Weaving A Gem Of A Life

Last night I finished weaving JJ’s wrap with the lilac weft.

I keep having ‘firsts’ with the baby wraps. This first is 3 wraps on one warp. Two of them, both for ML, are shorter than usual, with her second being especially short – she’s going to have it made into a ring sling. Since I haven’t done warps this long and the ring sling was the 3rd priority, I decided I’d weave the 2 long wraps first. That way, if I didn’t have quite enough warp for the ring sling (which might happen if I the calculations should have been different for take up or something with a warp this long), I’d at least get the two full-length wraps done.

You’re seeing the transition from JJ’s lilac weft to ML’s navy weft for the ring sling.

I’m back in Rochester all day — playing with my grandson and taking the 2nd half of that class at the weaving center — so no weaving on Tuesday.

I was gone all day Tuesday, playing with my grandson & daughter in the morning, taking a class at the Weaver’s Guild of Rochester in the afternoon, so no weaving progress that day.

While I was away my firewood guy was here, cutting & splitting the remaining wood to fill my basement. So on Wednesday morning instead of my morning walk I decided to deal with the firewood, especially since the forecast was for rain; I wanted to get that wood stacked in the basement before it got wet.

I ended up handling the equivalent of 4 cords of wood. I had to pick up each piece of the 2 cords that were there, toss it down the ramp into the basement, and then go into the basement and stack it. As the basement fills up the stacking has to happen more often. Toss down 200 pieces of firewood, go downstairs & stack. Repeat. And repeat. As a result, my elbow was good & sore. I believe I have bursitis in my right elbow, and all that wood handling stressed it.

So while I could thread the reed & tie the warp on to the front apron, I knew it would be a mistake to throw that shuttle on Wednesday other than for a header to make sure I had no threading errors.

Even today I couldn’t weave as much as I would have liked. I did manage to get about half of ML’s wrap woven by weaving for a short time then taking a long break. This is my hearts pattern with a pale mauve weft. The color in the photo is better than usual, but not totally accurate. Hopefully by tomorrow my elbow will be rested enough to get more done.