handstories

letting go…

    I've been following along in Jude's latest "Diaries" series, "Considering Weave".  I had thought I would just sit in the back of the room and watch, but last week pulled out Moon's lap loom and some of my first spinnings- yarn that isn't quite up to knitting snuff.

    Moving clock-wise from the top left corner, you can see my progression.  The last piece, the bottom left is much improved because of Jude's advice of keeping an arc in the weft, letting it be looser.

    I am forever needing to loosen up.

moon weaving

    Without an inkling of a plan, I took a handful of cloth on our trip.   

    After finding the tree and cloud in the dyed spots of the cloth, a moon was in order.  

    Inspired by Jude's sharings in her new series "Considering Weave", the moon began to grow.

    Working so closely with each thread, it felt very personal.

    A story is being woven, too.  

over, under, over, under, over, under,

    Boxes, string and yarn in second grade yesterday.  It is so simple, everyone was successful, everyone was happy.  

    Jude has written/woven some wonderful weaving words here.

    Going back for more this afternoon- more weaving and more happy.