This is my latest rug right off the loom. I'll need to take a picture outside, because this doesn't show it to it best. I liked the way the shading turned out around the center tapestry. I have some yarn in brown tones and want to do a rug with that, but first it is time to rewarp the loom. I don't like warping the loom, and consider it a necessary evil, something that has to be done properly, and so I always enter into the process with a little trepidation.

The weather here is still very hot and humid and it's hard to be motivated to work. I hope to someday live in a cooler climate with a true change of seasons and cold enough to wear sweaters,scarves etc. It would also be nice to live where in addition to the humidity there is also rain. Arizona teases you with the possibility of rain - off in the distance - and you pray that it makes it close enough for it to rain right where you stand. So, even though the county where I live has had flash flood warnings and watches for most of the month, it really hasn't rained much where I live. I can't imagine living where you grow to hate the rain, although I did go to college in western Oregon many years ago and actually did get quite depressed from the continuous cloud cover, rain and wind.

So now as soon as I get motivated, I'm going to starting winding a long warp for the rug loom.