Anyway, yes.. I wear my sunglasses at night. In bed while I read "Weaving In The Peruvian Highlands" Funny about weaving... I've always wanted to learn how to weave on a back strap loom. I think it is really neat how such intricate designs can be woven using a few sticks they may or may not be picked up off the ground. It is marvelous that weaving can be so intimate and so all empowering. There is a picture where a group of women are sitting on the ground around a central post with back strap looms attached to it. They are all weaving and they look happy to be able to enjoy each other's companionship while concentrating on these lovely pieces of weaving that they are creating. That kind of weaving is amazing to me. It is where the primitive meats the complex, in the weaving and in the relationships of the women who produce the ideas. I am suggesting to you all if you are even remotely interested in fibre arts or for that matter other cultures, this is an interesting read.
I read for quite a while last night but had to wear my sunglasses to avoid the glare of the light. I fell asleep with the glasses on and some time after midnight woke enough to remove them and put them on the bedside table. Hubby had come to bed and turned out the light and removed the book from my hand but left the glasses in place so as not to wake me. I woke this morning with my eye (the bad one) severely gummed up. I washed it out and seemed to have a lot less swelling. I am able to get my eye open this morning anyway. It feels like a piece of sandpaper in there and when I look out of it with my other eye closed I can't tell the difference between a baseball bat and a broom at ten feet. So still quite blurred. But at least there is some improvement.
I decided right away this morning, that since it was still cool (it was 6 a.m.) I would get down to it and finish staining the deck. My eye was in good shape, (sort of) I didn't have to keep it closed and so this seemed a prime opportunity to get some work done.
I am happy to say that the deck is nearing completion and as soon as Hubby finishes breakfast I will hit him up to help me move the fireplace so that I can paint under there. I have left a small corridor to the door for walking that I will finish late tonight so that it can dry overnight and not inconvenience anybody. Then tomorrow I will follow up with a coat of Linseed Oil to help protect the stain. Then later in the fall I will do the new North deck when we are not using it and everyone is back in school and there is not so much traffic over the floor.Hubby and E/P will be working on the plumbing today and hopefully will have the shower installed by tonight. That would be nice as I am starting to pine for daily showers again. We had to go to the school (thank heavens Hubby is a teacher and has a key) last night to wash ourselves and this is not the most pleasant situation. The showers at the school suck! Then we will be working on the new toilet in our upstairs bathroom and moving the toilet in the downstairs bathroom. This will require peeing in the bushes for a day I am told. Thank heavens we live in the country where the only thing that might peep at you while you squat is a sheep or alpaca. (Perhaps I am getting vulgar!!) Inconvenience seems to be the name of the game these days.
In the meantime I am taking out the much anticipated 7 foot tri-loom today and will be starting on the freshly plied Alberta Summer (bought from Legacy Studios).
A 2-ply worsted yarn will be used for a woven shawl.... and I might just have to wear my sunglasses for a while longer..... in that bright sunshine. A good day for weaving.: )
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