Some Assembly Required

This could be -- interesting.

                        Perhaps even --- Challenging!


My new loom arrived yesterday afternoon. I was warned. Yes I was. I knew it was coming in pieces and would need assembly. Perhaps I was unprepared for the magnitude of this job?



This is how far I've gotten so far.



Yes, so far I've only unwrapped most of it and identified (most) of the pieces. To be fair I spent all day yesterday, and well into the evening, decluttering, organizing and cleaning my weaving room. I only got around to opening the box this morning. I have a lengthy eye exam scheduled for today so I'm not likely to get the whole loom assembled, let alone operating, until tomorrow, but I'll pick away at it whenever I have a moment.

Bear Parts

No illegal poaching going on here. These are knitted bear parts.

Nineteen small, shaped pieces to be sewn together in the "Classic Teddy Bear" pattern by Mary Ann Gebhardt originally published in "Interweave Knit Gifts" and now available at knittingdaily.com as a downloadable PDF. ($4.50)