So…I had my weekend planned with the boys gone on a college tour to the Pacific Northwest for our son J. I was going to spend the weekend horseback riding with my daughter S and a girlfriend, weaving and working on the new knitted afghan for Uncle J in KC. Instead I spent all weekend trying to fix my free loom. After over 2 hours of tightening, repairing and re-warping I came to the realization that the brake wheel had been striped. The wood on the wheel had been warn down unevenly from the previous owner and never maintained and/or adjusted. So…no weaving and not much knitting either.
Having said this I have a wonderful husband that is truly one of those “handyman” types. He trucked down to the local hardware store and with about $20 he has rigged the brake. Yeah!!! I can now weave the scarf for my daughter for X-mas. The key here is to get everything finished by the 10th of December so that I can ship everything to KC. We decided to visit Uncle J for the holidays so everything has to be in KC by the 20th. I absolutely refuse to pay the airlines for the extra baggage.
Uncle J’s afghan
I am loving the yarn that I bought in two different locations: the solid color is a Prime Alpaca by The Heavenly Fiber that I purchase a few years ago at Knit-Purl in Portland,Oregon and the variegated Mochi Plus at Wildfiber in Santa Monica, Ca.
I actually have to get to work. So see you next time with a finished scarf and a longer afghan.
As you can see I have figured out how to upload the picture from my new camera it the blog. Cool! Here is the warp for S’s scarf I will be weaving this weekend. 
I love the afghan for Uncle J!
Thanks – I am having fun making it. Have a great day.