{"id":7622,"date":"2016-06-16T16:02:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T21:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=7622"},"modified":"2016-06-17T05:00:18","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T10:00:18","slug":"what-was-i-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2016\/06\/what-was-i-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"What was I thinking?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Weaving was progressing smoothly and rather rapidly. I finished 1\/3 of the warp on the first day, and on the next I was past 115&#8243;. All of a sudden, the light bulb went off in my head. I couldn&#8217;t make pants out of the fabric I was weaving! It was far too loose for this pants!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/weft-packing.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7623\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7623\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/weft-packing.jpg\" alt=\"weft packing on the loom\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/weft-packing.jpg 450w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/weft-packing-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/weft-packing-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/weft-packing-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So I started weaving anew, now packing it much more densely.\u00a0 You can see from the photo that after that decision I struggled to make the weave consistent&#8230;some areas are more closely woven than others.\u00a0 This got better as I went along, but was a challenge throughout.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that I can most likely use the more loosely-woven fabric to make a top.\u00a0 The pattern I bought for the pants also has a simple top pattern.<\/p>\n<p>The bad news is that I&#8217;ll have to wind another warp to make up the length I need. Sigh.\u00a0 The good news is that I have enough yarn to do so.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 0.85; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 148px; left: 84px;\">TSave<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 0.85; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 148px; left: 84px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weaving was progressing smoothly and rather rapidly. I finished 1\/3 of the warp on the first day, and on the next I was past 115&#8243;. All of a sudden, the light bulb went off in my head. I couldn&#8217;t make pants out of the fabric I was weaving! 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