Another Hobby

    Now that I have all my crafting supplies organized it was inevitable that I found another new hobby.  I just bought a small simple rigid heddle loom.  I purchased an Ashford Samplelt loom in the 10 inch size.  Here it is, all put together.including a fringe twister.

     I have been admiring weaving projects on Ravelry for years and I love how you can put different yarns together and get a beautiful fabric.  I intend to use my loom for weaving scarves which is why I bought a smaller loom.

    There are new terms to learn and weaving is completely different from anything I have done with yarn before, so I imagine it will take several projects before I'm happy with my results.

More Kitchen Accessories

    I took some time out this week to make some hanging dish towels.  I bought the brown towel to make hanging towels for my hostess on Thanksgiving.  The chicken towels will be mine.  I found the chicken towel in my stash and I love the colors in it, so I had to make some hanging towels for me. 

    These lovely potholders were made on my Harrisville 7" loom with Harrisville cotton loops for my daughter.  She told me that she loves these potholders because they fit her smaller hands better than the bigger ones I make with big squares of cotton and batting.  I made some of these potholders a few years ago for her and since she loves them so much I thought it was time I made her a few more.  I will definitely be teaching her how to make these for herself sometime in the future,   Each one only takes about an hour and fifteen minutes to make.  They are easy and fun to do.  I love picking the colors and putting crazy colors together.

    You guessed it, no progress on my Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt top.  I'm still working on row three.  I've been having too much fun finding other things to make.