Stick weaving frenzy

Today after digging up, and presenting Gary with, what's left of the giant Russian sage, which he will plant behind his fence, I took a walk, then came home and sat. 

I read Brideshead Revisited, then listened to some Shedunnit, and woke some time later. Lunch was the last of the roasted potatoes, doused with lovely long red pepper, great hot but fruity flavor, the last of the baby broccoli and a patty of spicy plant-based sausage, all roasted together for about twenty five minutes. A few fresh dates for dessert. Good thing Misfits comes tomorrow, I'm running out.

Then I got into stick weaving mode. I experimented with drinking straws in case the Tuesday group expects me to know what I'm doing, a couple of ways. 

I noticed on YouTube one video where the weaving is done without the warp threaded through the straws. It was threaded in after the weaving.  I tried that, inserting the yarn to slide the weft threads onto it, and I don't recommend it. It was difficult to get the weft to slide smoothly and keep its tension. The sample is a bit bumpy. 

I set up with the warp threads in place before trying another way 

As you see, pretty bumpy results but worth trying just to find out.

Here's the stick weaving cast of characters 

This book is wonderful and I've recommended it a lot to people interested in a different, simple approach to weaving. It's had several printings, with different covers, but it's the same reliable teaching.

And here's the stick weaving how-to using actual purpose-made sticks. This is much easier to navigate with long warp threads than the straws. Straws work better for short projects.

I made the woven bag seen on my last post using instructions from this book, seen on the cover, and made the strap which goes all round the sides of the bag with my weaving sticks.

Then I wonder how about smaller gauge sticks, briefly thought of drilling bamboo knitting needles, but think they'd probably split.  Then my miniature making self suddenly realized: big sewing needles!

So I attached the threads through the eyes of five assorted needles and I'll try this tiny size with fine yarn, and we'll see.

Good day, and there have been some legal victories in the last couple of days.

I am now in the CeraVe owners group, thanks to Mitchell, and I'll let you know how it goes. I'm hopeful that it will help my rough itchy face. It looks okay but doesn't feel that way, just now.

And I'm impatient to get my new supply of checks since I now have three people waiting to be paid, including the contractor and a couple of individuals who shouldn't have to wait. The checks were shipped last week, but I guess the weekend and the holiday probably slowed things up.

Happy day everyone! Invent something, if possible, then you can tell us about it. And remember to resist in some real tangible way.