Return of the gourd

Ah, the return f the gourd, after a few years away this design has been in my head rattling around in my brain and finally manifested...long pine needles, waxed linen coiled onto a gourd which has been cut cleaned sanded, stained and drilled before starting the weaving..it was a bt of a slog gathering all the tools and putting it all to use again, but the hands have a cellular memory that just begins weaving like younever stopped...a little rusty but totally doable.  HAve finished twelve throws from mushroom dyed wool and mohair blends and this is a big switch from the soft comfort of wool to the prickly hard pine needles and gourds. But spring is here, and this makes it easy to prep the gourds outside, thus avoiding all the dust in the house, I plan to continue doing gourds until that creative highway moves me in a different road...for now  I am thrilled to be working with them again...