Yarn Along

I had hoped to finish this throw by the end of November for the Wovember Wool Along, but...you know... I debated letting myself get stressed over it and push on with some sort of Herculean effort, but decided to take a step back and let it go.  It's more important to clerk a stock dog trial that you look forward to all year, go to dinner with friends, get some sleep...  A gentle reminder for the holiday season life as well. 

I love weaving - the yarns, the tools, the click clack...

THIS is the true color of the yarn - almost black.  The lights over the loom and clamped to the loom and shining through the window behind the loom...throw everything off.  I've tried a blue zillion white balance settings and nothing is good so...we'll just pretend all the chocolate brown is chocolate black.

The loose tags of yarn are where I added in fresh yarn, letting the loom "weave in my ends" :-).  Love it!

I'm using a simple straight twill pattern because the chocolate BLACK of this particular sheep (a Jacob/Texel cross) has a sort of matte finish that I didn't want competing with a pattern.  The medium GRAY in the stripes is some of my Jacob.  I'll definitely take some natural light pictures when I finish, hopefully tomorrow!

If you look closely out the window, you can see the chickens are headed to bed.  That's my cue to swap off with 20 and start the evening chores.  Maybe tomorrow I can talk him into doing some spinning for me too.   I think we are going to run short of BLACK.

As I left, he told me I could turn off the book.  He thinks Carl Hiaasen is too silly and Sue Grafton makes him nervous.  We both liked the Fannie Flagg book from last week ;-).  I always listen to books on tape while I weave.  And not while I knit.  I'm not sure why.

Joining in with Ginny's Yarn Along.