{"id":5650,"date":"2014-10-18T16:53:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-18T21:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=5650"},"modified":"2014-10-18T16:53:07","modified_gmt":"2014-10-18T21:53:07","slug":"baby-boy-blankets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2014\/10\/baby-boy-blankets\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Boy Blankets"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TBs<\/a><\/p>\n

Fighting a cold or some other bug, I’m working much more slowly than usual. Still, I got TB’s blanket beamed, threaded, and woven. I also did a ‘doh’ when I realized all I had to do to photograph the underside of a piece on the loom was to get a shot of the as it rolled on the cloth beam. Here you can see how differently the two sides of this 3-1 twill look. Just like your jeans, one side is much darker than the other. (The colors underneath are much truer.)
\n\"TB's<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve decided to weave a plaid blanket for my niece, who is having a boy, likely in the next 2-3 weeks. Shhhhh. Don’t tell her; it’s a surprise.<\/p>\n

\"plaid<\/a><\/p>\n

A bit ago I told you I’ve started using a live weight system<\/a> for my Macomber. I really do like it. A lot. But the roll of heavy paper I’ve used for packing (to separate the layers of yarn on the beam) was somewhat problemmatic, getting in the way, requiring me to go futz with it regularly. I decided I’d try some bamboo blinds for packing, which I know Laura Fry<\/a> & others use. I thought it would might work better.<\/p>\n

\"bamboo<\/a><\/p>\n

Packing dot yeah! I had to use my compound miter saw to cut off a few inches of width, but it’s soooooo much better. Why? Well, to start, it’s exactly the right width to work with the live weight system. My paper was only an inch or two wider, but that inch made a difference. More importantly, the bamboo sort of pools on the floor as it rolls off the beam, while the paper rolled into the back of the lamms & caused problems, or rolled under the weights and got all crinkly, or otherwise was not ideal.<\/p>\n

Even better, the blinds are 6′ long. My roll of paper, on the other hand, is probably at least 40 yards<\/em> long. (That’s just a guess, but I’ve packed 20 yards of warp with it and still had lots <\/em>left.) It’s true that I have to have several blinds to pack a baby wrap warp of 13-14 yards, but I only have to handle one at a time. It’s also infinitely easier to get a 6′ blind started straight than a 40 yard roll of paper. And if I do get a blind started a bit crooked, I can fix the problem in only 6 feet. It’s really hard to straighten out a huge roll of paper without causing other problems. <\/p>\n

I got a shipping notice for the backordered cotton, so as soon as I’m able to weave off this warp I can safely measure the warp for baby wraps for HR & YF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Fighting a cold or some other bug, I’m working much more slowly than usual. Still, I got TB’s blanket beamed, threaded, and woven. I also did a ‘doh’ when I realized all I had to do to photograph the underside of a piece on the loom was to get a shot of the as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[530,129,568],"class_list":["post-5650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weaving","tag-cotton","tag-custom-weaving","tag-handwoven-baby-wrap","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5650"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5657,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5650\/revisions\/5657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}