​

Well, it's not Friday. 🙃

I've been slowly getting back into the swing of things after our summer road trip vacation. It's always a really great time to get out and away, have lengthy conversations, and share the changing landscape with each other during those long driving days.

Last week, I promised I'd let myself settle back in and be aimless if need be. I'd work on what I wanted to work on, and I'd spend six hours playing Guild Wars 2 when appropriate. Over last weekend, I picked up an earth-toned, self-striping skein of handspun yarn, and wound a 3-yard warp until it ran out.

This week, I found my weaving spirit again. I managed to finish Big Yellow early in the week, and I also finished the scarf on Thursday. They both still need fringe twisting and wet finishing, but the weaving bit is done.

The rigid heddle loom has been packed away for now, and I'm toying with the idea of swapping it out for a small, folding loom—a 4-shaft Wolf Pup or maybe even a 2-shaft Saori loom. As far as floor looms go, they're the most portable of the portable; X-frame looms in either metal or wood that fold up similarly to a classic lawn chair.

Today I'll get the rigid heddle loom out again and take photos and inventory, so it'll ready to list but can stay packed up.

And I'll also get back to restoring this cute little antique flax wheel I bought while we were on our road trip. It needs a good cleaning, especially some of the detail bits, but it's in good shape, and it spins! (Now that it's out of the humid Midwest, it also doesn't squeak; what a bonus!)

On the content creation side of the equation, I think newsletters and Instagram posts will be the mainstay for the foreseeable future. I've started going to a Saturday morning knit group, and they're so incredibly my people I can't even explain it. That kind of in-person group has been missing from my life for quite some time, and I'm not going to let it go now, and that means Saturdays can't be for streaming.

So be it. I'll figure it out. In the meantime, I'll continue doing my soul-searching, and you know you can find me right here.

I'm going to go back and add photos to this post now, and then get on with the wheel cleaning. As always, feel free to reply to this email to let me know what's going on in your creative life, or find our little slice of the world over on Discord.

Have a great weekend/upcoming week, keep making things, and take care!

🌻 Liz

​