tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58154144953981029932024-02-19T05:15:09.339-08:00Jill Lee-JonesJillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499890008603110190noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815414495398102993.post-2920134237117988392018-07-09T08:58:00.000-07:002018-07-09T08:58:56.356-07:00It’s Smoke Season AgainThere’s a saying here in the Shasta Valley, that we have four seasons—Fall, Winter, Spring and Smoke. The last few days we are living up to that saying. On July 5th the Klamathon Fire broke out. Pushed by high temps and winds it rapidly consumed a major portion of the town of Hornbrook before breaking out into the surrounding wilderness areas. At one point the fire was about 11 miles away from us and the first night the ominous orange glow of flame lit clouds was easily spotted over the mountain to the north of us. In the last 3 days the CalFire crews have been able to get a line around the southern perimeter of the fire but new evacuations continue to the east and we are about 3.8 miles from the next evac perimeter.<br />
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Living in close proximity to a fire has a lot of impacts besides the constant worry—monitoring information channels, worry each time the wind direction shifts. We have 3 fire fighting helicopters bedded down at night in the fields to the north of us. Each evening the copters come back around 8 p.m. for their evening rest. In a way it is comforting to have them here, between us and the fire. At least we know that they would not be parked in harm’s way. A little before 9 they start lifting off for their day of water and retardant dumping.<br />
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The town has become the usual fire town, population swollen by the fire crews, trucks and service vehicles. Everywhere you go people shopping for supplies, or in the case of the evacuees, clothes, personal essentials, pet food.<br />
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The smoke has been on again, off again. This morning clear and cool enough I could open the windows and cool the house down, listen to bird song. But the air is tinged with the smell of smoke and it looms ominously on the northern horizon.<br />
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Hopefully in the next few days the fire crews can make good progress. Right now the fire is at 35,200 acres and only 30% contained. Fingers crossed that we have some good luck with the weather....<br />
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I was going to add some images but Google does not recognize my photo album....*sigh*Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499890008603110190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815414495398102993.post-40060951793797606332018-01-21T21:39:00.000-08:002018-01-21T21:39:04.270-08:002018...what?<br />
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It has been almost three years since I did anything with this blog. I have to admit I got stuck in the tangley web that is Facebook. At first it seemed so easy. It was all fun and pretty colors and "Liking" stuff, getting "Friends". But the last few months have been a real drag. I've had to opt out of so many groups due to total overwhelm with people who seem to be only focused on info mining with no giving back, or arguing about politics, or why your statements are wrong, or, or, or...then I had Facebook going onto my iPhone photo stream and making cute little slide shows of my photos without my permission. Then increasing numbers of non-sensical ads and videos that would start up without some obvious way to shut them off. Then someone complained that I was using an alias on my Facebook page vs. my real name. That brought out the Facebook police who demanded that I either send them a copy of my driver's license or my passport to prove my identity or they would shut down my page as of January 26th. Well, you can guess how far that got (it's the Tom Petty influence here, I admit). It's just the final straw in a long slow death of the romance. I am still on Instagram which I love because it is so visual, and the captions promote brevity, and no depressing news headlines in your face every time you log on. A lot of my friends are on there as well, so I plan to carry on there. But I'm also going to try to get this blog back on track. I just feel it's a much more intimate way to communicate with people vs. Facebook.<br />
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Don't get me wrong, I'm going to miss having the communication with friends and family there and also the ability to easily share photos with my Mom. I'm going to miss all the cool links to recipes, weaving stuff, knitting stuff, and just general cool stuff that I've saved. But I feel like Facebook has been a long, slow suck on my spirit and soul. I feel depleted and overwhelmed by it. I find myself lately, scrolling, scrolling, scrolling through my feed trying to find something to catch my interest. I've decided that I have so much more to do with my life...hiking, yoga, reading, weaving, knitting, sketching, time with friends and family...I could, in fact, write an email to someone vs. just a quick blip and a "Like". I could be a lot more productive (although I have been accused of not sleeping). So I'm going to turn away from the whole FOMO mindset that seems to drive Facebook and just spend time nourishing my mind and my practices. It just seems like a good thing to do, and I'm kind of excited about it. Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499890008603110190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815414495398102993.post-45392525041731562582015-04-06T19:21:00.000-07:002015-04-06T19:21:13.531-07:00Happy Easter!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few days ago I warped my loom with a quick project, this pinwheel twill scarf in a Bamboo/Silk blend yarn. This was another one of those situations that I had heard bad things about the warp yarn, that Bamboo breaks easily and sheds from the friction of the reed, but I decided to forge ahead anyway because I wanted to do a project that used 8 shafts.<br />
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Thank goodness the threading and treadling are simple because I'm having a heck of time keeping the two shuttles straight and interlacing the second color threads along my floating selvedges. I'm ending up with lots of lumps and bumps on the right hand side. Also my sett seems a little loose even though I had wrapped the yarn on my sett gauge and it came up 9 epi and I went with 10 just to be sure. Now it looks like 12 might have been a bit better. I've had to really lighten up on my beater and the blocks are still not coming out square. Also this yarn is too slippery for the 4 warp floats and it bumps up distractingly. Also I think I could have gone with two colors that contrasted more and that would have helped some. But this is all a learning process. Next time I weave this pattern I'll also start threading on shaft #5 and end on #4 since that would put no warp floats on the selvedge and would eliminate some of those lumps and bumps you see there. Onward!<br />
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<br />Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499890008603110190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815414495398102993.post-14442493084571322372014-07-22T09:05:00.003-07:002014-07-22T09:05:51.646-07:00Making Socks<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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About two months ago I decided that I really wanted to learn to knit, but all I've wanted to do was make socks. Many people told me that socks were hard, and that I really had to have some experience with knitting to make them. So I've been busy making swatches of different kinds of stitches and playing around with yarns. I even make a rather large mobius cowl using seafoam stitch which came out pretty well. Anyway last week as I was lamenting my desire to make socks, a friend in my spinning group gave me some instructions from a class she used to teach on making socks. She also helped me select needles and yarn to make the socks. But most importantly, she offered to help if I got stuck. Well after a week of knitting like a crazy person (it has been at or above 100°F all this week--perfect knitting weather) I finished my first pair of socks and boy am I chuffed about them! Making the socks was a paradigm shift for me...so many things about knitting clicked into place with those socks. So expect to see more socks in these pages....another thing to do with my handspun yarn!Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499890008603110190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815414495398102993.post-91733723192521878272014-07-21T10:08:00.000-07:002014-07-21T10:08:23.684-07:00Rosepath Table Runner - Finished!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I purchased my Ahrens loom, along with the usual loom parts, I was also given a large box containing about 50 cones of linen thread. The thread ranged in size from a sturdy 10/2 to hair fine 40/1. The colors were mostly unbleached, half bleached, teal, pink, yellow and blue. In the box were receipts and notes dated from 1945 with names and projects outlined for some of the different threads. I can only guess that this loom was originally owned by someone who was a production weaver. </div>
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After testing the yarn to confirm its strength, against all advice I decided to warp and weave a table runner in linen with some 10/2 white cotton for accents. I had heard all the advice about how linen is a nightmare to weave with, must be misted and kept damp, will snap in low humidity (which is us!). etc. etc. but I decided to fly in the face of convention and give it a try anyway. I figured I had 'free thread' and if things went south, well, then I'd know.</div>
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The half bleached linen had a kind of sizing on it that made it somewhat stiff and wiry, so I think that helped. The warping and weaving was straightforward and I only had one broken warp end when I got near to the end of the warp. I used a floating selvedge and my selvedges did not come out that straight since I decided combine both plainweave and a rosepath threading. Inspired by an old 1954 copy of Malin Selander's book <i>Weaving Patterns from Sweden</i> and by the work of Susan at <a href="http://avalanchelooms.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Avalanche Looms</a>, I set to weaving, throwing in bands of color in different treadlings of rosepath on the plain background. This was an amazingly fun project and I learned so much about my new loom, including the fact that it has much less loom waste that I had anticipated! </div>
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One of my favorite details is a band of the 40/1 unbleached linen which I used in a double bobbin boat shuttle. It adds a subtle accent and I'm now thinking that another project featuring just the two natural yarns together might be really neat. After twisting a few of the fringes on one end, I decided to save my hands and ordered a battery powered fringe twister which worked great! Washing and ironing the linen really softened it up, but I expect that it will get even better as time goes by. I'm really glad my first linen experience came out so well as I love it as a fiber. I'm even planning to try to spin some flax before summer is over. We'll see how it goes....</div>
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With temps hovering around 100° for last couple of weeks, I am really longing for a getaway to the coast. Since it is not possible right now, I decided to start an ocean themed project. So I dyed up these threads to make a start. All are thrift store cottons with the odd linen and nylon thrown in.</div>
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The table runner is off the loom, washed, blocked and I'm very happy with how it turned out. Anxious to get started on this next project! Hoping that we get some relief from this hot, hot weather soon...Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499890008603110190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815414495398102993.post-38407375059522822592014-05-10T09:50:00.000-07:002014-05-10T09:50:10.863-07:00New to me -- F.J. Ahrens Loom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After much contemplation I decided to make the jump from a table loom to a floor loom (mostly for ergonomic reasons!). We found this beauty on Craigslist where it had been sitting in a garage covered for almost 12 years. After the dust was cleaned off and new coat of wax applied it is ready to go! It's an F.J. Ahrens loom, 10 shaft, 10 treadle, 40" weaving width. Built of solid birdseye and tiger maple. It was built in Oakland, California I think in the 40's but info on this loom is really hard to find. I was only able to locate one other loom like it on the web. So if you have any info, please leave a comment...now on to warping and weaving!</div>
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Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499890008603110190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815414495398102993.post-91875056203790665362013-06-19T20:44:00.000-07:002013-06-19T20:44:56.575-07:00More Lamy Love...As part of an ongoing project with my sketching group, we each made a themed journal which we are exchanging with each other over the next few months. I recently got mine back and was thrilled to have examples of everyone in the group's work. My most recent drawing in my journal is this little bird. The theme is "A Red Thread", so I drew this little guy and then pierced the paper and put a piece of red embroidery thread in his beak. My book is back out in the group again and will come back to me in a couple of months. Once it's full, I'll scan it and post it online.<br />
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Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499890008603110190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815414495398102993.post-84872049718565623132013-06-18T20:55:00.000-07:002013-06-18T20:55:39.323-07:00Getting Back Into It...After the intensity of April's Fake Journal Month, the last few weeks seem calm by comparison. I've had a few times out with my local sketching group with mixed results. A couple of weeks ago we went to the Historical Society Museum where they have a big outdoor area with lots of old buildings and equipment. This is my third time there and each time I've chosen one of the old tractors to draw. This time I decided to go for this old guy...a Caterpillar Thirty crawler. I love doing these detailed nuts and bolts type drawings. This old fella had a lot of parts missing and was resting in the shade under the trees, which means lots of leaf litter!<br />
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Way back in November, Marc Taro Holmes turned me on to the Lamy Joy Calligraphy Pen and the Lamy Black Ink after I saw his fabulous <a href="http://citizensketcher.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/newfoundland-mission-complete/">vacation journal</a> he did in Newfoundland. Click through and watch the UTube video of his flip-through. It is a beautiful book! This Lamy Black ink bleeds in a very wonderful unpredictable way and works great with just plain water or with watercolor. I decided to work on this crawler with just plain water because he was grey anyway. In my Stillman & Birn Alpha 5.5 x 8.5 sketchbook using the 1.1 calligraphy nib...<br />
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<b>1. It always takes more time than you think.</b> I had wanted to keep my daily time to a minimum after previous years having to drop out due to lack of time to work on the journal. This year I just wanted to do quick watercolor and pencil sketches. Well, that quickly turned into very detailed drawings/paintings that took a lot of time. Plus I was spending a lot of time reading and researching the birds I was depicting. I was really enjoying myself so I decided to start getting up earlier so I would have more uninterrupted time to work on the journal. This worked well. I also decided to scan the finished pages in batches as that seemed a more economical use of time vs. scanning every day. </div>
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<b>2. Paper issues.</b> I searched for one of the <i>Alvin Field Journals</i> that Roz Stendahl has used in the past (I loved the crinkly sound of the pages) but was not able to find one. I bought several other brands and decided on the <i>Sokkia Economy Field Book</i> as the one I wanted to use. It measures 4.5" x 7.25" closed which yielded a nice aspect ratio open at 7.25" x 9". Another bonus was it fit on the scanner easily. The paper was fairly tough, yet I managed to tear it in several places by going back in with pencil or pen while it was still wet with heavy washes. Also the paper buckled so badly I had to weight it in-between working on spreads. Bleed through was another issue as well, but I found if I let things dry completely before adding the next layer (a tough one for me) it was better. One of the things I've learned is that I really love working on non-traditional paper surfaces, the only problem with that is if you end up with a nice drawing that you want to reproduce or use in some other way, you are limited. It makes me think that I need to make some sketchbooks with my own paper in them that is more friendly to the heavy working I'm doing to the surface plus holds back wet media a little better. </div>
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<b>3. Accidents can be happy…go with them.</b> I tried to keep a open mind about my character and go with the flow. I did a test page in the back of all the books I was considering to try to decide which one to use. When I decided on the Sokkia book I did another test page in the second to the back page…a trial page with a possible layout using all the materials I thought I might use. Horror of horrors when I counted the remaining pages in the book, there were just enough left to finish the month with no extras! I decided then to keep my first test page as April 1 and work backwards in the book. Kind of weird, but it worked. </div>
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<b>4. Doing preliminary sketches allowed me to get a feel for the shapes of the birds and how they are put together. </b>I made lots of preliminary quick pencil and watercolor wash sketches in a large (for me--8.5"x11") spiral bound sketchbook. This really helped me to find the essence of the bird and understand how they are put together. I'm really fond of many of these loose sketches and plan to do more. I started out with fairly simple illustrations and as I worked on in the journal the drawings became more detailed and studied. This is funny since I have always tried to break from this style as I had worked this way for so long. But I think there is something I enjoy about working and reworking an image that I need to pay attention to as well. </div>
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<b>5. Trying new media.</b> I decided part way in to start working with my Inktense pencils as well as the watercolor and pen/pencil. This turned out to be a good thing because as I became more detailed with my drawings and familiar with the Inktenses, I could work the drawings up and layer slowly, developing a lot of new effects I hadn't known were possible. </div>
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<b>6. Go with the character flow, if you don't like your initial choice--Change it. </b>I started out thinking I would do one thing with my IFJM journal. About two days before I was due to start, I realized I really didn't want to go where that character might lead. I was mildly freaking out, thinking, "what the heck am I going to do???" Luckily I was in the middle of shooting photos at a wildlife area and the thought of documenting birds in a 'field journal' was something that I really resonated with. It's not a new idea, but the combination of learning to draw birds plus learning more about them was a huge pull. I think that was the big take-away for me on this project. One thing that was really helpful was John Muir Laws' book <i>"Guide to Drawing Birds"</i>. It really made a difference in how I looked at birds and drew them. </div>
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