Yesterday was beautiful. It helped me to remember why I came to this place.
I got up early to have tea with the sky and another man sat down to join me in the meadow. It turns out that he does production sewing about five miles away. If I roll out a line of towels for the holidays, he might be a fantastic contact. I'm pretty sure I don't want to do all the hemming on 500 towels by myself. I'd rather be weaving.
After tea I set to work on building the loom. It took WAY less time than the first time. I had a leisurely day of it, taking breaks to enjoy the beauty of the land.
I ate tomatoes right off the vine, drank water straight from the well, and had a lovely solar-heated shower in the hot, sunny meadow. Every time I turned around there was a friendly face ready to stop and talk for a few minutes as I moved through the space.
Once the loom was up, I realized that there's one critical piece missing. It's a hinge that suspends the beater and allows it to function. Annie is cannibalizing another loom and shipping me that part today.
This will give me a few days of down time to settle in here, catch up on office work, and devise a mouse abatement strategy for my yarn and cloth storage.
2 comments:
Wow! You move your whole studio?! That is a tremendous job! I am enjoying your blog very much. May I embed your video of you warping your loom on my blog?
Thanks!
Kathy
Best wishes on your retreat. I am finally working on a christening tapestry from Valdres, Norway for my hallway and then another for sale or donation somewhere. Then other projects, and, perhaps, too, towels, shawls and yardage for sale.
As for cloth storage--since you are in the country, it may be quite dry and there is the problem of fiber eating insects--I would recommend those large plastic storage boxes that have covers. They should keep out the dirt/dust, bugs and light and mice--also, if you can, keep them on a pallet of some kind off of the floor. store your warp and weft in them and slowly exchange them for finished cloth.
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