First weaving

Take two.  Typepad ate my first post but at least they were nice enough to leave me a comment form to complain on.  But, between then and now a weird thing happened that I'll share.

It started to rain this morning and I went out on the front porch to see if any of the cats wanted to come in.  Fuzzle and Blue were out there but not especially interested in coming in the house.  Both were on the porch waiting for the rain to stop before having more cat adventures, I presume.  Then, lightning struck.  I didn't see the bolt (Thank God!) but I had to cover my ears.  It must have struck just a few hundred yards away.  The cats both leaped and scrambled to get under the porch.  I was just stunned from the event.  I still feel stunned more than an hour and a half later.  I'm not physically damaged or anything....the lightning certainly didn't physically touch me.  Maybe the sound waves did?  Or a rush of adrenalin?  Fuzzle finally came out from under the porch a half hour later.  Blue didn't come out until DH came home an hour later.  Fuzzle dropped a few handfuls of fur.  I think I won't brush my hair for a while.....

Speaking of hair, somebody wants to see what I look like with my new haircut.  DH took these photos this morning (pre-rainstorm). 

No major change outside of the loss of several inches of length.  It was getting too long and definitely too long for a humid summer.  It wouldn't hold a style for more than an hour at the old length.  I'm still challenged by humid days but I don't feel quite so much like a bedraggled woman when it is 85% humidity.

I warped my rigid heddle loom yesterday for the first time with 8/4 cotton rug warp.  I used a 10-dent reed.  It took me about 3 hours using the direct warp method.  It should take less time for the next warp since I understand the method a bit now.

I even wove.  This is not the result I expected but it is interesting just the same.   I am changing the heddle to a 12-dent  to see what kind of fabric that will produce with this fiber.   Results sometime  this week, I hope. 

The general contractor is meeting with us this afternoon and tomorrow is a combination of fun family stuff in the morning and a funeral in the late afternoon/early evening.   My cousins' mother passed away on Sunday.  I wasn't very close to her but I am to my cousins. 

Comments

[Kim]

Wow, the lightning strike is scary & freaky. That's a nice new haircut and I hope the lightning didn't mess with your tresses. The loom thing is wild. Seems like there's a whole new set of jargon to learn. Way cool.
Sorry to hear about the death in your family.

[Stacey (aka sock whisperer)]

Cute! What? No pink streak? :D You are on vacay, you can do it. And wouldn't it shock those other examiners. :D
Yeah! WEAVING! It's all good, you're finding out what works and doesn't work. (Psst.. don't use slinky rayon yet... BAD! )
Maybe the Gods were saying you weren't catalyst-ing enough? Just sayin'
/runs

[joan]

I don't like these close calls or Typepad but I love the new hair and envy the loom.

[Nora]

Your hair is darling! Good job, Angie. Now I really want to go get mine cut to death. My hubby tends to like more hair on my head than I do. Don't know what to tell you about the lightning other than YIKES! It is a strange phenomenon.

Cool loom! Can't wait to see more!