I finished the ribbon last night. This is an in-progress picture; I’ll get more once I have it all hemmed up and beaded and finished this evening. The sunlight through the window was good for the color of the beads, but a little harsh for shadows. The surface beads over the knotwork on either side […]
We ended up with a total of 12.5 inches by official report; here, we had an accumulation of about 11.5. Lots of people lost tree branches. Some lost whole trees. This poor tree tried to lean both ways, and split down the middle:
Thank you to several of my friends for pointing this out – my blog got hacked. Since then, I have uninstalled and reinstalled WordPress three times, deleted all of my databases… and still kept getting hacked. I’m hoping that this time, I’ve got it sorted. If you see this come up in your news reader […]
I’ve warped up and started weaving on the knotwork necklace ribbon. The knots are coming out a little bulkier than I had thought – I’m going to end up with fewer of the big square beads on it, but it should be fine otherwise. I’m very pleased with the beads along the edge. The photo […]
We woke up this morning to a Winter Wonderland outside. This is the view from our bedroom window. It’s lovely living in the treetops. After the morning brightened a little, this is the view across the creek from the back yard. The house looks really at home in snow – this Cape Cod style with […]
I’m still in the sketch-and-make-yarn stages on this one. The “sketch” – this is a paper strip of roughly the width I’m aiming for, with a knotwork pattern. The knots won’t be quite like this one, but this is as close as I could get with Celtic Knot font. I’m debating whether the dagger beads […]
I tried taking photos, but it’s hard to catch it: Our second snow for the year in Dallas! You can see it a little better, when it’s moving: The weather radio was saying we may have blizzard-like conditions in the morning, with more snow, high winds, and temps in the low twenties. Whee! I don’t […]
When I go to a spin-in, I tend to reel silk. I enjoy doing it, but it’s also a great way to share my enjoyment of silk with more people. Ellen caught some video of me reeling, this is using the new Indian ReelBird reel.
The Silk Road exhibit was SO COOL. I was able to get a couple of photos on Wednesday, when one of the exhibit folks took me on a behind-the-scenes tour, but I told her I wasn’t going to publish those. I’ll try to get the publishable photos processed soon. In the meantime, the AMNH folks […]
Chris and I are going to be heading up to New York City for the opening of “Traveling the Silk Road” at the American Museum of Natural History. My silkworms and I were video’d this summer, and will be part of the exhibit video that visitors will see as they walk through. We’ll be there […]