Busy days busy nights: Summer fun

  I've been so busy with Summery fun and working on creating for a market I'm having that I've not had much time for blogging. I thought I'd give you a quick overview of what's been going on:

Walks in the city (Mermaid Quay)

Lots of outdoor walks

Enjoying the fresh morning dew

Enjoying nature

Seeing new things

Delighting in the amazingly simple and fresh

Spending time with my navigator

Revelling in design

And then I've been working hard on my weaving and creating:

Beads and weaving bits

New scarves woven

Making messes

Finishing off  projects I've been longing to do for ages

Weaving fresh designs for summer

Enjoying colors and shape

Finally getting to the pile of sewing which has been hanging over me head

Concentrating on detail

Creating new designs

Having a few mishaps

Loving the time I've taken to make and create simple things.

 If you'd like to see more of my creations check out LoomyBin. 

I've got an online market going on until Sunday.

June 1st B is for.... (Beads, Blue and Beginnings)

I just started working on another bright piece with beads.
I love beads...little shimmery bits catching and reflecting light which you can hold in your hand...

I'm going to call this scarf Glorious Day; bright sun in the turquoise blue sky.

To see more of my work pop into LoomyBin; I love to meet new people.

May 27th and 28th Can't Live Without and What You're Doing Right Now

There's a lot in this picture, as a weaver, I cannot live without...well, I could ;) but these items make my life easier.
Loom- love piece of golden wood with a reddish tinge
Apron- made from bright red cotton canvas..this is my second one as the first one I made wasn't quite right
Tape Measure- fibre glass and flexible so I can wrap it around with the scarf on weaving
Strings- in this case lovely super soft cotton in bright colors
As a weaver all of these things have become essential to my practice. They make the process one of enjoyment and an expression of joy and relaxation.

I'm still weaving this in between playing Lego, cleaning, taping, gluing, FBing, twitter, blogging, planning, doing laundry, doing dishes, wiping bottoms, turning off lights that have been turned on... I'm a little behind ;)

To check out some of my other woven items pop over to LoomyBin

May 23rd PJs

I can often be found weaving in my PJs. I do the most weaving in the morning just after Thing1 and Thing2 get up, before we're 'going,' and in the evenings after they've gone to bed.

One thing I've learned is when I'm starting a project it's best to be in these black ones and not say any of my stripy ones... The number of times I've grouched about colors or patterns not looking right when I've worn stripy PJs ...

May 15th 7 O'clock (weaving while they watch)

This is the project on the loom today.

I always love when the light comes in from the windows and through the reed onto the strings... So while the kids watch their morning TV... I took some pictures.

For more weaving pictures or to see the scarves I've woven up come over to LoomyBin.