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A bit of ouchy

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 […]

Longer than usual

I’ve started working on the next warp for baby wraps. This warp, for ML & JJ, needs to be longer than usual. That means I have to go around my warping mill more times to get enough length. In order to do that, I have to wind fewer threads in each bout. So instead […]

Natural Light

I’ve known for a long time that natural light will give me better color in my photos than artificial light. Unfortunately I can’t make that happen at my loom.

Today I cut HR & YF’s wraps off the loom and did the machine hemming. I still have a bit of hand work to do before […]

What the Heck?

I feel like this photo shows the colors on this warp accurately.

So why, then, does this shot from the front show yellow & orange? Neither color is in the warp, and no Photoshop adjustments can make any noticeable improvement. Weird, huh?

Anyway, you can see the treadling difference here with the same […]

Back to Babies

After some delays, I’ve finally been able to get back to weaving my custom baby wraps. As always, I started by winding the bouts on my warping mill. HR, the warp designer, created a beautiful flow, using 10 colors — more than any of my moms to date. With gradients between each, there are only […]