Wednesday, June 2, 2010

June-y

So, last night, knowing I'll be gone for a few days and the grass unmanageable when I get back, I came home from work and jumped on it. Riding mower, then weed eater. It took a few hours and I was zipped and drenched when done. When I get really tired like that, sometimes I don't sleep well. Which might explain why I woke up at 3:00 a.m. , finally ditched the attempt to ride it out and go back to sleep and got up. It will be a long day.

I'm headed up to the loom room. My take-up handle that exploded on me last week is fixed and the loom back together. I'm weaving worm rugs and they're looking pretty. I'm still on the seed pattern tea towels on the Newcomb. I think I have another 3 on there and will get those off as soon as I can. I think I'll thread some overshot for the next tea towel warp, using a pattern from Weaving Designs by Bertha Gray Hayes: Miniature Overshot Patterns, sticking with 20/2 warp.

I'm hoping I've found some 10/2 colors. No solid info yet. I may have to go to 12/2, but would rather not.

The gardens are looking fine. Harvesting strawberries and chard. The squash and cukes are blooming and I saw a couple blooms on the eggplants last night. Can't wait for those babies.

Heading to southwest Missouri this afternoon to see siblings. I'll work Art in Bloom for the station on Saturday afternoon on the way back. I'm looking forward to seeing this venue.

Summer Party is the next weekend, and after that, my schedule is slightly more open. Good. I need to spend some serious time on the rug loom. I'm taking a pile of blue jeans to cut this weekend while visiting.