Heddle and Hook : August 2014

Sunday, August 10, 2014

ART WALK- 'ARTIST IN ACTION' -IN MILL CREEK

I'm so excited to be taking my loom and setting up for the

Second Thursday Art Walk in Mill Creek WA

this coming Thursday August 14th from 5 to 8 PM.

Along with demonstrating weaving, I will have my scarves and some hats for sale.

THURSDAY AUGUST 14TH

5 PM to 8 PM

Mill Creek town Center

I will be at Eye Society Vision Gallery

click above for map

15407 Main Street # E 103
I am at Number 6 on the Art Walk map:

click Here for full map

It is that time of year again, so I have been trying out some Seahawk colors on my looms.

made on the Ashford SampleIt Rigid Heddle Loom

in progress on the Schacht Flip RH loom

Chenille on the warping board
getting ready for the Baby Wolf
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The next Show will be the Seattle Weaver Guild Sale

Seattle Weaver’s Guild

2014 Annual Show and Sale

Thursday, October 23, 5-8pm

Friday, October 24, 10am-8pm

Saturday, October 25, 10am-5pm

Lower Level Blodel Hall

St. Mark's Cathedral

1245-10th Ave East

Seattle, WA 98102-4398

To receive a reminder postcard for the sale,

please email your name and address to:

postcard@seattleweaversguild.com.

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then in November I will be at

Puget Sound Artists’

Gift Show

Saturday November 15^th

10:00 – 6:00

Art Works Building

2^nd and Dayton, Edmonds

High quality, one-of-a-kind gifts made by

local professional artists.

pottery, woodturning, fiber arts,

jewelry, paintings, photography, glass & more!

Free parking, Free Admission, VISA/MC accepted.

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Mid summer report

I haven't posted for a long time.
I've taken pictures of the garden but just not getting around to posting.
It has been too hot and dry this summer. Just keeping plants in pots watered is usually taxing enough, now this year it is even the ones in the ground that need some, and the moles undermining some plants does not make it any better.
Do you know we are the home to the world's largest mole? The Townsends Mole.
It lives right here in this woodland garden. ( ok maybe only largest in North America, but I cannot believe it is endangered, at least not here, at least unless I get really, really angry.

But thankfully last week we had a downpour one day that broke the 2 month dry spell.
( ok, other areas around here were getting occasional rain, but it was ALWAYS missing us here in the convergence zone near the sound. )
Then yesterday we had a 15 minute deluge. We will take what we get thankfully.
The garden tour a few weeks ago went well. It was for the HPSW folks but the Edmonds in Bloom tour was going on that same day and a garden up the street was on that tour, so several groups thought it was here when they saw the garden and the HPSW garden open sign. So we had quite a few incidental visitors as well. Their comments were very positive and made us feel good, despite the tarps over the old leaking shed roof.

So anyway there might be some plants still viable for my September plant sale on the 19th and 20th most likely. And the Iris hybridizers, Ann and Dwayne Booth will have some of their Iris for the sale as well.

Then last evening, another of our garden pests showed its face. As I was walking up from the woodland, there was a Mountain Beaver chomping on some groundcover plants. they are not usually out in the daytime, but since I had my hose in my hand I couldn't resist squirting it with a blast of water--and you should have seen it scurry off.