Twisp of Fate

I have been weaving another set of 8 scarves the last 2 weeks, in the original warp colorway which I have decided to call “Rainbow” for lack of a better idea.  I didn’t have time to photograph them individually as I wanted to get them out to the 2 galleries, and one was a special order.  But here are a few pictures of the ones I have hanging up at the Winthrop Gallery:

"Rainbow" warp with 3 colors of rayon chenille weft

"Rainbow" warp with black & navy tencel weft (2 on the right)

Yesterday I made my annual batch of krumkake (the only Christmas cookie I make anymore).  My mother-in-law gave me her krumkake iron a number of years ago, and I have been trying to keep up the tradition every year.  It is a “slow food” process because you have to bake them one at a time on the stove top:

and you have to work fast!  They only cook for about 30 seconds on each side, and the temperature has to be just right.  Once you lift the cookie off the griddle, they cool fast so you have to roll them up right away, within seconds.

It was the maiden voyage for the Mixmaster, and she worked great!  Well, there might have been just the slightest whiff of burning motor oil…