I'm slowly getting my little birds quilted. I'm not spending a lot of time quilting right now because I'm trying to get the warp on the loom.

Slowly for a couple of reasons. One is that I am getting entirely too much help! The other is because this warp tangles The Worst! I spend about and hour and a half to wind on one yard. The good news is I am about two-thirds of the way done. With just the winding on, after that I thread heddles and reed. I have done a twenty yard warp before, several times, but I never had this much trouble. With this thread a shorter warp would have been better, live and learn. I think that it is because the yarn is so soft that it pills and gets several threads wrapped in the pill, I'm learning that slow is necessary, as well as untangling each strand before it goes across the raddle

and through the lease sticks.

It looks so pretty spread and smoothed out, I am quite pleased. It will be worth all the extra care and attention when I start weaving.

It was the first day of school today. Last night at dinner I asked Sammy if he was excited about school, and he said "I'm ready for school". He's very good at subtle meanings, especially as he is only 6. They were excited to be home, and there was no mistaking when they got here. Ambrosina celebrated her first free day by baking bread, and was it ever good!

The kiln went out under the porch last weekend so that when I need to show it to people I don't have to bring them into the house. I hope it sells soon, I'm going to save the money for our trip to Washington next summer, it's the only way we will be able to afford it.

So, since it's pretty late in the day I think one last cup of coffee and some tatting. That's coming along pretty good too, I'll have another picture shortly.