The best part about living in Arkansas is the warm weather.
Yesterday I went out to check my winter survivors: kale, cabbage, thyme, and arugula. I found two 7++ inch stalks of asparagus!
The raspberries and strawberries are coming up too. I let the spring fever get to me and despite wanting to hold off on my gardening, planted a bunch of radishes, lettuce, and spinach.
My friend Zachary Schomburg crisscrossed the US last year, reading his poetry and filming other poets. Here is a trailer for his film, Asteroid, which will be released by Rabbit Light Movies in June 2011.
If you watch it closely you will see my husband. NSFW language for you cube dwellers.
I got a really awesome 24-inch Ashford Table Loom this holiday season from my mother and father-in-law. We went up to Mountain View, AR last year to the Ozark Folk Center and I almost bought one.
While we were up in the Catskill Mountains for vacation, I started a project from the book, The Weaver’s Idea Book: Creative Cloth on a Rigid Heddle Loom.
The reed that came with the loom was 5 dpi, but the pattern called for 12 dpi, so this is a much more airy and open weave than the “Felted Scarf in Beige” pattern calls for. I like calling this pattern the waffle scarf, but most woven patterns look like a waffle so it is probably a bad name. Here are some pictures of the process. I’ll add some finished ones later.
