Dog Kisses and Sweet Words

 

Dog Kisses © Christie Minchew 2014

fiber rush, bamboo skewers, cardboard, paper, tuille and joomchi (mulberry paper)

I had a get together with my college roommate and her daughter a couple of weeks ago and made these prototypes for them.

Dog Kisses © Christie Minchew 2014

I wanted to experiment with a couple of things: odd shapes, variations of height on the sides and adding a bit of a surprise when you looked into the basket.

Sweet Words © Christie Minchew 2014

fiber rush, bamboo skewers, cardboard, paper, and joomchi (mulberry paper)

I learned a lot from these little experiments.

Sweet Words © Christie Minchew 2014

And Kim and Suzy were willing guinea pigs :).

Dusting off the old weaving loom

I bought this Frame Loom several years ago for a sweet $25. I have a floor loom (4'x4'), but I wanted to do some very small weavings and that loom was overkill.

I finally got this one out, dusted it off and started in.

First, to measure out the warp....

Oops, I'm a bit rusty, so I made a couple of mistakes. No problem, I'll just undo what I did and start over....

And in my haste and idealism, I created a tangled mess. About 3 hours later (yes, I'm that frugal that I couldn't bring myself to just throwing it away), it was ready to put on the loom.

Oh boy, oh boy, this is going to be fun!