Unlike most weavers that I know, I am happy to do custom weaving for people. Last year I made a very bulky organic cotton scarf for a woman with multiple chemical sensitivities. This year she wanted to order a few more scarves, but in a lighter weight for when it’s cold, but not [...]
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While I was at the Letchworth show, as usual I was weaving on my rigid heddle loom. This time I chose two shades of blue. And since it’s a three-day show, I warped the loom for two scarves, figuring I’d have enough time to weave both while I was there. I planned on [...] Being an early riser, I have a few minutes before I have to leave for the show this morning, so will sneak this post in. I knew I only had two handwoven silk scarves left after Elmwood, so wanted to give my customers at least one more option. I had enough dusty rose silk left to [...] I had to pick up and pack the rental van this morning to head to the next show, and I didn’t stop weaving till 8:00PM last night. After that I pressed all the scarves I’ve woven in the last two weeks, measured a mohair warp for my rigid heddle, and wound that warp on the back [...] As planned, I’ve been weaving just as fast as I can. I’ve made 13 scarves in the last six days. Everything’s been wet finished, but nothing’s been pressed yet. The first thing I did was tie the fringe and wet finish the log cabin scarf I wove on the rigid heddle loom at my last [...] |
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