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My computer is playing up, especially the internet so I can't post any pictures but I had a great time on my 4 shaft weaving course last week. Hopefully one day (soon) I'll have some pictures to share.....
My internet is playing up at home and I need to upgrade my operating system so I have to wait for DHs kind friend to sort it all out this weekend. In the mean time I'm using the connection at work (after hours of course).
I just wanted to say something on the new Rowan Mag which I love to bits. I didn't buy the last one as it had nothing I liked but wind-swept scottish landscapes do it for me and I realised that I'm a winter knitter (good job since its August and lashing down outside as I write)!
I very much doubt I'll actually knit anything from it as I'm such a slow knitter and have too much on the needles already but here's my choices:
1. WHAT I WOULD KNIT AND ACTUALLY WARE: Cologne - this is nice on the model but even nicer on "real" people in article with the Rowan staff modelling (and you can see the garments better here too!). I also love the Fyne Vest which I think you could get a lot of wear out of.
2. WHAT I WOULD KNIT BECAUSE I LIKE IT BUT WOULD FEEL SILLY WEARING IT: Faero Wrap which looks lovely and cosy but I bet the model is about 6ft and I'm only 5ft 4" so I would be drowned in this plus I don't have a spare £108.75 for the wool!!!
3. WHAT DID THEY THINK THEY WERE DOING ???: Narvik - even the model looks miserable wearing it. It would have been lovely had it been longer?
Some garments are really difficult to see in the mag with the lighting so I can't comment on them all. I love Rowan's styling but sometimes we'd just like to see the whole garment and not marvel at the art director's obvious talent for styling................just a thought.
Back soon I hope with some pictures and a FO - yes, its been too long. Plus I'm having Thursday and Friday off to go to a weaving course run by my Guild on 4 shaft looms. I can't wait! Then Saturday is our Guild picnic (hope the weather improves).
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wonder if I can really call myself a weaver? I'd happily say that I'm a knitter but spinner or weaver? Not yet. I still feel too much of a beginner to give myself such titles but I did go for a walk on Sunday along the river Weaver near home. We've actually been on the weaver aboard "Sissy" down the famous boat lift and I can say its one of the most beautiful and peaceful inland waterways I've been on so it's always a pleasure to walk along it's banks. 
Our motley walking gang and some pictures from the walk.
The white bridge is actually a horse bridge from the days of horse-drawn barges. Its what I call "real" Cheshire countryside - posh period houses on vast farmland with lots of ancient trees. It looks like it might have done 100 years ago! 
But wait a minute - maybe I can call myself a weaver now I'm the proud owner of two looms. In addition to my Ashford Knitters Loom I've bought 2nd hand from a member of my guild, an Ashford Rigid Heddle Loom (60cm) 
for only £40 complete with a 2nd 12dpi heddle so I can do some very fine weaving!
I haven't warped it up yet as I've just started a scarf on the Knitters Loom in georgous undyed cashmere and silk mix I bought on Skye. I'm trying out some different weaves from this book (which I highly recommend). 
The lacy open weave is 1/1 lenco and the raised lines are float patterns - everything else is a balanced weave. Its fun to do and I plan to dye it once I'm finished.
