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8 Shaft Silk
Although I don’t weave them all that often for my scarves & shawls, I do love a complex twill weaving pattern. I modified the gebrochene pattern I wove last year. Except last year I wove it in 20/2...
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Making a New One
A new mistake, that is. While I’m pretty good at not repeating my mistakes, I seem to be excellent at finding new ones to make. I wound the two remaining bouts for KC & CW’s baby wraps, spread it...
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Remembering 13
When I was in 7th grade or thereabouts, I used cartridge pens, as did most (all?) of my classmates. The one I liked the best looked like the picture – transparent blue so I could see the ink level. I...
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Half Fast
Here’s where I made the transition from FB’s creme cotton weft to TP’s black cottolin. As I knew it would be, the difference is remarkable. Which do I prefer? I can’t tell till they’re off the loom...
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New Year Looms, 2015
Every year Meg suggests that weavers post photos of their looms as they sit on New Year’s Day. I’ve played this little game for a few years now. Unlike Meg, who took some really cool, artsy-type shots...
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Temporary fix
How beautiful is that warp?! My brain can’t stop thinking about what I’ll use for weft and what I’ll make out of the fabric that I weave. But first I have to weave the 2 wraps for KG. I got the warp...
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New aprons
An apron isn’t just something you wear when you cook. In the weaving world, an apron is a piece of sturdy cloth that’s important to the functioning of your loom. A month ago I showed you the worn out,...
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Works for me
Work progresses. The photo shows me beaming the warp for CT & TS. From left to right in the photo the colors are royal, bleu, peacock, emeraude, lavande, magenta, and mauve pale. The blends going...
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More tools
I admit it. I don’t usually use a temple. (It’s a tool designed to pull the selvedges [sides] of the weaving out toward the sides of the loom.) I know plenty of weavers use them every single time. Me?...
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Spring Studio
I’ve been busy making my studio look like springtime, thanks to LV & AT. As planned, on Thursday I started winding the warp for their custom baby wraps. The colors, going from rose pale to jaune...
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What the heck???
Yesterday I took Jack out for his regular afternoon walk. It’s been very cold, so he usually chooses to walk only as long as absolutely necessary to accomplish his mission. The afternoon walk was once...
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Holding pattern
Life is funny. Things unfold as they are supposed to, if only you can relax and let it be. Being rather obsessive-compulsive, I have to remind myself of that – less now than when I was younger, but...
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Lots of learning going on
Warning – long post. Read at your own risk. Apparently lot has happened in the last week. As soon as I got that black & white shawl warp on the Macomber and saw that there was a loom problem, I...
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This & that
I have been doing a variety of things lately. Some fiber-related, some not. Let’s start with the not. A woman who lives a few blocks away has 2 pear trees in her backyard. This was a great year for the...
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