Overshot floor rugs

Two finished rugs in the retirement house. 

 I took the weaving class to bring my weaving skills up to what was needed to finish project I started last year. It was a good thing it got put on hold when my meniscus began to act up and healing was required. I had no clue what I did not know.  The meniscus healed as much as it will heal and slowly I am able to weave.  I am up to 45 minute sessions at the loom.  

There was a rug begun using 2" wide strips of polyester knit started on the loom.  Too bouncy.  Too thick.  Too loose for long term wear.  That was finished off and sent to the garage for use.

The remaining 10 yards of Eisemann fabric was cut to 1" strips.  It was enough for 2 rugs.   Big enough to cover the hall.  Small enough to fit in the washer and clean on delicate. 

Of surprise is how heavy the rugs are and how drapey.  It must be the knit fabric used.  Most rag rugs are made from woven bottom weight cottons.  Naturally stiff.

Now comes the fun part.  Warped for Good posted a technique using overshot as a base for tapestry.  There is enough carpet warp on the loom for one or two more rugs.  Why not try this out in the same primitive currant pattern  painted on the floor cloth?  

The finished rugs on the loom had a lot of loft, so I decided to cut them from the loom and re tie the warp to the front.  I've done this many times before.

I was going to the retirement house in two days and wanted to take the finished rugs with me.  That included washing the rugs to see how they fulled out once the tension and sizing was gone.  It was hot and sticky and late.  What could possibly go wrong?  

On this heavy project a stick was brought out to start out the cut edge to add stability as I rolled on the rest of the finished rugs.  That is the plan....  Instead what happened is the stick was put on the conveniently located top edge of the beater bar while I started tugging the finished rugs from the roll bar in the front.  The bar jiggled and the stick fell between the beater bar and the heddles taking most of the warp in the reed with it.  The result is what the photo to the right, below shows.  

I warp front to back beginning with the reed off the loom.  It is put in the loom after it is sleighed.  Not possible now.  Now the front bar will need to be removed.  A short stool will be found and I will have to become one with the loom to re-sleigh the warp back through the reed.  Yeah, the goal in my life is to sit with my left arm draped over the beater bar fishing the next warp from the heddles while pulling it through with the hook in my right hand, a couple hundred times.

My Summer is full and I had hoped to sneak in a half hour here or there to try the tapestry technique.  It looks like that will be put off for cooler weather.    

True Green

Note: I tried posting the verbage below on the True Green website.  It would not take the message.  I'm at a loss of what to do.  Here is a company using chemicals in my yard without my knowledge before hand.  Never had my permission.  Would not have had my permission.  And dead air for a response.

To Quality Department:

June 1, 2019 a True Green yard tag was left in  my yard along Cleveland Avenue.  I contacted the local supplier and explained I was not a customer and was growing product for the local farmers market.  I needed to be reassured the tag was an anomaly placed by some hooligan. 

June  12, 2019 a service receipt was tucked into my porch door and there were lawn tags on both the 109th and Cleveland Avenue sides of the property.  I called the number on the receipt requesting a manager be sent out to my property  to discuss what happened.  No response so far.

In 3 weeks the plan was to take a remarkably productive crop of currants and black raspberries to the farmers market.  To people who ask if I spray or am organic.  Do you see where I am going?  Your company's lack of quality control may have ruined my market season for 2019.

What are you going to do to correct this irresponsible situation created by your company?

Pear dwarf trees

6/23/19 post update
What I did:
A- I sent out emails to friends who's perspective I respected.
B- Emails were sent to BBB and the Wisconsin department of Agriculture.
C- Conversations and on site inspections ensued.
D- I kept an eye on my yard and quickly realized either the remarkable permaculture  of the soil and/or the full day soaky rain that followed the treatment nullified or washed away the herbicide.

There is a small bed of irises that is not doing well near the lot line in the front yard.  It looks like a big dog rolled on top of it.  No curled up leaves.  

I've not seen anything that I have not seen before on my currant bushes growing near the treatment area.  All my weeds are still looking forward to their next mowing.

E- When asked what I wanted, I pulled from my pre-retirement experience in aerospace quality standards.  Specifically the 8D process of non-conformance discovery.
1- form a committee to investigate
2- describe the non conformance
3- what caused the non conformance?
4- how to correct the problem?
5- was the correction implemented?
6- did the corrective action work?
7- prove it
8- thank everyone for participating

F- Told my neighbor my lawn was being treated instead of her's.  This information had not been shared with her by TruGreen.  Angry does not come close to describing her response.  They must have come to some agreement because there were lawn treatment tags on her lawn today. 
G: Early on Friday morning (June 21, 2019) I noticed the TruGreen truck idling by the 109th street side of my yard.  It returned within 5 minutes.  Stopped on the South side of the lot.  The driver seemed confused and was looking down and stroking his chin.  He continued idling by before I could speak with him.

I did call the global TruGreen number.  Later when I got to my desk top and notes, I left a phone message for the TruGreen field supervisor and an email for the Wisconsin department of Agriculture.  The message was: the TruGreen lawn guy was lost. 

TruGreen called later Friday and let me know the office was able to direct the driver to where he needed to go.  Also, TruGreen offered me a financial gesture to cover the cost of my crop of berries they sprayed near.  They also anticipate providing me with proof of changes to their address identification process at a later date.

I did explain the berries would go to market with a sign calling out the treatment of my lawn.  This will allow my customers to make an informed decision on a berry purchase.  TruGreen understood this.  My plan is to apply this gesture as a reduction in the price I charge this year and next year, my final year selling from the property.

In the middle of my challenge with Trugreen was not a need to cripple.  It was to make enough noise to require them to fix an internal problem so they stopped treating lawns accidentally.  If their lawn tech has problems with locating addresses, then they must set up a system that helps him. 

The photo above was taken today.  Note the healthy clover and dandelions growing beneath the red lake currant bush?

The plastic tarp over the pink champagne currant bush is to protect it from the dirty robins that have started sitting on the power line above.  I should probably camp out on the upstairs porch for a day or two and knock them off with a garden hose spray.

  

This is the another side of the same bush.  The yellowed leaves are from a fungus that shows up in wet years.  The aphids I witnessed a month ago seem to have been eradicated by some beneficial insect in the yard. 

Note the first blush of red in the berries.  Whooooray!!