Day: May 30, 2022

Speedweve Darning Loom Holder Finished

When I bought my little loom, it came in a plastic bag I had to cut open to get to the loom and accoutrements.

This means that all the things fall out of the bag all the time.

I did some measuring and sketching.

And then I made my own pattern.

Et voila! The holder is finished. It has a handle and an off-center example of what the darning loom can make.

Inside we have a few things to hold things in place.

One pocket for each part of the loom and a center pocket to hold the long needles, the bands, and that thing I don’t know what to do with. I also sewed a piece of felt onto one pocket to hold some of the shorter needles.

Everything comes together nicely.

I’m quite pleased with how this turned out. Now I need to make one for my bigger loom. To do next time: carefully center the front image and watch a tutorial for best practices in attaching snaps.

Whew! Barely Finished This Challenge!

As I had pledged to increase my yoga time in May, I signed up for the four-hour challenge, thinking it would be easily finished, probably in the first 10 days of the month. However, my pledge was mostly forgotten and I only remembered the challenge in the last 10 days of the month.

The four hours were broken into many sessions. It turns out that I lost all my yoga duration during the pandemic. But I finished all four hours and met the challenge!

Two More Houses On the Chopping Block

I’ve written about 1233 N. Watts before. I suspected its time was drawing neigh and I was correct. Goodbye pretty little 784 square foot 1951 house. You had a good run. I don’t see anything on NextPortland, so I suspect we will get a few large houses where this one was. Farewell to my awesome garden I planned for the side yard.

This is 1225 N. Winchell. It was last sold in August 2021 for $305,000, but the Portland Maps account has a flag on it saying it’s got a pending change, so it has probably been sold again. It’s currently owned by an investment firm in Vancouver, Washington. The sign on the right is saying that it is being deconstructed, so there’s that. No information on NextPortland, so this will probably turn into either one very big house, or a few smaller ones. This house was built in 1922 and is 705 square feet Looking at the photos on this website, it looks like it needed a lot of TLC. It has a big (and surprisingly sunny) backyard.