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Gavin’s Blanket is Done

Gavin’s completed blanket

I finished little Gavin’s custom handwoven security blanket. It’s winging its way to him as we speak. Based on the photo, momma Caitlin thinks it’s just what she wants – handwoven in fine-gauge white cotton with blue windowpane, finished with pale yellow blanket binding on all four sides. She’s going to […]

Woven Lace on a Counterbalance Loom

I really enjoy learning. New techniques, new processes, new ideas – I find them all exciting. I also like to push the envelope – to make the limited tools and skills I have do something that is supposedly beyond their capacity. I think that’s the teenager in me: tell me that I can’t do something, […]

July Contest

Although it’s not quite July yet, I’m announcing and starting the July contest.

Leave a comment of suggestions for Caitlin about transitioning Gavin to the new security blanket, and you’ll be entered into the contest. Each suggestion will get you one entry, so leave as many as you’d like. In order to be as timely […]

Gavin’s Security Blanket, part 2

I’m making real progress on weaving Gavin a new security blanket. On Friday I measured the warp

Gavin's security blanket on the warping board

and tied the 390 threads onto the back beam.

Security blanket on the back beam

On Saturday I threaded all 390 heddles.

The heddles are threaded

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Gavin’s Security Blanket

I just got an order for a custom-made handwoven blanket. Gavin fell in love with a blanket that was his mom’s when she was just a baby. According to Caitlin (mom), the blanket was in perfect condition when she passed it on to her new baby.

Gavin's well-loved blanket

Gavin has loved it well. […]