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Ashford SampleIt Loom Review

Junior (Anders Lervad Loom) and The Loom Without a Name (at the moment)

So I found out about the new Ashford SampleIt Rigid Heddle loom a bit late; I don't subscribe to any of the magazines and I've been a bit scarce on Ravelry lately, so when I found out about it, I was very intrigued. See, I've owned Junior since 2009, and have been on the lookout for another small rigid heddle loom ever since he came here, because he's the loom I use most often, without a doubt. And yet sometimes, when I'm...

New notebook, begun.

New notebook, begun.

My goal was to end the chapter at the end of the notebook...

My goal was to end the chapter at the end of the notebook. I barely made it!

I'll be sitting there, writing; anywhere, really, and for...

I'll be sitting there, writing; anywhere, really, and for that moment--in that moment--everything is aligned; everything is where it should be. The world--my world--feels full of promise. Feels true.

The pen in my hand, the notebook's paper beneath the faint scritch scratch of the nib, slowly filling up with words of a story I will have no ending to quite yet, although there's a scene in my mind that has been there for years that might yet appear in this story, finally.

I write, and the world a...

Sunday morning snooze.SherlockProgress, of sorts.New scar...

Sunday morning snooze.


Sherlock
Progress, of sorts.
New scarf begun. Close-up of new scarf (merino silk warp; lopi, handspun weft)
Another scarf finished!

It has flecks of green, but they didn't show up in the picture.

Determination

Determination. Photo taken 1/5/13 in Southern Ohio.

I went for a walk in the woods today. It was a short walk; about 45 minutes of twisting and turning and bending and just plain walking (tell me that's not a workout!) but I was there, it was warm enough (although the wind is still bitingly cold), and... I wanted to smell the woods again. Despite the fact that I wasn't really dressed for it (although I did wear my hiking shoes, they aren't really insulated), I ventured into the near-silence of...

Morning productiveness.

Morning productiveness.

This pretty much sums up the rest of the week.:)

This pretty much sums up the rest of the week.:)

Resolutions for the New Year.--The Year of Completion is ...

Resolutions for the New Year.

--The Year of Completion is the big one; I'll be posting mostly on Plethora about that.

--To take the time to do the things I love to do.

--To be more active.

--To eat real food. To experiment with recipes, as well.

--To hold my tongue when my words will not add to the conversation, especially when I intend to say something sarcastic.

--To find that corner of Silence, wherever I am.

--To be more charitable and less judging, even if the judging part is all in my head.

--...

And thus, the last day of the year.Tomorrow brings a New ...

And thus, the last day of the year.

Tomorrow brings a New Year, and new goals and new attempts and (I hope) new endings.

So, I'm going to do the traditional rundown of 2012...

In January, I mulched the garden. (Hmm, that's probably not going to happen this year.) I decluttered a bit. I redid my website (something I need to do this January, too.) I rearranged the library, which still isn't finished. I turned in the edits for Detour, and I cleaned.

In February, I started rewriting Scarecrows with a...