New Nantucket Scarf

Last day off.. it is going to be tough tough heading back to the day job. I've had 5 productive days- woven 4 more scarves, almost finished winding another warp (which I made on our back porch) and just finished making a variety of tasty picnic fare (guacamole, hummus, german potato salad, veggie skewers for grilling and spicy green garlic pesto). The guys are working on post production- sound effects for their film- munching cheese puffs, glopping canned dog food, popping balloons and making countless other howls, squeaks, whines and rustles (soon I can share their newly launched website!)

Here are a few shots of the last summer scarf in this current series.

Brighton Market!

Thrilled to go to the first Brighton Farmer's market this morning! I've been saving all winter to budget myself $25 of produce a week every Sunday. Should've nabbed some photos, but I was so excited I forgot the camera. In our no-longer-condiment-only-fridge we've now got: a bunch of green garlic (to make pesto), beets with gorgeous greens, a hefty bunch of scallions, 2 bunches of radish, curly russian kale, fresh eggs, 2 bunches rhubarb, baby spinach and one splurge- a precious quart of strawberries! I had to fight the urge to eat them all in the car. Maybe making jam or strawberry rhubarb something. (Well maybe a few more splurges- a chocolate croissant for Albert and raspberry cheese croissant for myself from the Little Bakery)

Here are a few extra pics of the most recent scarf in the shop.

New Charlotte Summer Scarf

The olive, navy blue and magenta stripe in the center of this scarf was a bit of a happy accident. Unexpected, but I love the combo!

I'm on day 3 of an unexpected 5 days off in a row. Getting lots of research done for future scarves- including exactly how long it takes to create one of these guys- from winding a warp, tying it on to the old warp on the loom, dressing the loom, researching and preparing my palette, weaving, tying fringe, photographing/editing/color correcting, and finally putting the completed garment on etsy.

That's 51!

Here are new photos from a scarf inspired by a scrap of paper on which I'd written a color combo found on a clearance sweater in the basement of a department store.. I can't remember the last time I was in a mall- so the idea has been waiting patiently for a long time!

New Sophia Summer Scarf

Just added another scarf to the shop and realized I've had 50 sales on etsy since I began in Sept. 2008. The 50th scarf took pidgepidge's longest voyage yet- to Singapore!

Here are a few pictures from the newest scarf I added. I had troubles last week with the photoshoot- was extra motivated and took photos after my day job around 6pm. I thought it was still sunny out, but the blurry quality meant it was just a touch too dark to take great photos. It's amazing what a redo shoot in good lighting does!

Hearts and Crafts Show II

Here are a few pics of my friend, Sam's, beautiful button creations (etsy shop coming soon!) from this Sunday's craft show. She let me model a bobby pin to rule my unruly hair and I was so excited to see them sell sell sell!

What a beautiful weekend! Though the forecast promised rain (and I was glued to weather.com- my first outdoor craft show experience), it turned out to be a breezy sunny Sunday. I've definitely realized I need a bigger table setup- certainly larger than my 3 foot card table. I'd love to get a few tables to create an L shape. I always debate what I should display- pet portraits or jewelry with the scarves- I want to show it all! This is my goal for the June show in Baltimore.

Getting ready to put up 6 more scarves this week- 5 of them summer scarves!

Mendon Ponds

Woke up this morning and got my hair cut. That's 14 inches to give to locks of love :)

Then went with buddies to Mendon Ponds to lay in the grass and take a deliciously long walk in the woods (complete with chickadee landing on my hand looking for birdseed) and squirrels coming too close for comfort for the same. A lazy day ending with guilty pleasure- broccoli with garlic sauce eaten on the living room floor with Albert.

Here's the last scarf from the warp- loving the nautical theme this time around. I think the next series will play a bit more with magentas, pinks and purples...