january play.
in the midst of all this very early 'spring cleaning' that i've pushed myself into - i've still managed to make room for comforts and creativity.
hubby managed to make some yummy bread over the weekend... it is almost gone and filled our bellies with yummy goodness.
i love his designs.
and i've been bitten by the weaving bug again. it hit me last winter around this time when i finally purchased a vintage 1975 Erica Rigid Heddle Loom on Ebay. Made one thing - a hemp rock climbing chalkbag for the honey for valentine's day. i'll upload a picture of it next post. but. it was such a backbreaking ordeal - as i'd never really knew for sure how to set it all up with ease - and had to follow the 1975 directions included with the loom since nothing else was available online that i could see. and it took me forever to make! but this winter! as i was reading one of my new favorite blogs: LaTouchables - she mentioned purchasing a scarf from this amazing weaver: Barefootweaver. and inspiration hit and the loom had to come down off the shelf and be set up!
but this time - i found a fantastic link on warping a rigid heddle loom online!
and got my game on!
isn't it just a pretty sight. all the thin fibers interlacing together. threads - some bumpy. some smooth. all creating an incredible piece of some kind of wonderful cloth. :) soothes my winterblahs.
along with listening to this amazing music on the victrola.
and hubby's early valentine's present was found via MyMidCentury - i know - it's still january. but this was my thinking when i had to talk myself into buying this:
a small diary to go along with the 1922 Victrola that was the Christmas gift. owned and written by a farmer in Arizona. well - it came in the mail and i couldn't keep it from him till February! i had to give it to the man, as he was standing right there when i opened it! this is what we turned to:
an entry of the farmer's sweet dog drowning in Salt River on June 11 which was just terrible - but do you see it?! the dog's name?!: Gypsie.
do i need to say anymore?!
anyways... after the initial shock of seeing the name 'gypsie' entered into the book... we returned to our regular bread-eating and last night i settled back into my 2012 technology gift from hubby which was Amazon's KindleFire - the kids use it more than me! haha... but i have to say - i have found a fun little App - called DrawingPad - which is complete fun to just vegg out on if you're tired of reading or surfing or creating with more than one finger.
i call this Scribbles1. :)
and wait till you see the cover i made for the K.Fire. it is awesome! i promise. i'd like to make a few and tidy them into my etsy shop this week sometime. that is - if i can keep rolling through my spring cleaning and all... smooch!
ps. i had emailed the delightful CLOTHPAPERSCISSORS gang and heard that sometime in 2012 digital items will be available for the Kindle Fire... i can't wait! :)
hubby managed to make some yummy bread over the weekend... it is almost gone and filled our bellies with yummy goodness.
i love his designs.
and i've been bitten by the weaving bug again. it hit me last winter around this time when i finally purchased a vintage 1975 Erica Rigid Heddle Loom on Ebay. Made one thing - a hemp rock climbing chalkbag for the honey for valentine's day. i'll upload a picture of it next post. but. it was such a backbreaking ordeal - as i'd never really knew for sure how to set it all up with ease - and had to follow the 1975 directions included with the loom since nothing else was available online that i could see. and it took me forever to make! but this winter! as i was reading one of my new favorite blogs: LaTouchables - she mentioned purchasing a scarf from this amazing weaver: Barefootweaver. and inspiration hit and the loom had to come down off the shelf and be set up!
but this time - i found a fantastic link on warping a rigid heddle loom online!
and got my game on!
isn't it just a pretty sight. all the thin fibers interlacing together. threads - some bumpy. some smooth. all creating an incredible piece of some kind of wonderful cloth. :) soothes my winterblahs.
along with listening to this amazing music on the victrola.
and hubby's early valentine's present was found via MyMidCentury - i know - it's still january. but this was my thinking when i had to talk myself into buying this:
a small diary to go along with the 1922 Victrola that was the Christmas gift. owned and written by a farmer in Arizona. well - it came in the mail and i couldn't keep it from him till February! i had to give it to the man, as he was standing right there when i opened it! this is what we turned to:
an entry of the farmer's sweet dog drowning in Salt River on June 11 which was just terrible - but do you see it?! the dog's name?!: Gypsie.
do i need to say anymore?!
anyways... after the initial shock of seeing the name 'gypsie' entered into the book... we returned to our regular bread-eating and last night i settled back into my 2012 technology gift from hubby which was Amazon's KindleFire - the kids use it more than me! haha... but i have to say - i have found a fun little App - called DrawingPad - which is complete fun to just vegg out on if you're tired of reading or surfing or creating with more than one finger.
i call this Scribbles1. :)
and wait till you see the cover i made for the K.Fire. it is awesome! i promise. i'd like to make a few and tidy them into my etsy shop this week sometime. that is - if i can keep rolling through my spring cleaning and all... smooch!
ps. i had emailed the delightful CLOTHPAPERSCISSORS gang and heard that sometime in 2012 digital items will be available for the Kindle Fire... i can't wait! :)
i love that old diary and a victrola - how wonderful. love the synchronicity of the Gypsie post. your woven fibers are so beautiful you creative amazing person.
ReplyDeleteI just got an Erica loom as well! And mine came with no instructions. I found the same video you found. I warped it last night for the first time. I think I made some mistakes though. Do you have the instructions to your Erica loom? Good luck weaving!
ReplyDeletethx dovie! xo
ReplyDeleteand sarah! too fun. i was lucky to have the instructions with mine. i'll shoot you an email. xo
Thank you so much! I just got the instructions. So helpful. I have woven two pieces of cloth so far and iI am really improving!
ReplyDeletesounds delightful! happy day, girl! xo
ReplyDeleteI just got an Erica loom thru freecycle and it came with no instructions. Any idea where I might find some ?
ReplyDeleteHere are pix of my Erica Loom Pamphlet:
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Thanks a bunch :)
ReplyDeleteHave fun! Hope it helps! :)
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