Cheklov's Stuff

So I love to weave. Specifically inkle and tablet weaving. I'm not great at it - the same problems with row counting and my inability to remember numbers that plague me in my attempts to crochet and knit are in full force here - but that doesn't stop me much. I usually stick to very simple tablet weave (WHICH I HATE THERE ARE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL PATTERNS UGH) and basic inkle patterns. I've got my little loom strung up with one such simple pattern right now. Very basic, as you can see. The pattern is as follows: It makes a cute little An Tir-themed trim though, so it's very handy. However, you might notice that my loom is quite small. In fact, working over an inch wide band gets pretty dicey when advancing the warp, and it only makes around two yards of trim, more if I'm careful and think harder about my tension peg's placement than I usually do. But it was my first functional loom, and it's great for travel, since it fits i

Picking up where we left off , I had just pulled forth a mysterious package with a sticker labeled "Ice". It contained a lovely twill fiber! The "Ice" colorway for this month, one ounce of a South American wool and viscose tweed. The color is lovely, and I begin my apologies over my phone not being able to really convey the lovely colors in this month's fibers. Now into the main fibers. Again, the colors really don't come through on my camera, but this is GORGEOUS. Merino and Mulberry silk, three ounces of the colorway "Not Today". So many lovely shades of brown, and so sinfully soft. Believe you me, everyone in the house rubbed it on their face and went "Oooooooo". Merino and Mulberry silk, three ounces of the colorway "Blue Eyes". If anything, this is even more beautiful than the other fiber. The navy tones and even a little of a teal/aqua color. The second picture is me trying to block the light to

The time has come! I am doing shit again, and we're going to start off with an unboxing, hurrah! I recently discovered and signed up for Paradise Fiber's Fiber of the Month club; a subscription services for spinning related items. I watched the ChemKnits unboxings extensively before I caved and decided to commit. It's basically $35 a month for a box of 6-8 oz of fiber goodness, with other assorted goodies, and that includes the price of shipping. A pretty sweet deal from everything I've seen. Paradise Fibers has an incredible attention to detail in their themed boxes, and I went into this expecting the entire box to be gloriously on point - and I was right. May 6th rolled around, and to my delight - lo, my first box! I spoiled myself enough to know that it was going to be Game of Thrones themed, but beyond that, for once in my life I avoided spoilers. Glorious box! I actually had my housemate send this picture to me while I was at work. A few hour