trombonecat's blog

artistry

Over time, readers here will learn that I am a fiber artist in several mediums. One is pin loom weaving. The Pin Loom Weaving Support Group on Facebook is amazing for ideas, support and learning. My fellow pin loom weaving enthusiasts are wonderful. For several years, there has been a Mini Sweater Challenge Countdown. Lurked and watched in previous years and maybe contributed one sweater in the past.

I’ve challenged myself to make three sweaters. The first one (below) uses variegated yarn from BJS Fiber Creations and I added shiny gold DK yarn for edge finishing and a faux collar. There’s a relationship to seeing moss on the rocks with this photo and the moss in the photo which was my very first blog post back on 07/20/25. Will share more on that next Monday.

life

This has been quite the year with retirement, my father’s passing in the spring after a wonderful long life, and having a fractured wrist (non-dominant hand, thank goodness) needing surgery in the summer.

reading

Have read several great books so far in 2025 — recommending Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free by Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson and The Field House: A Writer’s Life Lost and Found on an Island in Maine by Robin Clifford Wood.

this week’s photo
one of three sweaters for the Mini-Sweater Challenge for Facebook’s Pin Loom Weaving Support group. Background in some moss, and a few pebbles, in my backyard.