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It’s been so long since I’ve woven lace, I’d forgotten just how much I like this weaving. Especially as scarves — they thread quickly, treadle easily, and the weaving just goes so fast! Plus I’m back on my sweet little counterbalance loom. I used a variegated cotton warp and solid-colored rayon wefts, 2 in […] You can see very clearly which option I chose. I’m confident it was the correct one. And since the warp is just cotton, the ‘waste’ of that yarn is very minimal. Far less than my time involved in doing what would have been necessary to make the warp 3″ wider than planned. And given […] When I wound that purple to gold rayon warp I had a vision in my mind of what it would look like woven. I was going to thread a straight twill and zip through it. Then baby wraps intervened, and by the time I could get back to the rayon I decided to modify the […] Sometimes decisions are taken out of our hands. It’s just the way life is. As planned, I finished weaving ML’s wrap today. Went to the shipment of Egyptian cotton I’d received for EL’s wrap and wound a bobbin. Then I started winding a second bobbin, when I finally paid attention to what my hands […] I gave each of the three red-gradient shawls their hard press today, knowing in advance that this would be where I would decide which was best for a hands-on jury. I think the gold silk weft is my favorite from a distance of 1-3′. Closer than that I think the beat looks a […] |
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