Crocheted cat pattern, but forgot the original name of this cute pattern.  Created by a Japanese Designer I found through Ravelry.  I would like to make a small spindle for my kitty to hold and make her look like she spins.

Latest Saori Woven Cloth and Return to Sender Spinning

 Full Length of my Saori Weaving.  It turned out to be 17-1/2 Wide and 1-3/4 Yards.

 Saori Weaving close up. Red is the dominating color and you can see scraps of other yarns of different length.  Good way to use up scrap yarn most people throw out.

 Center close up of the Saori Weaving.  This is the 2nd attempt to this type of weaving and done on a 20" wide Rigid Heddle Loom made by Beka.

 Saori Woven Cloth. The Back end that I left a really short fringe.

Return to Sender of 2012.  This is 85% Bluefaced Leicester and 15% Tussah Silk which is so soft.  The colors are natural dyed. The denim blue (which you can't see comes from indigo. The apple green is weld overdyed with indigo.  The Dijon mustard yellow is fustic and the brick red is a blend of cochineal and madder.  Ground wood and roots, leaves, flowers and an insect were used to dye the batt this yarn was spun from.  The batt was easy to spin from the types of fibers blended together. There's 2 ounces of fiber spun on this spindle and I'm spinning another 1 ounce of Tussah to ply with this yarn.  Will post a photo later.  I won't get this done in time for judging for CNCH.

First Attempt of Saori or Free-Style Weaving

 Beginning attempt of Saori or Free-Style Weaving done on a Beka Rigid Heddle Loom.

This is the completed piece that was woven on a  20" Wide Beka Rigid Heddle Loom.

Latest Weaving Projects

Woven Scarf I'm donating

Woven Shawl I'm donating

Woven Blanket to my MIL for Christmas 2011

Woven Blanket to my Mom for Christmas 2011

Beaded woven band project I saw in a Woven Magazine (forgot which issue), but the designer also taught this project at the Black Sheep Gathering in Eugene, Oregon, June 2011 that I missed.

Crocheted Lizard Bookmarks

These are cute bookmarks I made from yarn I spun. I got some moving eyes and glued them on to make them look lively.

Woven Backstrap in process

2nd Back Strap I'm weaving

Woven Patchwork Blanket

This is a large project in process. I have quite a bit of different samples of yarns I spun, but not enough of each color to make a real project, so I pulled out my Weavette Looms and woven squares and rectangles to use of the yarns (since these little looms are continuous weaves, there is no waste. I warp as I weave at the same time. I'm also using black commercial wool yarns to crochet a border to make it easier to sew the patches together.