Progress

I did say the other day that I would talk about two things later on so I thought that today would be the day that I would fulfill that promise. I made reference the other day to the gallery show and to the scarf that I wasn't happy with.

First of all let me talk about the gallery show. As part of the North Peace Spinners and Weavers guild I am expected to participate in a show every 3 years at our local gallery. Our gallery is a small gallery that hangs art shows each month and each one is unique and individual to the artist being showcased. However, when a guild show occurs we hang the show as a group and the group is showcased. I have participated in three separate shows over the years and this will be the fourth show. Each show has had a theme. This show's theme is Shawls, Scarves, Socks, and Shoelaces. The idea is that we have prepped and ready for the show at least ten or fifteen garments in that category. With twenty people in the guild the show actually adds up to quite a few garments. It is also an opportunity to sell some of our art. So I have been getting ready for the show. I have knitted two shawls and two scarves so far but I still have a whole lot more work to do, obviously. I am planning on making quite a few pairs of socks if I can and I hope to get out my Marudai and do a few shoelaces too. I have a  few more shawls in mind and and a couple of more scarves.

Now the other thing that I was going to mention was the scarf that I am currently working on. I had begun to knit a scarf in the bison/cashmere/silk/wool blend yarn that I finished spinning last month.... as I got down to the end of the ball I realized that I didn't have enough yarn to make the scarf long enough. I realized that getting more of that fibre to spin for the scarf would be next to impossible so I didn't even bother with that. I just raveled it out and decided to weave instead. I am working on my 6" x 6" pin loom making blocks and crocheting the blocks together as I go. I stupid-like decided to incorporate silk into the warp. Big mistake... the silk totally overshadows the bison/cashmere/silk/wool blended yarn and it is not nearly what I was hoping for. The softness, the squishiness that makes the bison/cashmere/silk/wool yarn so lovely is totally lost in the weave and the silk warp. I'm totally disappointed. But it is almost finished and I will post a picture here when I am done.

Meanwhile there have been other developments in the last few days. Finally the contractor came to see me and find out what was needing to be done on our renovation and we had a really good chat. He is coming in next week to do a whole bunch of work for me.... which means that I will not have to look at tuck tape on my walls anymore. I won't have to look at bathroom pipes anymore and our bedroom will have paneling right to the ceiling. I am not going to get him to lay the flooring down right now.... I'm going to wait on that. But I am going to get ceiling tiles for about one third of the sun room done (I don't have enough burned for the rest of the room). But at least the strapping will be there and I will be able to put up the tiles as they are finished. So at least there will be progress and at least the bathroom will be finished. And our bedroom will be finished and the sun room will be mostly done and Teapot and I will work on the flooring over March break maybe. I am soooo looking forward to getting the house in a little more livable state. We are also going to buy some light fixtures for the sun room and for the downstairs bathroom. Then I can take the light fixtures there and put them in temporarily until I can find what I am looking for for the other parts of the house. I do realize that this is somewhat of a bandaid but its the best we can do right now. I do not want the house in a total ree raw for Christmas. There is a sale on flooring right now so Teapot and I may have a look at getting the flooring for our living room and sun room.

Well I'm heading off ... it is a vacation day today.... Teapot is home so I will get him to help me sort the house out and prepare for some house guests.... there's family coming and Daughter #1 will have to sleep in Daughter #2's bedroom.... now that should be interesting.... and we've got to hang the door on the two bedrooms so that there's privacy for all!!!! Yeah... life is just a little crazy today!