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altivoChristmas decorations are back in the boxes and put away. This means I get back my favorite reading and knitting spot (the lamp goes away to make room for the tree, which in turn leaves that spot too dark for reading or close work.
Due to a miscalculation, we made an emergency run into Woodstock for a bag of dog food. While there we stopped at a Jewel for some produce, since we did the week's shopping on Thursday at two places with notoriously bad fresh produce. It's amazing how much the quality and price of produce can vary at stores just a short distance apart, or even within the same chain. Our local homegrown supermarket has expanded to about four locations in the 50+ years since it was founded. The home store has excellent produce and mostly reasonable prices. I am spoiled from buying stuff there. The only thing better within the 20 mile or so radius that I'm willing to drive is the Italian grocery in Crystal Lake. I'm not the only one to be aware of that either, as the place is a mob scene seven days a week. Anyway, Jewel stores often have good quality but their prices are excessive. The have a "preferred customer" system that gives a "special" price to anyone who carries their card. However, the supposed discount is fake. What they do is double the regular price, and then offer about 50% off to anyone with a card. Even with that discount, they are priced higher than Wisted's or Joseph's, the places I mention favorably above. In the case of the Woodstock store, their quality is poorer and the selection is disappointing. I have to note, though, that produce in the Woodstock Wisted's is also disappointing. Only the home store in Marengo has the good produce manager.
Started my warping calculations. Since this will be a sectional warp, I have to first wind the warp spools. The warp will be 24 yards long, and 14.75 inches wide with 24 threads per inch. Since my loom has 2 inch sections, that means I'll need 48 spools. Of those, 18 must be prewound with 192 yards of warp yarn, and the remaining 30 will have 168 yards. Even with an electric winder and an automatic yardage counter, this is going to take a while to prepare. Still, it should be easier than the old hand method that would require measuring each of 354 warp threads out on a pegged board and loading all of them onto the loom at once. We shall see. I hope to get the warp beamed tomorrow. Then comes the threading.
Not as cold tonight as last night, thank goodness. They're predicting snow, possibly several inches of it, by Tuesday, though.
Due to a miscalculation, we made an emergency run into Woodstock for a bag of dog food. While there we stopped at a Jewel for some produce, since we did the week's shopping on Thursday at two places with notoriously bad fresh produce. It's amazing how much the quality and price of produce can vary at stores just a short distance apart, or even within the same chain. Our local homegrown supermarket has expanded to about four locations in the 50+ years since it was founded. The home store has excellent produce and mostly reasonable prices. I am spoiled from buying stuff there. The only thing better within the 20 mile or so radius that I'm willing to drive is the Italian grocery in Crystal Lake. I'm not the only one to be aware of that either, as the place is a mob scene seven days a week. Anyway, Jewel stores often have good quality but their prices are excessive. The have a "preferred customer" system that gives a "special" price to anyone who carries their card. However, the supposed discount is fake. What they do is double the regular price, and then offer about 50% off to anyone with a card. Even with that discount, they are priced higher than Wisted's or Joseph's, the places I mention favorably above. In the case of the Woodstock store, their quality is poorer and the selection is disappointing. I have to note, though, that produce in the Woodstock Wisted's is also disappointing. Only the home store in Marengo has the good produce manager.
Started my warping calculations. Since this will be a sectional warp, I have to first wind the warp spools. The warp will be 24 yards long, and 14.75 inches wide with 24 threads per inch. Since my loom has 2 inch sections, that means I'll need 48 spools. Of those, 18 must be prewound with 192 yards of warp yarn, and the remaining 30 will have 168 yards. Even with an electric winder and an automatic yardage counter, this is going to take a while to prepare. Still, it should be easier than the old hand method that would require measuring each of 354 warp threads out on a pegged board and loading all of them onto the loom at once. We shall see. I hope to get the warp beamed tomorrow. Then comes the threading.
Not as cold tonight as last night, thank goodness. They're predicting snow, possibly several inches of it, by Tuesday, though.
