A crafty and garden update...

 I popped a quick project on the inkle loom.  I just grabbed some contrasting threads and dressed the loom with an inkle pattern I'd used before.   I had the whole loom dressed and started weaving when I realized that I'd used 2/8 cotton rather than my normal 4/8.  Well that sure took a lot longer to weave off than I'd planned!  It's maybe 1/2 inch wide and I have about 2 metres of it.  I'm going to make a new SCA tunic out of oatmeal linen, so this will look okay as trim for the neckline and wrists.    The middle row of trim is the top and the far left is the backside.   They both look nice so I'm not sure which one to go with since the trim is a reversible pattern.

The local weavers guild sale is in a couple of weeks.   I thought I'd try to get one more scarf done before then.  In reality, all the sale items need to be submitted by next Tuesday, so I'm pushing it a bit.  We have 2 sales this fall, not quite a month apart.  It's interesting that the same 5 people are working the shifts for both sales.   We normally like to have 2 people per shift, but only have 1 each shift this time, because the couple of shifts that did have two people for the second show, have been moved to doing demos requested by the organiser.   Hopefully,  I'll get all my Xmas shopping done at the first show.  

This scarf is kid mohair and silk, so quite soft and drapey.  Mohair yarn is an interesting fibre to work with since it doesn't play by the expected rules.  Instead of weaving it to the accurate sett for the thin core yarn, you need to use a sett substantially wider, to keep the fuzzy bits from grabbing each other and making weaving difficult.  While you would think this makes weaving faster, you ended up taking your time as you have to gently place each weft thread instead of actually beating it.  It's pretty though, with the pink, purples and just a tad of yellow.  It will take about a ball and a half to make an 8 inch wide scarf with will end up about 76 inches long.

The guild makes cards and in the past we had bits of weaving leftovers to fill the centre opening of the 3 fold photo card.   This year we tried something different, paper weaving.   This is the third one I've done and they've all looked good, even my first one which was a tad wonky.  Actually all that were made in a workshop and group work party turned out to be really nice!  Remember quilling?  Although it seems to have been around for several centuries, it was insanely popular in the 1980s.  This is a members unused quilling papers.  We had lots of colours, which were already coordinated in packets for us to use.   I'm really happy with not only my results, but the way all the cards turned out.  Hopefully our customers will like them too.

Our weather has been weirdly mild.  Even the forecast frosts didn't happen on our area and it's been warm enough for plants to keep growing and ripening.  Yesterday I harvested some chili peppers which hadn't been large enough to bother with when I picked the garden before the first frost warning.  I certainly wouldn't have missed that big red one hanging prominently on the plant!   Tomatoes have been crazy.  I picked a bunch to ripen inside, but there are still tons on the plants.  Some growing still.  Some ripening and others begging me to bring them inside. There are even a bunch of new flowers on the Mortgage Lifter tomatoes, which won't do anything now with our short days and lack of late season pollinators.  It is just so odd this year, that I'm able to harvest into November and never having covered my garden or make some sort of purposeful effort at extending the season.