Interlude for small looms, and summerizing

Rain is back, days of it, possibly. And I may have had a hand in it.

I summerized. Winter bag to summer bag, which involves turning out the bag to find out all the interesting things I've been carrying around for months, editing, then filling up the summer bag. Oh look, a little hand mirror! A comb! Another comb! A shoehorn!

Left, winter bag, a public radio pledge drive tote which I painted, right, summer bag from the thriftie. This bag change usually causes storms. I didn't know how much power I had.

The Easter cactus is on the brink of busting out on time

Then Tuesday's Textiles and Tea rekindled my interest in small looms. I looked up the price of a pinloom and decided to settle for making one, once I find enough pins. Meanwhile I set to finding my trusty old pot holder loom. And my Crone Findlay to remind me how to proceed.

Everyone seems to have had one as a kid and will tell you at length, if you're not careful, all about making pot holders for their mom, using stretchy loops. I got mine late in life, but did make the statutorily required loop pot holders, to get caught up. Then I went on to various experiments in scarves and purses. 

One big advantage about the pinloom is that it creates a stable piece of fabric with four selvages, just lift it off the loom, no finishing required. Other forms have fringes or loops which need finishing. The potholder loom has loops you chain off, crochet move, to stabilize the edges so they don't fray.

Anyway yesterday's adventure was to see if I could figure out a way of creating a four-selvage edge on my little ph loom. Which I think I have. After several tries which didn't work.

I'm needleweaving the margins to fill the loops right up to the pegs. So far it's looking very much like the four selvage work I've done in other ways. The picture shows one edge done.  One more edge to do yet, then we'll know.  

This will leave an unworked place at each corner, which I'll weave across in contrasting color, when I make something out of the square, or several squares. C. do you recognize the yarn?

Misfits box arrives today, so I'll use part of it to create a pinloom, as shown in my Useful Book.  It's good when your raw materials come to your doorstep.

And I'm sure this has been an exciting post to read.. worth the price of admission.

Happy day, everyone, try making something even if it's only a mess.  Or a fuss.