There is a new theme show opening at the Winthrop Gallery this week, with the title “Ponderosa Pine”. I wanted to try weaving some mats with pine needle clusters as “weft” but just ran out of energy, time and loom availability to pull that off. Maybe I will explore that over the winter. The pine needles may be too brittle, especially the tips, but I saw something in a Swedish weaving book using bundles of rushes that gave me the idea.
Meanwhile, I finished off the current rug warp making a few more for the “Hearth” exhibit at Confluence Gallery, and two for the “Ponderosa Pine” exhibit in appropriate colors. I am having fun using the new materials I got at the Pendleton Woolen Mill last June!
I also finished 4 shawls on a new mohair boucle warp, the third set so far. One was woven with Jaggerspun 4/8 Zephyr (50% wool/50% tussah silk) in the color “Sable” and I have put it in the Ponderosa Pine show.
They have sold 5 rugs (maybe more) down at Confluence Gallery since the show opened and now I am out of rug warp and need to re-warp the loom this week just to try to keep up! Not a bad problem to have, but still…
Here are the other shawls just completed.
This one is woven with Jaggerspun Organic Wool in color “Lagoon”:
and this one and one other (which came out a little shorter, so I am keeping it for myself) were woven with Jaggerspun 4/8 Zephyr in color “Peacock”:
Twisp of Fate 
Beautiful work!