Scarves of Many Colors and Twitter

I went with a gold weft for the network draft and a turquoise for the progressing twill. I'm pretty happy with the way these have been coming along and hope to have them off of the loom very soon so that I can start my next project, which will be a Water and Waves Shawl that I have had planned for quite some time now.

I have to say too that I just love to weave on Isaac (the Megado) it is so smooth and rhythmic that I can't imagine ever weaving on another loom. :)

Hey.....is anyone out there on Twitter? I just signed up because of weavecast.......which I love! I really enjoy the network of online weavers available and have tried to use every possible social network that my time will allow. Twitter is pretty easy....you just post a brief 'what you are doing now' . Kinda cool, I guess. Well, if anyone is on twitter, I'm ShanonRK......because Sunrise Lodge Fiber Studio wouldn't fit........it's a looooooong name;)

Comments

Susan said…

Hi Shannon.... beautiful scarves. Love the colours you chose. Classy and elegant.

It must be difficult to weave and raise an active young man there!
Just can't imagine trying to weave if my two kids were at home still. ( they are adults, married and living full lives of their own now!

But then throw Twitter into the mix! I find the blog and computer alone keeps me from doing all I should as it is now so I have made a decision to not Twitter. I have to laugh as no one would want to know what I'm doing from one minute to another! Not even me!

Susan

April 15, 2009 at 3:19 PM

bspinner said…

The colors and patterns of your scarves are beautiful!!

I spend enough time on the computer as it is so I don't think I'll be doing any Twittering. First of all I'd have to figure it out and my poor brain is full enough.

April 15, 2009 at 7:22 PM

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