Okay, so everyone that has been here before knows that I work at three very different libraries.  Well all three still have me working, even if it is from home.  So my public library has 13.5 hours, my private university has me working 24 hours, and my community college has me working between 14 and 20 hours a week.  This means that although I am working from home I am still working at least 50 hours a week, I’m probably going to be working more than that as I figure out how to video record me crafting, editing the video, and then closed captioning the video.  It is a fun, exciting prospect.

All of this to say that I am not getting as much crafting done as I thought I would, nor as much cleaning as I thought.  Last night I did manage to get some of my papers burned, though the lid on my new firepit did not contain things quite the way I thought they would, I have no idea why I thought it would contain the flames.  This was a good reminder that things need to be piled in a way other than flat on top of each other, just piling things in meant that I had to do a lot of poking and prodding.

I did get my rear-end moving today and I wound up getting the black cloth down on the raised bed in my front yard.  This project only took me…three years…to get done.  Unfortunately for my gardening career I came in, sat down to check my e-mail, had a bit of an itch and found some kind of bug on me.  I’m not sure if it was a tick or a mite, either way I’m not going to be spending a lot of time in the garden, although I do plan on creating a potted garden on top of the tarp.

Here is the fun stuff, I have been working on warping my rug loom, I have a couple clips of video that I hope to seam together to create a bit of tutorial on creating a rug loom.  I am going to be doing a couple of cardboard crafts, as well as some crewel embroidery videos.  I think that some finger knitting, finger crochet, and weaving on a cardboard loom to make a pouch or mug rug.

I have learned that while I am watching for chats/e-mails as well as watching professional development videos I can create bookmarks on my Blue Butterfly Pin Loom! 

Yes, I’m also drinking a ton of Diet Mountain Dew, it’s my drink of choice.  I have made about 4 of these little bookmarks, now all I need to do is wash them to set or bloom the weave and then trim the hidden tails.  Since I can use about a yard of 2 ply yarn to create crewel embroidery I am seriously thinking about taking some of my handspun singles to create embroidery thread.

The final project that I am working on is my 7 foot tri-loom.  I have created some continuous thread weavings in the past, presently I learned how to create a fringed shawl with single pieces of yarn.  I am going to create a fringed scrap shawl, most of my colors should go with a nice garden motif.

Until next time, remember to check on your extroverts!  Live Life A Little More Abstract!