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At the Kenan show I sold 2 shawls and donated a 3rd as a door prize. I only had one shawl left, so making some more was a big priority before the Roycroft. As soon as I got home I ordered some lovely undyed silk, but it hasn’t arrived yet, and won’t get here in time [...] This past weekend was the annual Allegany Artisans studio tour. The 22nd year for the Artisans, it was my first time with this group. I took off the week before to prepare. Ok, mostly to clean my house. A task I despise, I always put it off as long as possible. [...]
Completed handwoven baby blanket It was the first time I’d warped my loom for two baby blankets, and I was a bit anxious about how well it would work. Things went fine for the first half of the first blanket. Then an entire section of the warp threads started getting far too loose. [...]
Cotton flannel on warping board From cone to warping board, I got the 360 threads measured for my cotton flannel handwoven baby blanket. Next steps: tie the warp onto the back beam, thread the heddles, and thread the reed. (With 360 threads, this is a time consuming process, but if you don’t enjoy each step in [...] Wordplay is fun. The title might make someone (from another planet) think that this post was about babies learning to weave. In fact, it’s about weaving things for babies to use, specifically handwoven baby blankets. When I first got my lovely floor loom a few years ago, I was a weaving newbie, or baby, if [...] |
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