Short update because I couldn’t resist showing off new stuff!

Finished a yarn…

Berry Berry (a.k.a Hambaby, don’t ask, it’s weird) – 170yds – SW BFL – DKish

And I finally took my first weaving off the loom! Loooooom. Hee hee. They still need to be finished (washed), but otherwise, look what I did! Look look look! Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom? Mom look, look Mom, see what I made? See, see, see? ::holding up object WAY too close to actually see anything::

Ahem. I also almost finished the three prototype spindle holsters, but they need different drawstrings and belt-loops before I can sew up the last seams on those.

Wheeee!

All three spindle bags, with spindles inside…

My very first weaving ever…

Which was very random and was totally playing with what the different harnesses would do… so the sides aren’t remotely the same, and the pattern doesn’t wrap either…

A big one, folded along the bottom. I didn’t quite manage to duplicate the pattern perfectly. This is what happens when you’re trying to retroactively do recordkeeping on a pattern that was designed on the fly (and often counted when standing on one’s head on the underside of the loom). But it’s close.

And a closeup of some of the detail…

And the last spindle bag, and best fit of the three…

Whee! Weaving. Hope to have the holsters ready to field test this weekend.

And now back to panicking, not sleeping, and trying to get everything done. Need to get thesis outline to my committee today. Whee!

Oh, new fae finally showed up. It’s a little shy. Probably the fact that it’s small, and doesn’t have arms.

~The Gnome