RISD Alumni Fall Art Sale

The gallery and listing for the Fall RISD Alumni Sale has been put together. God willing and the Creek don't rise, I will be there that day. The image on the right of the sale postcard is Randall Darwall's work. I helped do production weaving for him many years ago. Wonderful weaving, wonderful person. -Polly

Market Scarves

This weekend I set up a little loom to demonstrate weaving at the local farmers market. The weather was nice, but the beaches were closed due to hurricane Bill's agitating effect on the surf. A lot of people came by to see what I was doing. This is always fun because I forget how confusing a loom looks if you are not familiar with them. I worked on these simple striped scarves so it would be easy to find my place after I stopped to chat. I am happy with the stripes, but the selvages are very uneven. Too much chatting I suppose. I will turn them into something, but I have not decided what yet. -Polly

Farmers Market

This is where I plan to spend my Saturday morning.

Ruth Ann will be joining me. I need to remember to bring a modest garment for Ruth. In fact, I better go pack that up right now. I hope you have a great weekend. -Polly

More Yard Construction

A fort has been constructed in our yard. After visiting a bigger boy's impressive fort, our resident 5 year old felt he needed one of his own.

This fire ring came to us courtesy of our city water department. A water pipe broke underneath the street causing a massive sink hole. During the repair project, this piece of pipe was trimmed off, tossed into our yard and forgotten. When the project was over and it was clear that this item was left for us to clean up, we rolled it over and put it to use.

Lovely on a summer evening. -Polly

The Two Weekend Shed. A Play in 4 Acts

Act I. A tree falls.

Act II. In which much measuring occurs, and posts are placed.


Act III. In which Polly learns to use a nail gun, and all family cast members
experience anxiety and concern.


Act IV. In which the capable husband safely packs away the power tools, the
shed is introduced, and family harmony is restored. - Polly

Merino Samples

This is the first sample that I wove to try this lovely thin merino yarn. I wanted to see the color gradation over a length of cloth, so the sample is as long as a scarf. The top picture is the cloth as it came off the loom. The lower picture is the cloth washed and fulled some. The hand is just right as it is, but I find the 16/2 green warp to be too overpowering. Next I will try a warp of 20/2 instead. - Polly

My Co-Pilots

Have you seen that bumper sticker that reads "God is my co pilot"? How about "Dog is my co pilot"? Well, I have both - not the bumper stickers, the co-pilots. This here is our dashboard bobble dog. His nose was chewed off and spit out by a toddler some time ago. His head bobble function has been broken for several years. At one time I could ask "Are we going the right way?", and bobble dog would solemnly nod. Bobble dog was always right because when I did take a wrong turn I was blissfully unaware and it did not occur to me to ask. Makes sense right?
- Polly

A Mixed Bag

I have a mixed bag of projects underway this week. My favorite involves this yarn. These skeins are all from one color way! It came to me from Heritage Yarns .

These red critters are quilted pillow shams. For some reason, my local thrift stores often have lots of these. Last week I came home with three others. These red ones I plan to cut up and reassemble. The other ones I am hesitating to cut, but we will see.

And... The terrariums are multiplying. I am not sure how these will fit in the window when I bring my wimpy plants in for the winter. I will need to find a place though, I just love the green stillness of these. -Polly

A Movie in a Theater with Popcorn

A five year old's first movie. A complete success. -Polly

Another terrarium

I have been working on terrariums again because I just can't help myself. I love the ways these look. The mushrooms are made of polymer clay. I believe that they look like the "small brown mushroom" that mushroom experts hear a lot about. As in "My friend just ate a small brown mushroom is that alright?" Not edible, just lovely. -Polly

A Spa Vacation

My computer is back from it's spa vacation! It's masseuse told me that it has grown elderly. Well, I guess that happens. -Polly