Monday, November 09, 2009

Life has a way of getting away from us. Since my last post, I attended The Sock Summit, entered various items in the Oregon State Fair, went back to substitute teaching and found an Easy Weaver at Goodwill. I have already woven two scarves. My latest addiction:-)

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Tuesday, July 07, 2009


Since it has been over a year, I decided to post something. My mother,who had alzeihmers, finally went home on June 16th this year. She taught me to hand knit when I was eight and taught my sisters and I to sew. I dedicate this post to my mom, Doratha Caroline Lindberg Hooton who was an encourager and inspired me to reach for my dreams.
I miss you mom......

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Friday, July 04, 2008

It has been months since I last posted,so I figured I'd better update my blog. I have been spinning the lovely wool sent to me by my swap partner. I am knitting a sock with a skein of Opal yarn. It didn't look so great before knitting, but looks pretty good knit up.
I will post pictures later.
Happy Independence Day All

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Monday, January 28, 2008


This is a scarf woven on my midsized rigid heddle loom. The yarn is a cotton, acrylic and polyester by Patons. It was very challenging to weave as the strands caught on each other. I finally figured out that I needed to bring the heddle forward each row before raising the shed and the yarn would then stay separate. It went much faster after that little discovery. I notice that the most helpful and quickest way to do anything usually comes when you are almost finished. It is a good hint for the next scarf I am weaving.

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I finally made a square loom to do continuos warp weaving. It weaves like a triloom. The squares are biased when finished. I am making squares to sew together for a lap robe. The yarn for this project is Lion brand's handspun. I have a variety of colors, so when finished it will have a patchwork design.

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This is what greeted us this morning. The first measurable snow of the season. It will be gone by this afternoon. Living in the Willamette valley floor, we rarely get snow.

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Thursday, December 27, 2007


I have been taking part in a wonderful swap. We have been praying for each other and collecting goodies to share. These are from my secret sister Carissa who dyed and carded the wool herself. I will spin the fiber and post the yarn later.

Have a very Happy New Year.

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Thursday, December 06, 2007

It has been a while since my last post. We had a birthday celebration for our second son, Thanksgiving and lots of time to crochet and knit. I have been crocheting coasters and a toque for myself. I have been knitting more hats for donations. Came home with some cotlin yarn from a gift swap at my spin group. Lots of parties and fun the next couple of weeks. I will post pictures later.

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Saturday, October 13, 2007




My latest project is making Kumihimo or Japanese braid. I made my own "loom" out of a childs foam puzzle. The yarn is wound onto intarsia bobbins. It is very relaxing and addicting. The first picture shows the complete set up with the braid I've done so far. The next two are closeups. I am using acrylic with nylon garment yarn and a metallic wound cotton.

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It has been almost two months since I last posted. I figured it was time to show what I have been doing lately. I belong to the knitting surprise group and I made these two hats out of Opal yarn, rather than the socks the rest of the group made. It is not my favorite color combination, but the hats turned out great. The largest went as a baby shower gift for my soon to be born great nephew.

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