Before I could knit...

The green one was started yesterday.
Unfinished practice pieces leftover from last year.

This is a pastime I picked up about ten years ago - although it has never been extremely productive. I've made a few items I was quite proud of. At the end of my studio show in Fargo, I made a piece to present to each of my advisors. One of them was the largest piece of cloth I had ever made, 16"x20" with straight edges. The other was a small tapestry-woven piece made into a bag. At our last apartment, I strung up one of the doors in the house with thread and wove a 6 foot long silk and wool belt which I sometimes wear. When I left the art store, I gave a pillow to my best friend as a keepsake.

Working on the back of a tray or canvas stretcher (for paintings) the resulting fabric is never very big. A larger loom, like this, would be ideal.

Knitting is much easier to transport ;o) and so far, has been much more productive! Sometimes though, I do feel the need to sit down with the board and put in a few rows on something - to work the weaving process and see the patterns develop.

Last picture before my batteries died at the office.
Cartman was passed out asleep under the workbench.

Getting Squint's medical history together, a few more medications he will need and bringing him home for the weekend! Our boss has been looking after him, because really, we had to ask our landlord for a 'second cat clause' for Sallymander. Mr.J reminded me of that a week after we got back from Minnesota, and he has spent most of the nights there since. It has kept him from attaching to us too firmly, as well -- but he still jumps up on me like I'm his Mom when I get to the office.