Been very busy this last week. Adelaide on the weekend, then work, fixing internet, work, meetings, work, shopping, work car service, work, tree removal, work, cabinet delivery and assemblage, work, cookie making, and much, much more.

No time for long posts or taking pics, but I thought I’d stop by and say:

Weavolution is up and running!

What is Weavolution? Well, it’s a Ravelry-like site for weavers, with a place to post pics of your projects, drafts and project instructions, discussion groups and forums. It’s very much a beta version, but should evolve and improve as Ravelry has.

After blogging about the last batch of scarves, I made a couple of decisions. Firstly that I would keep the first one, and secondly that I would try a few new techniques with the second and third.

The skipped stitches of the misbehaving alpaca silk scarf were sewn in, then I tied on some wooden beads. The handspun scarf was stitched and gathered together across the width in several places.

I felted the alpaca silk one. It came out all artsy and reminiscent of seafoam.

I mean to dye the handspun scarf. This is a shibori method I’ve seen on Weavezine and in Handwoven magazine.

The return of relative wellness meant I was able to start catching up on things I’d neglected for the previous five weeks. Including spending three days cleaning the house. (It was in a really bad way, and I could only manage a few hours at a time before zonking out.) So it was a while before I got to weave again. Eventually I finished this scarf woven with Rowan Tapestry, a soft and silvery yarn.

And then I was able to take this one off the loom, too. It’s woven with a single ball of Vintage Hues.

I think I may be done with churning out scarves now. Once I’ve dyed up the handspun scarf I’ll send the second batch off to the relief centre. I’ve got a list of weaving techniques and projects to tackle next. But that’ll have to fit in around a lot of other stuff, since I’m weeks and weeks behind with work, and have a gadzillion things to catch up on.

The last pair are done. Another pair done in a week. Two in a fortnight. I dunno what’s got into me. It usually takes me about a month to knit a pair of socks.

The knitting was done two nights ago. I spent last night weaving in these:

Adding one row of cream yarn between the brown stripes looks good, but boy did it create a lot of ends.

Here are all the personal sock club socks:

I started mid-February. Six socks done by the end of May. Phew!

What next? I’ve can move straight on to my Dad’s socks, but I’ve yet to order the yarn for the rest of the Socks For Others Club recipients (though there’s been lots of online store ogling). Mind you, two of them haven’t sent me measurements yet. Must chase that.