Baby Carry

I have started making baby carry. These car all made using thin cotton and can easily be washed.

 I am excited that our first grand child is coming soon and that encouraged me to think about figuring out how to make these appropriate items.
I can't make only one or two.

"The Opposite"

Only 45 of the 270 submissions to this show were accepted. I am pleased that this one made it. The atturah's for the two tallasim are statements of the torah. The first one is from the statement that is was dark on surface of the earth. And the white tallis has G-d's statement that "there should be light and their was light." These two tallis are exact opposites. Thread by thread opposites in White and Black silk. 

New Tallis in white silk.

 This tallis is make of only white 30/2 silk It is white with white for New Years garment. It is clearly full size. It also has a special Atturah. It travels soon to it's new home.

Making pillows for using in the house.

I have been making a set of pillows for augmenting the living room. These are all made using rib-weave. This collection of bright and various colors has worked out very nicely. This collection of pillows are 20x20, 16x16 and 12x12. The three pillows provide easily washed cotton covers. The bright colors augments the room and improves the otherwise simple couch.
I have to admit that I am getting into the rib-weave process and I have found several good ways to use it.

Picking up sailing again!

Well, it turns out that I can go sailing again. Now that we are living down here by the ocean, it seems appropriate with starting sailing again. I am working on passing the 101 and 103 permits so that I can rent sail boats. Yesterday, I spent some time out on a nice little 22 footer. The wind picked up in the afternoon to 11 or 12. This nice snug little boat was making a good run. We were able to sail out about half way to the islands and back between 2 and 5 in the afternoon. The biggest problem in this afternoon is making sure that you don't get too close to the fishermen. You are also sailing in the area of the big shipping boats and have to make sure you don't get in their way. Fortunately, they don't come through too often.

Back to blogging.

Well, I have to admit that it has been months since the last time I blogged. Well, the summer is coming. I only have a month or two and school will be done. I will have to take time to work on my blog again. Meanwhile, I have had time to do a reasonable amount of time and work to lay out.  So I will take some time trying to update and publish the work I have been doing.









I have been trying to decide whether to write about in order from past to present or present to past. I think I will write from most present back to past and see what I can. The most recent is the tallis that I have just finished. This most recent one was made for someone in the east coast area. Here are two pictures of this most recent large tallis.
This tallis set is unique in color. It was YO1D and B4D, 100% SILK, 30/2 fine silk.  I am quite pleased with the results. The tallis is surprisingly light. Since it was 30/2 silk it has almost now weight, but because it is silk, it has plenty of strength and workship is beautiful.  I certainly that the new owner is pleased when he receives it.

So... That is certainly the most recent thing, but there is other work finishing soon. I have finishing work on a chuppah. The weaving is complete, but I am still figuring out how to support the Chuppah. It was woven as one long piece, but I do not yet know how it will be held. There are a couple of ways to support pieces of work. Anyway, the chuppah is made of Jaggerspun 2/18 wool and silk. I am using grey, orange, aqua and purple. I have only photographed while it was holding on the wall and drying. I have added clear wall support so that it can be hung on a wall when it gets there. 


The picture is not the best. I'll have to put out another once I have a system that can really look like a chuppah. Anyway, I should hear from them soon. The  double weave pickup turned out pretty well.  I think I am giving it to them next weekend. I'll add more pictures as I can.

It is time to push on the voice!

Listen to this and join!! We must work now or there will not be a world for our sons and daughters. There no longer is the world that we grew up with. Our grandchildren will not grow up in the world we enjoyed. We must all accept this reality and work together. Spread the word!!

New Grey Dress.

I went to work at designing
and building a new dress. Here it is!

It has been far too long!!!

I can't believe it has been so long, but I finally have something to put on my blog and talk about.

I just finished sewing up a new shirt. It is 100 percent cotton. I am thinking of it for use at the beach. It is just the right size for my wife. After the last couple of days of rain, cold and winter, it is nice to work on something summer designed.

It is easy to check out what was sharing me in the sewing room. The giraffe was sharing that room and sitting among us.

Also, after being away from the blog it is nice to get back to working on the blog again.

This work on the blog keeps be busy and gives me something to do while I am an spring break.

Anyway, now that I am working on clothes again, I'll try to keep people more up to date on how things are going these days.

A new shawl.

I got a recent request for a large shawl. I like the color choice and size.

I think I'll have to make a few more of this size with different color groups.

I have the feeling that it would be warm to wear and it certainly looks dramatically beautiful. The color group is perfect for fall and into the winter. The only problem is heavy rain would not be good for the chenille.

Working bags!

So I had some cloth that was not being used and I finally decided to make some bags. These are really nice bags. I must admit that I got the idea from a bag made for me by a friend. The underlying support is some plastic based Cat Screen. The material is used to make window screens that cat's can not ruin. That is a strong support for a good bag. I used wool based material for the edges.

In these pictures you can see how well they ended up. They each have strong grips for carrying good heavy contents.

I may soon try using one for carrying grocery when I go shopping soon.

A new dress and top.

The past several days I have been working on making a dress and a matched jacket.

I finished the dress two days ago and went to work with the rest.

This dress was a lot of work.

Matching the lining was a lot of work.

I have also been working on making bookmarks.

These pictures were taken this afternoon outside.

The sun was shining and the picture came out ok.

Recent Clothing

I spent this week making long skirts out of two different yardage that I made on my big loom.

I have been holding this material for quite a while well I thought about the pattern to use.

Unfortunately, I photographed these this morning and

there is not very much sun today. These pictures don't give all the extra gloss and shine that are available in this material.

Anyway, I now have a pattern set that works well and exactly works for my wife.

She has tried them both, and they fit her perfectly.

Now it's time to work on some different patterns.

I have more material, and I think I am going to start working on some simple long dresses.

I'll let you know as I make progress.

Here are some new pictures!! Now that the sun is out, I can take new pictures.

It is surprising how much better everything looks once they are taken in the light of the sun.

Went to the fair!!!

Like every year, I went to the fair today and worked at the guild meeting demo area. It gives me a chance to meet people and talk about weaving. Why weaving is fun and comfortable and why it is worth their opportunity to get reconnected to fiber. I also get the chance to go and look at all the other work too. I saw two things that I really liked.

This item was called "Green Eggs and Ham". It is make of stone and metal and was submitted as a multiple materials art piece. I liked the presentation of the components and it caught my funny bone.

There were a number of other items that I also really liked. Near this one, was a stone Giraffe. It was very beautifully executed out of stone.

In addition to these items I also liked the three things that I submitted to the fair. The three things that I submitted all took 1st prizes. Obviously I was glad to win.

I'll have to put pictures out soon!

My new robe!

There it is! I built this robe out of my recent big loom work! I had some variable cotton and I turned it into yard after yard of cotton cloth. Then I decided to turn it into a new robe. I definitely needed it and this one is spectacular. It's mine!

Now I am ready for new work. I am going to start setting up for a new cotton collection. Next output will be fresh kitchen dishtowels.

A new blouse!

Well, today I was busy! I have been thinking for some time about a design for a blouse. I wove some beautiful cloth a while a go, but I have not been able to figure out the design for quite a while. I have made about three or four different designs, but I have not been happy until this morning. Today it came to me so easily. I took half of one design and half of a different one and together the appearance works. I used the arms of one and the front and back of another. Together the appearance is perfect.So today I cut the cloth and put together the blouse.

Now I can start thinking about the next project. I have some wonderful white cotton that I think will make great things to but on when going to the swimming pool.

Now I have to go to work on the design.

A new Tallis!

Oh my gosh, it is surely summer!! School is out and now that I am not working on the schools it is fun to be back to putting all my time on weaving and making clothing. I just finished making a new tallis today.

It is made of blended wool and silk. The color is blueberry.

The atturah has the complete blessing.

In the second picture is a close picture of the cloth so that the pattern in visible.

The pattern is a cloth weaving pattern that looks like woven threads.

It is good to be back on this work. After working so much on scarves, it is nice to be back working on a tallis again.

List of available scarves!

I am taking the break to update my web and bring the webpage up to date.

It is hard to believe how much time it takes to get everything up to date. I shot pictures of all the scarves that I have available and added them to the web page.

However, I'm on vacation!! Now I get to spend the time walking on the beach and enjoying the warm temperature.

Yes, I'm still making a tallis.

I just finished a new tallis design! I started with hand dyed silk and organized the warp with colors matching. The matched coloring gives me a better color structure for the tallis.

Then I went to work on getting a better atturah so that the blessing is better readable. The stripes are make of jewish stars. It is one of the best I have made so far. It has a very gentle color appearance. I think I will have to make a few more of this design.

Learning how to make a basket!

What a great class! We learned how to make small baskets. The class went very well and really was a lot of fun. These baskets were done by the group that was working together. We all had fun and learned together. We were making "garlic" baskets. It was nice that every basket was a little different.

Now I am looking forward to the other basket classes that I will be taking in the future.