Alberta

I'm still in Alberta. We has a wonderful time hiking through the Rockies and made it 2,300m above see level. 

We then went to Calgary and I was able to make it to two places I wanted to go. I weaving/spinning/yarn store and a woollen mill!

Shuttleworks - here, I bought two louet spinning bobbins and a longer weaving shuttle. 

Custom Woolen Mills - on the way to Edmonton, you can take a tour around their industrial revolution era mill. They had some reallyneatprocessing equipment! I did end up buying one pound of raw Cotswold fleece too!

Now that we are in Edmonton, I wonder where else fibrey we can visit??

http://www.shuttleworks.com/ 

http://www.customwoolenmills.com/index.htm

End of summer

I finished work yesterday, which means that another school year is nearing. But first I am going to my brother's wedding in Alberta. A long day of traveling and I am sitting in a cabin at a hostel while the rest of my family sleeps. How kind of them to leave me with piece and quiet for a bit!

What is on my loom now? Well, I decided to make 3 LARGE blankets on the 60" loom.

This was taken before much was wound on. I left it in a ready-to-thread state so when I get back from my travels, I hope to be able to work on that. Fingers crossed.

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New machine!

Summer is quickly coming to an end. How depressing. I feel like I barely had a summer at all.

But on the plus side, I have acquired a new piece of machinery - not another loom though (3 is probably enough for now).

One of the volunteers who helps a lot at work and who I've spend a decent amount of time with got a new sewing machine. I guess when her husband agreed to the purchase of the sewing machine, he told her that she needed to get rid of one of the five sewing machines she already had. Guess who was in the right place at the right time?! Me!

It has a beautiful cabinet with large fold out extensions, so there will be a lot of space for the fabric to sit and not weigh down. It needs a bit of a tune up since it hadn't been used regularly in awhile, but it's very exciting! It's a Singer Model 774.

Model 774

Lots of table space!

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More tea towels

Now I'm making a blue tea towel!