Warping Outside

The yarn for the next batch of four custom handwoven baby wraps finally arrived. After getting a bunch of errands and other tasks done this morning, I finally got back to babies this afternoon.

It was the first time I’ve been able to work outside in a L…O…N…G time. I moved my warping mill out on to the porch and got started measuring the warp for KC & CW’s baby wraps. Let’s start with the inspiration for this wrap.

This sand painting is particularly important to KC, and she wanted her custom wrap to reflect its beauty. Although her warp only has 3 colors in it, they switch places often, just like the sand painting, with a gradation every time.

Here’s the first bout – lilac to turquoise.

The second bout — maybe because it’s summer and I was working outside — reminds me of watermelon. Actually, it only does that in the photo – not in real life.

It’s turquoise to fuchsia to lilac.

Tomorrow I’ll wind the other two bouts, and maybe even get the warp beamed. We’ll see how it goes, ‘cuz my son and his friend will be here for a while.