creative reflections

Adventures in weaving 102.  "I have all this extra random yarn from a friend," she said, "and you wanna learn to weave ,so make a throw blanket." "So make a throw...." "You can do this," I kept reassuring myself.  It took forever because I warped with the reed upside down and when I realized it couldn't bring myself to redo all that warping again to set it right, so it took WAY longer than I'd hoped, being more difficult to handle.  Note to self: write on the reed which side is up.  Warped with 2 different colors to see how that would look.  I started weaving with 2 colors and realized I might need another color for visual interest.  So Ms Practical chose a mid-tone between the white and darker blue.  Whiel you're weaving you roll up the part you've completed so didn't see the effect until the end.  I'd choose a different color next time to add more depth.  Weaving white and blue visually just  became a lighter blue, so ad

It’s no secret that I LOVE plants.  Farming genes, a mom with a green thumb who shared her love of plants, and a passion for the outdoors/nature—I have many and can’t help growing more.  Want great food or eye candy without great cost?  Grow plants!   In winter I’m longing for green & over the top when plants stuck indoors (like me) surprise me with sudden bright colored blooms or tasty greens!  The pandemic found me me rooting new plants from store leftovers (the bottoms of celery, green onions, etc.) and growing new plants from cuttings.  They’s such joy in green things growing—especially when it’s not green outside.  If you’re not feeling the green gene, you can imagine my patient other half coping with ALL THE PLANTS.  Early spring happened and there were even more plants!  'Cuz, yes, I LOVE plants!  Couldn’t use them all myself, wanted them to have homes, and the prices of plants are ridiculous, so I had a thought.  Lots of people go to our annual SCA Wars of Roses event M