Lastest Guild Exhibit

My weaving guild had an exhibit in December and January of some of our members items.  While I have not been weaving much - I did have four items that I had never exhibited that I submitted to the show.   

All three scarfs were on a yellowish painted warp.

Scarf that I sold from the exhibit.

Color on A Grey Day

Didn't go to Greenfield Village today due to the ice.  Needed a bit of color so I took pictures of the yarn I dyed at our weaving guilds annual dye day this past Saturday.

This is to be a set of two scarves.   It is tercel and some novelty yarn.

 These are small bought of unmercerized cotton to be made into dish towels.

Finally Back at the Village

Yesterday I finally went back to my volunteering in the Weaving Shoppe at Greenfield Village.  Ankle is not strong enough to weave on the Jacquard and climb those steep steps upstairs.

It was fun to see some of the patterns that I helped plan last winter being woven.  This is on the fly shuttle loom.  Particularly like how the white between the colors sets off the stripes.

This windowpane design was selected by me and both Max and I did the planning.   It is being woven upstairs.

All patterns and colors need to be historically accurate for the time.

My Solar Eclipse Adventure

Right now I am wishing that I was in a place to see todays total Solar Eclipse.  It is definitely something worth seeing.  I won't even be able to see the partial eclipse today - do not have the right equipment and will be in physical therapy.

In July, 1972 I was fortunate enough to see a total eclipse as part of the Central Michigan Astronomy Club.  We drove straight from Detroit to Prince Edward Island.  That was before the bridge - so we took the ferry to PEI.

A farmer who had land overlooking the sea, opened his land to scientific groups and we were lucky enough to qualify for a spot.   To keep costs down we camped and cooked out.  Of course we did have some time to play.

I remember how eerie it was at totality.  All the sea birds went crazy as the sun was blocked out.

Two members of the group went on to future scientific careers.  Dale Gary is currently a solar astronomer.  Ed Doty got a degree in atmospheric physics and worked for the EPA.

Finally Started Weaving Again

Starting gradually on my Baby Wolf loom which does not require as much leg strength as my AVL.
I did twenty minutes on Tuesday and forty on Wednesday.  Working on dish towels.

The picture is one of the dish towels that I had taken off the loom before my accident.  It was supposed to be in the Cross Borders Group exhibit at the MLH Conference this summer.   The weaving was done but I hadn't finished it and it was buried under things so Frank couldn't find it when I sent him downstairs looking.  Happy I can now go up and down stairs - even if it is very slowly.

Icelandic Medical Bills

Just received the medical bill for the hospital in Reykjavik.  I was billed $6,746 US dollars.  That was for two nights in the hospital and my surgery, X-rays and medication.   The previous bill for the first hospital translated to $2,592.23 (most of that was for ambulance services).

Interesting how low the cost is compared to US medical.  And the doctors here said they did an excellent job on my ankle.  I am in love with socialized medicine.

Another picture from my trip.

Cold Picture for a Hot Day

Supposed to be in the 90s so I thought we needed a cold picture from the Iceland trip.

On Thursday it will be 11 weeks since my ankle surgery.  As of Saturday, the Doc said I can put 20% of my weight on my leg.  Hard to figure what 20% is.  Yes I can do the math but even trying to get on a scale and trying different pressures - it is hard to translate that to the walker.  But I must admit it is less painful on the hip of my good leg to be able to put some pressure on the left.

I can see the end of the horizon.