Before we get to the weaving update, isn’t this a cool picture?
I like the way you can see the jacks on my loom through the yarn. I’m sure if I’d been trying to achieve this effect I never could have done it.
I had a bunch of errands to run this morning, so I didn’t get in as much weaving time as I would have liked. Still, I know that my moms love to see the progress on their wraps, so I’m happy to report that I did get about 75 inches of JM’s wrap woven.
From the left, her warp colors are chocolate brown, burnt orange, rust, denim, and khaki, with a really soft chambray weft. These earthy colors all look wonderful together, while the 3 center colors are enough to make me swoon.
I have the Roycroft Winter show this weekend and have some things I have to do to prepare, so I’m not sure how far I’ll get on this warp over the next few days.
You are right – that first picture is waaaay cool.
I had occasion to run across one of the nurses who calls on patients here. We usually talk about knitting and weaving (you can guess which of us is which), and she just got a new loom she drove to Vermont to pick up. She was so excited! The words she used brought me to the ones I’ve heard you use so often. You would have loved it!
I wonder if the nurse has joined the Rochester Weaver’s Guild, Alma. If so, I might meet her when I’m able to move up there. Could she have bought a brand new loom?! I have no idea what that would be like, being a second-hander myself.
The tiny heart pattern makes me smile-loving watching you as your projects proceed from the design phase to the warp board to the loom; thank you for the clear and crisp photos depicting the entire process over the course of the last several months. You’ve taught me so much; much obliged.
Thanks, Lynda. Your comments are always so kind. I’ve been inspired by the generosity of other weavers and learned so much from them!