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New Year, New You

Or new me actually!  Since I have branched out from just teaching knitting into other fiber arts, I have taken the leap on branding my small business as a fiber arts studio and taken the name Measured Threads.  This process has taken a few days to make the switch and I still have more to do, but am up and running.  I had a deadline of today so that I could hopefully make the submission date for the next  Mariemont Town Crier.  I will be teaching my Scarf in a Day Class at “The Barn” as its known in Mariemont on Monday, February 23 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and needed to be ready to accept registrations and payments for the class on this website.

The migration of the content from theknttingteacher.com to measuredthreads.com was pretty simple thanks to the folks at my web host, but when I updated the template I was using to the new version last night, it broke the website and I was up very late sorting it out.  So, I chose a different template with a new look and am working on all the formatting issues and checking content for broken links, so if something doesn’t work, please let me know!

So I am still working on new a new logo and getting business cards, but for now, this is the NEW ME!

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Handy Dandy

Handy Dandy Mitts

I have knit a couple pairs of these Slip-Stitch Fingerless Mitts now, and I think I have my pattern perfected.  I am going to send the pattern off to a test knitter or two and see if they can follow my instructions.  Hopefully it will be ready for sale soon.

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V is for Victory!

v cowl

I have woven a new style of scarf/cowl that I saw recently other places on the internet.  I cobbled together some hints and tips and was very successful weaving it.  You leave some unwoven warp at the beginning of the warp, weave for the desired length minus the width, then unwind and untie the beginning and weave the fringe in as the weft at the end.  I hemstitched up the side as I wove in the fringe and across the end when I was finished.  I can wrap it twice around my neck and I like to wear it with the fringe off the v cowl2shoulder.

In my opinion, a nice aran or light bulky weight variegated yarn makes a lovely cowl.  I think a plain solid, heather or semisolid would look great too.  I don’t care for the plaid you get if you use a striped warp.  The rigid heddle loom is the ideal tool for this.  I think it would be trickier on a table or floor loom.  I call it a V-cowl and I plan on teaching a class on how to make it at the Weavers Guild after the first of the year. Check back in a couple weeks to see the detail.

 

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Summer Slips Away

Yarn for slippersI have been teaching a bit this summer along with caring for kids, my own son and nieces and nephews.  As summer draws to a close, I will miss them all when they go back to school, but happy to have some of my time back.  I taught a private weaving lesson, an continental knitting lesson and a stripes and floats scarf in May.  June was a little quieter on the teaching front, but I had a beginner rigid heddle and a a second private weaving lesson in July.

Before school starts, though, we have a family vacation planned  to Savannah and Tybee Island in Georgia.  My great-uncle is turning 80 in early August and lives in Savannah.  We will visit while we are there, so I thought a warm pair of slippers would make a great gift.  I think I will use three colors.  A medium brown for the outer sole, a light brown for the upper, and a a paprika for the inner sole to add a little “wow” to them.  My plan it to knit them this week and felt them to custom fit after we arrive.

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Finished Finally

I finally sat down to finish the last three towels on the warp I put on my loom over a year ago.

The first three were cut off and submitted to the towel exchange we had at the Weavers Guild of Greater Cincinnati.  Then, these three languished while I worked on lots of knitting and rigid heddle weaving.

Here is a picture of the finished towels before washing, cutting and hemming.

Caribbean Plaid Towels