Another Two Treadle Floor Tape Loom

It seems I've been working on this for 6 months.  I had hoped to be done way before now but they are time consuming and because I'm busy filling orders everyday I just don't get a chance to work on these.  This one is near done...  I have final sanding and fitting to do as well as a finish and gluing up the warp and take up rods.  The heddles will be made from Padauk to match the treadles and the ratchet, pawls and tenon peg.  This one is made from hard maple.
I acquired some nice oak legs that I will be re-purposing for one in oak.  It is so hot here that I can't work long in the garage, it's a scorcher this summer.  But since my shop is closed till the 20th of August because of the heat I'm working in the mornings to try and make a few things I've been wanting to have in my shop so stay tuned for new items...  This one is spoken for many times so I really need to get the other one made.  It will just have to be first come basis.  I think I'll do a FB Handywoman page post when it's ready to purchase so that people who follow me on FB will see it's ready to purchase :).
So here she is so far.

Glue up day.

Janka Values

Carved Celtic Backstrap Heddles

I finally took the time to make these.  I've been wanting a small carved heddle for my line of weaving tools but just didn't have time to design or make them but I finally did!  I've designed a couple more carvings for these but for now I have the Celtic design complete.  I laser etched the pattern holes so they would be super smooth.
Well here is my first set completed. 

My Everything Stick

Handywoman has a new shuttle.  When I'm weaving in my lazy chair with my loom in my lap I don't have a lot of room around me or table space for all the tools I might need....so.... 
I decided to try and combine some of them so I'd only need this tool and maybe one other small shuttle....  The new My Everything stick comes in two sizes...a large that is a little over 23" long and one that is 14.75" long.  It is a shuttle, a pickup stick and a warp comb all in one and comes in two version.  A boat shuttle version and a rug shuttle version.  The boat shuttle version uses smoothie straws or you can order my large paper quills.  So here she is...the best tool I've come up with in a long time, the My Everything Stick!

Penne with Shrimp and Morel Mushrooms

Adapted from Bon Appetit

 Ingredients
4 1/2-ounce packages dried morel mushrooms
2 1/2 cups very hot water
1/2 cup olive oil, divided
2 pounds uncooked large shrimp, shelled, deveined
2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary, divided
1 1/2 pounds crimini (baby bella) mushrooms, thickly sliced
5 garlic cloves, peeled, pressed into small bowl
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 1/4 cups heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup mascarpone
1/2 cup prosciutto
1 1/2 pounds penne
1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/4 tsp pepper flakes
fresh grated Parmesan
Preparation
Place dried morels in medium bowl; add 2 1/2 cups hot water. Soak until tender, about 35 minutes. Lift out morels, squeezing liquid back into bowl; reserve liquid. Cut any large morels in half.
Heat 1/4 cup oil in large skillet over high heat. Add shrimp; sprinkle with salt, pepper, and 1 tablespoon rosemary. Sauté until just opaque in center, about 3 minutes. Transfer shrimp to bowl. Add 1/4 cup oil to same skillet; reduce heat to medium-high. Add morels, crimini mushrooms, garlic, pepper flakes and 1 tablespoon rosemary. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Sauté until mushrooms are browned, about 8 minutes. Add wine. Cook 1 minute, scraping up browned bits. Add cream, mascarpone and 1 cup mushroom soaking liquid, leaving any sediment in bowl. Boil until sauce thickens enough to coat spoon, about 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to bite. Drain and return to same pot.
Add mushroom sauce, parsley, and shrimp to pasta in pot. Toss over medium-high heat until warmed through, adding more mushroom soaking liquid (leaving sediment in bowl) if pasta is dry. Season with salt, pepper and Parmesan.  Sever hot with garlic bread

Finally a Box Loom for a Texas girl!

 You'd think I'd have made a Texas themed weaving tool by now....  well better late than never.  This is a complete Handywoman Box Loom set and includes all 10 heddles!!!! oh did I mention a bag.  There is one more thing...but that is a secret and the weaver who gets this one will get a little surprise :).

7" Sampler Rigid Heddle Loom Set.

I have had so much fun testing this one.  I made one of these a couple weeks ago for a weaver friend and ended up making one to test and well...I've been testing for a few weeks now :).
I had to take a few days off waiting on a part for one of my monsters so I made another set much like the set for my friend...  and it's just as cute I think.  I'm keeping my prototype (I do normally sell those) because it fits in my lap so nicely and I can weave while watching TV and to top that off it warps up in a matter of minutes so for me (who has so little time) that is a BIG plus!  Here she is...a complete set.  This one will not last long but I do hope to find time to make more.

Next to the prototype.

And this one is my friends, with her favorite design engraved on the side.

Handywoman in Handwoven Magazine!

It is so exciting, Interweave featured my rigid heddle loom shuttles in the "Goods" section of the May/June 2018 Handwoven magazine!!!  I may pass  out so I hope the floor is soft!  My favorite magazine too!  YIKES

New Handywoman Shuttle, End of Warp Shuttle

So if you are like me, and I think most of us crafty people are.  You hate to was an inch of yarn..  Yeah it is undeniably impossible not to waste some but why not find ways to waste less?  So to introduce you to my newest addition the my standard floor loom shuttles (although this could be used with a rigid heddle loom too. )  My Pencil shuttle or end of warp shuttle.  These are from exotics and the Snakewood one sold right away even though it was a pricey little shuttle.  Snakewood is extremely expensive to purchase but I just had to do it at least once.  I was I must admit scared to death to mess up this extravagant wood purchase but all went well and she was a beaut!

So what you see here...from left to right.  Olivewood, Bocote,  Bolivian Rose, Snakewood and Purpleheart.