I can not believe this!
Lacis the wonderful needle arts shop in California has reprinted the Lyra pattern!
You can find it at:
Lacis
type Lyra in the search field.
For $7!
They also have another booklet of 6 Niebling patterns but I can not see the cover.
Fun times to come!
Weaving Temples are used to decrease draw-in and to avoid broken selvedge threads. The ultimate goal is to obtain a woven fabric very close in width to the width set on the reed. There are commercially available ones made out of wood or metal. They come in different adjustable widths and can get pricy. I have a couple but of course not the exact size for my current project. As with many other things I use, this came from one of the weaving yahoo lists.
All you need is an alligator tarp clasp and a piece of cord to attach the clasp to the side of the loom. I use nylon cord. I advance the clasp as I advance the warp, every inch at the most.
This is an unexpensive tool that works wonders if you set the right width from the beginning. I do not undo the knots until I am done, just advance the clasp.
The result is even woven width with no broken selvedge threads. You could also screw an eye bolt to the side of the loom, I just don't like drilling holes in my tools so I go for the knot.
The clasps are available at the camping gear stores.
I have acquired this fiber and more from my friend Kristine from Angora Cottage and Kristine from Three Wishes. Some has been purchased some has been given to me. I already knit a shawl, wove a blanket, have yarn for another shawl and I still have all this left. It will be spun and woven into yardage, maybe I will try double weaving and make a ruana this time for sure.
Maybe I will weave it with the "Designed on the Reed" technique that I learned from Kate a couple of years ago.
I finished the shawl in October 2007 and finally blocked it May 2008. I like the waffles the stitch pattern made and did not want to block them out.
I did not apply too much tension when blocking barely enough to open the lace but not so that it would loose texture. The end result is almost what I wanted. 
Pattern by Anne Hanson
Yarn: My Handspun
Indigo Dyed Corridale. The roving was dyed at the Wasatch Woolpack Park City Retreat July, 2006
Aprox 1200 yds
Needles: US 6
I like the color variation, it blends in but does not strike or pool.
Pattern: Stork's Nest Scarf by Nancy Bush published in Piecework magazine Jan, 2008
Yarn: Cherry Hill Suri Alpaca
Thoughts: I loved the pattern, easy and quick knit. The yarn on the other hand pooled badly. If you look at it from a distance it seems badly stained with big pools of blue and pink. Yuck! I just don't like variegated yarns for knitting.
Here is the pattern detail, pretty little thingys blending into one another.
The "wheel" picture of the finished Forest Path Stole. Same yarn and color way as the scarf, different dye lot. I think that it did not pool on the stole due to the pattern.
I also finished the body of Medieval Tapestry sewed the armhole steeks and picked up one sleeve last night. The sleeves are knit from the top down. Looks like it is going to be a fast knit. I like it lots.
I knit the stole for a very dear friend of mine. It was a swap we agreed on. I had tried to knit it a while back when the original pattern was published in Interweave Knits magazine. It had mistakes, I did not like the yarn and ended up ripping it.
This time around the pattern worked out perfect. I did panic because I ran out of yarn way before I had finished the edges. Ended up having to rip the top triangles and two tiers. I was convinced it was going to be pillow case size. I should have known better, it is Suri Alpaca and we know alpaca grows forever, plus lace blocks beautifully. Those two combined and it came out to 70 x 26 inches. It is still wet and you might see the wet spots on the pictures. But I could not wait!
This is when I ran out of yarn. My feet for reference.
Specs:
Cherry Hills Suri alpaca 3 skeins. A tiny bit left over.
Pattern: Forest Path Stole from Best of Interweave Knits Book
Six stitch holders or as my friend calls them: hair rollers.
Two DPNs size 3 with Yorkie rubber bands on the tips to avoid loosing stitches
Started: February, 2008
Finished: April 2008
Including the ripping time. It took for ever to rip, the yarn is very fragile and hairy.
This is my story and I am sticking to it.
I went to Salt Lake City today and while down there I figured I would go to Three Wishes one of my favorite yarn shops. They have tons of cones yarn, for weaving and machine knitting. Among others there was a cone of cotton yarn that I spotted the very first time I went there two and a half years ago. I would always put it down and convince myself that I really did not need it. Today I was determined to get it if it was still there. While at it I saw other colors I liked and wanted and thought well with the price of gas I should just get them, that way I will have them at home and will not have to drive all the way down here every time I want to knit something on the machine. Some way some how I ended up bringing home 14.5 lbs of machine knitting yarn.
It's ok because I am saving gas..........knowing my husband I know he will agree.
I went to Herriman, Utah this morning. On the way I saw the Cooper Mountain saying: "take my picture". It is so amazing from down the bottom and even more when you actually go on top of it close to the mine.
and then this amazing flock of birds.
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