A moving studio

As I was packing up my yarns and things in preparation of moving, I realized that I have begun building my studio already. I may not have a place for everything and everything in its place, but I definitely have plenty of stuff to fill a studio!! I transported about 5 boxes of various size to my parents house for temporary storage. And my new box of yarn was awaiting me when I arrived. :)

I am SUPER excited about weaving up some beauties. I'm not entirely sure what I should do first...Did I already tell you what I got? Well...I shall tell you again because I'm excited. :)

I got:
two tubes of 8/2 linen in natural (it's a lovely tanish gray.)
Two half pound cones of 20/2 silk in chocolate brown and deep orange. MMMM!! Delicious.
Two little cones of Susi Rayon in Kelly Green and coal pink (Beautiful accent yarns)
One pound of 3/2 perle cotton in a red/orange
And 4 more cones of 6 ply rayon in Cordovan (plum purple)

I have SO much rayon!! It's comin' out my ears!! :) I'm excited about it though. I think the Susi would probably look pretty cool with the Cordovan.

I think my first order of business (once I get a chance to weave again) will be to weave up some gifts for a wedding. :) I'm not sure what yet. But I know I would have loved to have gotten something beautifully hand crafted just for me. Actually, I GOT something beautifully hand crafted for me. :) A beautiful, quilted table runner. And I did and DO love it!! If only I had a table to put it on... Anyway, hopefully I can make up my mind and make something lovely.

~JoAnna

Oh! So I had this really strange color combination idea: orange with like a yellow green. I think...it could look pretty SWEET!! :)

The product of stress

Apparently my stress can be productive in some form...I still am not sure if this is going to work...

Thrums tied together to form continuous strands of yarn, wound into little center-pull balls that can be used for warp.

Knots become part of the design, an effect, a feature, similar to eyelash yarn.

Perhaps fill in the "gaps" with a regular, consistent yarn with no knots allowing for more movement and less catching and tangling.

~JoAnna

Keeping my hands busy

Since we're moving in a couple of weeks (to become nomads for the summer) I haven't put anything on my loom. It's killing me because I have so many things I want to do!! But we have to completely disassemble the loom to be able to get it through the door, so it's really not a good idea to try to put a warp on now. :( Oh well...Soon enough I'll be weaving again.

I was so thankful that I ended up getting to weave the remaining yardage for my final weaving project. I miss weaving dearly when I'm not able to do it!

Anyway, I've been able to keep my hands busy with the thrums project. I'm tying and tying and tying. It's also a de-stresser for me during these last few weeks of school. I like to keep my hands busy.

I am also writing to say that I placed another order for yarn!! Webs is having their annual spring sale that goes all during April and May. I had been trying to tell myself after working with silk on this project that I hated it...But that was I lie because it was too expensive. Ben did the numbers and figured out that if I bought the silk while it was $15 dollars off (last month) it would only cost me about 6 dollars more a scarf to use it. And since it's 100% silk, I really could probably charge more.

It's such an interesting fiber. It's EXTREMELY light-weight!! I was really pretty shocked how light it was. And then how HEAVY Tencel is in comparison. Crazy. Anyway, I must go for now. Just wanted to share my thoughts and excitements. :)

~JoAnna