What I'd get from Etsy if I had the money to spare (and no husband)

  Okay, I know this isn't really weaving-related, and I haven't finished the story from last time. Soon. Promise.
  The problem is that I don't weave every day. Most Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays, I don't go anywhere near my loom for various reasons. (I do have a Day Job, ya know.) So what is there to say?  "I worked today", "Oooh, I wove 2 more inches!"  Yeah, thrilling stuff.
  So I'm branching out a bit. Hence the title.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/128096821/unakite-earrings-beaded-earrings-stone?ref=af_circ_favitem&atr_uid=17369407
 
  Are they not gorgeous?  I love the colors and the simplicity of the beads.

It Started So Well....

    The next project to be worked on is a set of four cotton towels, using leftover yarn of differing thicknesses and and textures.  The colors are chosen randomly to be put through the reed.  Speaking of the reed...

    See the tape?  To put in the amount of ends in an inch I need, I need to put it in 2 in a slot, then 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, etc.  To keep track of that, | is 2, and - is 3.  So easy, I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier.

Here you can better see the colors.
    It was all going so well. I got it tied on to the front and the back, loaded 3 shuttles with dark purple, sienna, and very light lavender, and started to weave.  I wove a good eight inches and then....
    POP.
    ShuffleshuffleshuffleshuffleBAP.
    The ratchet on the back came loose, and the weight of the bamboo shades I put between the layers of warp brought them and all FOUR YARDS of carefully-tightened yarn to the floor.
    I about cried.  I had to take a break before I started screaming. 
    What I did about it next time.

Better Pictures. And something extra

    I finished the scarf for my co-worker on Christmas Eve, took it off the loom, finished it, and took it to her the same day. She was very happy! 
    I ran out of the red Orlon three-quarters of the way through the second scarf, so I finished it with a linen that I happened to have of the exact same shade!

    I was worried about shrinkage differences with the two different materials, but it doesn't seem to have mattered.  This was hand washed and hung to dry and didn't seem to shrink at all.
    And I still had three feet of warp on the loom.
    I really suck at math.
    I continued to weave and now have a table runner to sell on Etsy!

Now THAT looks red!

    Too bad I didn't have this done before Christmas, someone would have loved to use this to decorate!  I just hope that is not ALL they think of when they see these colors.
    NEXT!
    Coming soon to the loom in my living room: random-color waffle weave cotton towels, because the other ones I made sold out.

Makes me think of jewelry

  I received the Orlon for the scarf I've been commissioned to do and started weaving.  I measured enough for two scarves so I could have something to put on Etsy when I'm done.

It's really not that orange.

   I made part of the lace different colors.  The base color is a bright red, and the stripes are golden yellow and dark teal. I thought it would look better than just the one color.

   I need to take some pictures of this in sunlight and see if it still looks too yellow-y.
   Anyway, the first one is done, thanks to the Thanksgiving break I got from work (A FOUR DAY WEEKEND!!!).  I plan on getting this done as soon as possible, so the purse I wrote about previously is on hold.
   Next time I should have better pictures.

Weaving a purse

   While I wait for the Orlon I ordered to make the scarf for my co-worker, I figured I would make myself a new purse, hobo bag style, since my current one's straps are rapidly fraying.

  I had woven this a good while ago in a diamond twill of a thick lavender linen and 16/2 undyed linen, and didn't have enough for the project.  Shocking, I know.
   Anyway, it has been sitting in our closet with the other stuff I have woven and not sold. I knew it would be strong enough for a purse, but that I would also have to line it.  Fortunately, I also had some bleached muslin left over from another project which I will use to make the lining.
   I am pretty much winging it with the design.  I figured the body of it would be a thin U of the lavender fabric, with the strap, woven on my inkle loom, sewn down the sides and bottom of the U.

The loaded loom, outer fabric, and inner lining fabric.

   It's kinda hard to see, but the design on the inkle strap is called wandering vine, woven in dark blue, half-bleached, and light purple linen.  I hope it will look better once it is washed and dried.

   The fun part will be figuring out how to do the lining, because I like pockets and compartments in a purse.  I don't like the black hole where everything goes in and good luck getting anything back out.  I had woven some little purses on Styrofoam forms that I might sew onto the front, for keys or cellphone or sunglasses.
   Once I have figured out how to do this, I will make a few others to sell on Etsy.
   We'll see how this goes.

FINALLY!!!!!

   I. AM. DONE.
   It took me from July 21 to September 30, but I am done with the fabric for the baby carrier! I am very glad to have this done for this patient lady.
    What I learned from this project:

1. Overestimate weaving time for custom pieces. 
2. Linen shrinks like a son-of-a-gun. Calculate that in.
3. Making something linen this long and wide is going to have problems with tension and throwing the shuttle.
4. I need to treat my weaving like a business.  I can't afford an expensive hobby like this. Not if I want to make a living at weaving (eventually).

   Next job, a scarf like this one, but in primary colors.

I'm done! Sorta....

   I got to the end of the warp, cut it off the loom, washed it, dried it in the dryer, measured it....

...and it is eighteen inches too short.
<Groan>
<Deep sigh>
  Fortunately, I didn't take the loom waste off the loom and clean it up when I was done, so there is yarn still through the heddles and reed. I have already measured out the new warp and just need to tie it to the existing warp, tie it on to the front bar, and weave the rest of it.

   I'm not going to estimate how long that will take, but it will not be anywhere near as long as before.