Studio Snapshots | Gone Fishing

A summary of what's happening in our knitting and weaving studio because we've chosen to step Off the Grid, away from social media.

I recently cut my Shoreline Rug off the loom and am in the process of finishing the ends with a twisted fringe. I generally don't use fringe for floor rugs, but this is an art piece that will be hung on the wall.

This was my first time using a 3-color clasped weft technique. It worked very well to add "bubbles" in the frothy surf that's flowing onto the shoreline.

I'm getting ready for my first pop-up market and I think this rose, striped rug will definitely be a knockout.

I'll be bringing 17 rugs with me and am hopeful that I will be able to completely sell out of my current inventory of floor rugs. Then I'll be able to focus completely on commissioned and artistic rug weaving.

It's been a slow summer for knitting, but I finally finished a "just for fun" project, a pair of Crab Walk Socks. This is one of my go-to patterns when I need some repetitive, relaxing knitting or I want to use up leftovers from my sock yarn stash. The design has just enough detail to be interesting without being overly complicated making it the perfect summer vacation project.

I used HiKoo CoBaSi yarn for these. It's a nice, cool blend of cotton, bamboo, silk and nylon that's perfect for summer socks and comes in a rainbow of fun colors.

It's good to have friends with skills! I've had an idea swimming around my brain since I started weaving on Grandpa's loom. Fish shaped rag shuttles. I looked high and low on the interwebs and the closest thing I could find was a netting shuttle. They are the right shape, but much too small.

Luckily one of my knitting friends has a woodworking husband who was up for a crazy project. I told him my vision, gave him a rough sketch and he made me two perfect, trout-inspired shuttles. Now, whenever I'm rug weaving you can be sure I've also gone fishing.