Warp's Wound

The warp is now wound. I might have time later today to get the reed sleyed. I'm looking forward to having grandchildren coming in the evening for dinner and a sleepover so I won't likely have time to get the warp onto the loom.

 

Since these are not colours that look good on me I'm going to weave a cowl and hat set that I can sell later. They are fun to do and seem to sell well.

Wound and Weaving

Kona had to wait a little longer for her morning walk but the Dogwood Blossom warp is on the loom.

 

I'm liking it way more than I had anticipated.

In fact, it's hard to stop weaving and walk away to get other things done!

I'd say the colour is most accurate in this final photo.

Simple Solution

I'm one of those knitters that ends up with puncture wounds in the pointer finger of their left hand. While I don't exactly push the needle with my finger, I do continuously guide it. Eventually all that poking wears through my skin, creating a cut of sorts that follows the ridges of my fingerprint. This odd little injury can be quite painful if (when!) the needle stabs into the wound....repeatedly.

In the past I have tried many different methods to protect the area. The most obvious, a bandage, was too clumsy and thick, interfering with my manipulation of the knitting needles. I tried a leather quilters' thimble and it was also too cumbersome. I then tried using fingercots but they dulled the sensation of my fingertip too much making it feel like I was knitting with gloves on.

I have finally found a near perfect solution.



A humble piece of masking tape. It works great! It protects my finger just enough to prevent the shock of a needle ramming into an open wound, but isn't bulky and also leaves enough sensation in the fingertip so that I can still feel what I am doing.

As you can see in the picture, eventually even the masking tape wears through but at $1 per roll I can afford a new inch or so of tape whenever that happens.