The past couple of weeks I have been immersed in weaving and drawing. Since moving, it was just hard to get back into the routine of drawing. I always have trouble starting with that even though I love it when I'm doing it. Sometimes I think that I'm so production oriented that it is hard to just do an activity that isn't really making something but that is not logical thinking because my work and quality of life are so improved when I do draw. What really helped me get back to my sketchbook again was the wild flowers. When we hike in the mountains or when I walk around the valley during the week, there are so many different kinds blooming now. Some I know from the Midwest and some I have to look up to see what they are. I've been drawing the ones I see each week and hope to have a nice record of what wildflowers bloom when by the end of the season. Funny though because the last couple weeks I've also been baking a lot so I have a good assortment of baked goodies to bring to my daughter's when we go. I've been drawing at the kitchen table while there is something in the oven baking in the morning and weaving in the afternoon. I do love to bake but can't keep that up everday when it is just the two of us at home.

I should have an updated photo of the tapestry on the loom next week. I've worked on it everyday and I'm still really pleased with how it is coming along. This is a lot larger than I've been working in the last few years and I'm not sure if I will work this large all the time. Sometimes it is just more interesting to work through an idea quickly like I can do with a smaller tapestry. But with this one, the visual impact just didn't seem to be there when it was smaller.

Charleen, the warp I use is the Davidson's Navajo 4 ply. I sett that at 8 epi. I've tried using it at 10 epi but it was too hard to beat down my weft at that sett. I hope your handspun and that warp work well for you.