am looking forward to seeing how that turns out in all its different planes of weft.

We have wonderful fall weather - cool, crisp, breezy days and cooler nights.  I love it.  Autumn always makes me thoughtful and is a good reassessment time for me.  Since my personal life duties are gaining ground all the time, the time I have for weaving gets shortened.   So, I'm going to section warp the Hammett with 50 or 60 yards of rug warp and work it off as I can this winter.  I like having long warps on that loom.  I'll be weaving Pendleton rugs (5 doubled ends per inch) and blue jean rugs (10 single ends per inch).  I will just re-sley the reed when I want to change rug type.  Of course, I will wait until I have a cloth beam full of rugs to cut off.  I will lose maybe a foot of warp doing that, but much time-lier than rewarping completely.

I have also updated my rug gallery.  These are not all the rugs I have.  I will be taking more photos and putting them up as I can.

Back from Best of Missouri Market

Got back Sunday night - unloaded Monday morning.  I have to go through my stock, take inventory, and take photos of the rugs I have left to put in my galleries.  SO, at this point, the rug gallery is NOT accurate.  I'll try to get photos of available rugs up in a week or so.

I did get the rest of my new painted warp beamed today.  Things are very slow right now. I'm still tired from the show.  It was a good show, though.   Hot in the afternoons, but lots of people and everyone was in very good humor.  Sold lots of rugs.

On the gardening scene I dug my sweet  potatoes this afternoon.  Below is a photo of the crop, plus I confess I dug a few hills last week that aren't included in the photo.  Not bad for a 5 ft. x 5 ft. 12" deep raised bed.  More than a bushel, and that will be plenty for us!