The Loom & Chemo Caps

It's been a very busy and productive April for me!  I began my final quarter last week at The Evergreen State College.  Got my loom warped and started attending Needlecrafts for Charity.  I managed to pick up a nasty cold, too! 

I'm so excited to be working with the students in NFC.  We began knitting chemo caps for children at Madigan Hospital (our local military hospital).  Everyone seems to enjoy the colorful yarn available, as well as learning to use circular knitting needles.  I must say, circs. are my favorite to knit with.  We will meet until May 1, so we'll see how many we can knit by then.

The tabletop loom has been an interesting contraption to work on.  It took almost 6 hours to go from start to finish with warping the loom.  My professor, Gail, taught me to design a pattern for the weaving.  See pictures below.  I also have some weaving projects to do that will involve using handmade looms.  The projects are in the book Small Loom & Freeform Weaving.  It's a really informative and interesting book if you'd like to learn a little about weaving.

It's finally spring (the weather is cooperating) here in the Pacific Northwest. Yay!


Heather, Kim and Kirah discussing our budget.

Lee and Cody working on chemo caps

Pre-warped loom

Threading Chart

My first weaving