Ronda (no "h")
@vangrog.bsky.social
Baker, Bagmaker, Cat Picture Taker
Lover of books, movies, hobbies
Lover of books, movies, hobbies
October 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Get a new car with more bells and whistles, they said.
Car: your tire is low!! Your tire is low!!
.... did no one tell the car not to cry wolf?
Car: your tire is low!! Your tire is low!!
.... did no one tell the car not to cry wolf?
October 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Get a new car with more bells and whistles, they said.
Car: your tire is low!! Your tire is low!!
.... did no one tell the car not to cry wolf?
Car: your tire is low!! Your tire is low!!
.... did no one tell the car not to cry wolf?
October 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
She's evidently helping me attach my lease sticks.
Also, I find myself both excited and nervous about this next step, dressing the loom for the first time. We'll see if I got everything rebuilt properly!
#cats #weaving #multishaft
Also, I find myself both excited and nervous about this next step, dressing the loom for the first time. We'll see if I got everything rebuilt properly!
#cats #weaving #multishaft
October 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
She's evidently helping me attach my lease sticks.
Also, I find myself both excited and nervous about this next step, dressing the loom for the first time. We'll see if I got everything rebuilt properly!
#cats #weaving #multishaft
Also, I find myself both excited and nervous about this next step, dressing the loom for the first time. We'll see if I got everything rebuilt properly!
#cats #weaving #multishaft
I played with both a drop spindle and a wheel today.
There are some crafts you just get. There are some you don't get that aren't worth it to you. And then there are some you know will take work, and you're willing to do it.
Spinning feels like the third category.
#spinning #fiberfestival
There are some crafts you just get. There are some you don't get that aren't worth it to you. And then there are some you know will take work, and you're willing to do it.
Spinning feels like the third category.
#spinning #fiberfestival
October 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I played with both a drop spindle and a wheel today.
There are some crafts you just get. There are some you don't get that aren't worth it to you. And then there are some you know will take work, and you're willing to do it.
Spinning feels like the third category.
#spinning #fiberfestival
There are some crafts you just get. There are some you don't get that aren't worth it to you. And then there are some you know will take work, and you're willing to do it.
Spinning feels like the third category.
#spinning #fiberfestival
Local fiber festival this weekend, about 45 minutes from my house. They had a few classes starting yesterday...
Behold, my first attempt at needle felting! (I'm happy to report that I will NOT be hoarding supplies for this craft, even though fun.)
#fiberfestival #wool #needlefelting #gnomelife
Behold, my first attempt at needle felting! (I'm happy to report that I will NOT be hoarding supplies for this craft, even though fun.)
#fiberfestival #wool #needlefelting #gnomelife
October 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Local fiber festival this weekend, about 45 minutes from my house. They had a few classes starting yesterday...
Behold, my first attempt at needle felting! (I'm happy to report that I will NOT be hoarding supplies for this craft, even though fun.)
#fiberfestival #wool #needlefelting #gnomelife
Behold, my first attempt at needle felting! (I'm happy to report that I will NOT be hoarding supplies for this craft, even though fun.)
#fiberfestival #wool #needlefelting #gnomelife
This did not go how she expected...
(2 seconds later and it was all on the floor - the cat, the heddle, and the throw.)
#rigidheddle #cats
(2 seconds later and it was all on the floor - the cat, the heddle, and the throw.)
#rigidheddle #cats
October 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This did not go how she expected...
(2 seconds later and it was all on the floor - the cat, the heddle, and the throw.)
#rigidheddle #cats
(2 seconds later and it was all on the floor - the cat, the heddle, and the throw.)
#rigidheddle #cats
Surely there's a better way than this? Also, why do so many of my interests involve math??
Adding width and length to a pattern that is more than just repeating blocks with this one. My other project I'm adjusting from 30/2 to 8/2 (2/2/3 to 2/2/2 in the reed).
#weaving #mathincrafts
Adding width and length to a pattern that is more than just repeating blocks with this one. My other project I'm adjusting from 30/2 to 8/2 (2/2/3 to 2/2/2 in the reed).
#weaving #mathincrafts
September 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Surely there's a better way than this? Also, why do so many of my interests involve math??
Adding width and length to a pattern that is more than just repeating blocks with this one. My other project I'm adjusting from 30/2 to 8/2 (2/2/3 to 2/2/2 in the reed).
#weaving #mathincrafts
Adding width and length to a pattern that is more than just repeating blocks with this one. My other project I'm adjusting from 30/2 to 8/2 (2/2/3 to 2/2/2 in the reed).
#weaving #mathincrafts
This project was sidelined when the Great Restoration began. After receiving the incorrect width of steel cable for the third time, I went back to something I could control. This will come off the loom tonight.
Also, for a slap dash direct warping job, I'll take that!
#weaving #rigidheddle
Also, for a slap dash direct warping job, I'll take that!
#weaving #rigidheddle
September 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This project was sidelined when the Great Restoration began. After receiving the incorrect width of steel cable for the third time, I went back to something I could control. This will come off the loom tonight.
Also, for a slap dash direct warping job, I'll take that!
#weaving #rigidheddle
Also, for a slap dash direct warping job, I'll take that!
#weaving #rigidheddle
2 weeks later, and she's all back together! Cleaned, waxed, metal bits de-rusted and then sealed, new aprons, new brake, old cords replaced with texsolv. Building a raddle and installing the new brake tomorrow, and then I'll take her for a test drive.
#weaving #multishaft
#weaving #multishaft
September 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
2 weeks later, and she's all back together! Cleaned, waxed, metal bits de-rusted and then sealed, new aprons, new brake, old cords replaced with texsolv. Building a raddle and installing the new brake tomorrow, and then I'll take her for a test drive.
#weaving #multishaft
#weaving #multishaft
Does over vs. under matter for aprons, as long as it advances in the correct direction? I attached this one first and then realized they typically go under. I can't just flip it without drilling new holes on the beams ends.
#weaving #multishaft
#weaving #multishaft
September 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Does over vs. under matter for aprons, as long as it advances in the correct direction? I attached this one first and then realized they typically go under. I can't just flip it without drilling new holes on the beams ends.
#weaving #multishaft
#weaving #multishaft
Do I take the aprons off the beams and clean/feed them as well? Frame, treadles, lams, and horses done. Harnesses, back frame, and beater bar today.
Brake hub/cable conversion kit arrives tomorrow... so now is the time to decide. All goes well, and warping on Wednesday!
#weaving #mutlishaft
Brake hub/cable conversion kit arrives tomorrow... so now is the time to decide. All goes well, and warping on Wednesday!
#weaving #mutlishaft
September 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Do I take the aprons off the beams and clean/feed them as well? Frame, treadles, lams, and horses done. Harnesses, back frame, and beater bar today.
Brake hub/cable conversion kit arrives tomorrow... so now is the time to decide. All goes well, and warping on Wednesday!
#weaving #mutlishaft
Brake hub/cable conversion kit arrives tomorrow... so now is the time to decide. All goes well, and warping on Wednesday!
#weaving #mutlishaft
September 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
She was a dirty dirty girl. Frame was 1.5 t-shirts worth of dirty, and that was after a vacuum and swiffer dusting. I'm trying to decide if I sand off some paint transfer marks, or if I just consider them part of the loom's history. Also, the cats are much less interested now.
#multishaft #weaving
#multishaft #weaving
September 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
She was a dirty dirty girl. Frame was 1.5 t-shirts worth of dirty, and that was after a vacuum and swiffer dusting. I'm trying to decide if I sand off some paint transfer marks, or if I just consider them part of the loom's history. Also, the cats are much less interested now.
#multishaft #weaving
#multishaft #weaving
Amongst the box of shuttles that came with my new-to-me loom were these items. I'm 90% certain they are spinning related (as there was a small blending board brush), but I'm also 100% certain I'm missing something important. So - what am I missing?
#spinning #weaving #fiberarts
#spinning #weaving #fiberarts
September 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Amongst the box of shuttles that came with my new-to-me loom were these items. I'm 90% certain they are spinning related (as there was a small blending board brush), but I'm also 100% certain I'm missing something important. So - what am I missing?
#spinning #weaving #fiberarts
#spinning #weaving #fiberarts
She has arrived! She needs a good cleaning, a large amount of texsolv cord, one bolt, and .... a brake cable. Everything else appears to be here! For $450!
Oh. And to be moved down into my craft space, but the back beam has to come off for that to happen.
#multishaft #weaving
Oh. And to be moved down into my craft space, but the back beam has to come off for that to happen.
#multishaft #weaving
September 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
She has arrived! She needs a good cleaning, a large amount of texsolv cord, one bolt, and .... a brake cable. Everything else appears to be here! For $450!
Oh. And to be moved down into my craft space, but the back beam has to come off for that to happen.
#multishaft #weaving
Oh. And to be moved down into my craft space, but the back beam has to come off for that to happen.
#multishaft #weaving
She and I had a discussion on exactly who needed that chair the most. She won last night, but I won this morning.
#weaving #rigidheddle #cats
#weaving #rigidheddle #cats
August 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
She and I had a discussion on exactly who needed that chair the most. She won last night, but I won this morning.
#weaving #rigidheddle #cats
#weaving #rigidheddle #cats
After a poor choice of warping method, I'm finally ready for the peaceful part.
Also, warping mohair on a rigid heddle loom presented an interesting challenge. Now we'll see what it's like in the weft!
#weaving #rigidheddle
Also, warping mohair on a rigid heddle loom presented an interesting challenge. Now we'll see what it's like in the weft!
#weaving #rigidheddle
August 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
After a poor choice of warping method, I'm finally ready for the peaceful part.
Also, warping mohair on a rigid heddle loom presented an interesting challenge. Now we'll see what it's like in the weft!
#weaving #rigidheddle
Also, warping mohair on a rigid heddle loom presented an interesting challenge. Now we'll see what it's like in the weft!
#weaving #rigidheddle
This version of "there's a monster under the covers" is a lot more entertaining for me.
Also, very much not helpful when changing the sheets on the bed.
#cats
Also, very much not helpful when changing the sheets on the bed.
#cats
August 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This version of "there's a monster under the covers" is a lot more entertaining for me.
Also, very much not helpful when changing the sheets on the bed.
#cats
Also, very much not helpful when changing the sheets on the bed.
#cats
Almost halfway done with this warp, where there's a color change every slot/hole (slots 1 color, holes 3 different colors). Also, I've definitely decided I prefer indirect warping!
August 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Almost halfway done with this warp, where there's a color change every slot/hole (slots 1 color, holes 3 different colors). Also, I've definitely decided I prefer indirect warping!
This bold gentleman has spent each morning of the last week hanging out in my front flower bed. My girls are unamused. They do NOT want to be friends.
(I haven't told them I've spent the last year hanging out with him in my back yard where they couldn't see us.)
#cats
(I haven't told them I've spent the last year hanging out with him in my back yard where they couldn't see us.)
#cats
August 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This bold gentleman has spent each morning of the last week hanging out in my front flower bed. My girls are unamused. They do NOT want to be friends.
(I haven't told them I've spent the last year hanging out with him in my back yard where they couldn't see us.)
#cats
(I haven't told them I've spent the last year hanging out with him in my back yard where they couldn't see us.)
#cats
August 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM