After I finished making those 4 lovely heart patterned handwoven baby blankets, there was a still a bunch of warp left on the loom. I thought I had enough length to make two table runners, side by side. I didn’t want just plain hearts, so I varied the treadling a little and made hearts [...]
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I’ve finished weaving the baby blanket with the pink hearts… …and started an aqua one. Liz asked for the draft, which I’m happy to provide. I’m actually showing three similar but different tie up and treadling patterns, with the threading the same simple point twill for each. The first draft is how I designed it, requiring 12 treadles, [...] After weaving several scarves, I decided I wanted to add some more handwoven baby blankets to my stock. I only have a few, and I had to re-do the binding on two of those to make it right. In one of the weaving blogs I read, Unraveling, Meg showed the design of baby blanket [...] I’m sure you’re dying to see what I was working on so feverishly for Christmas gifts. There are many, so I’m going to do the reveal in a few posts that are logically (to me, anyway) grouped. The most exciting presents were made for Amanda & Ryan, who are expecting their first child next summer. [...] Carmi’s photographic challenge this week is parallel. Weaving is nothing if not full of parallel lines. It was impossible for me to limit myself to one photo, so here are several. I’d just finished winding these threads on the back beam of my counterbalance loom when I shot this. The colors of this to-be-woven [...] |
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