{"id":8803,"date":"2018-03-10T16:54:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T21:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=8803"},"modified":"2018-03-10T16:54:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T21:54:46","slug":"finishing-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2018\/03\/finishing-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Finishing February"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yep. Today is March 10 and I’m just getting around to the post for the 3 shawls I mentioned in my last post that just needed wet finishing. I am definitely compulsive enough that I made it a point to finish them on February 28 so I could count them for last month’s tally. <\/p>\n

I really do like weaving lace. A lot. Since I haven’t woven lace in a while I was eager to get back to it. <\/p>\n

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

I’m very happy with the lace design. Not only do I find it visually pleasing, it’s one of the first (maybe the very first) time that I was able to look at a photo of a fabric I saw online and turn it into a weaving draft! This is a skill I’ve wanted to learn for a few years, so I was thrilled that I made it work this time. It only took several hours. \ud83d\ude42 I spent hours with Fiberworks one evening, not getting anywhere, and around 11PM decided I had to go to bed as I needed to get up early the next morning. Of course, simply getting myself horizontal had no impact on shutting off the brain. All of a sudden the lightbulb went off! I got a brainstorm, got out of bed, spent about 15 minutes at the computer and voila – there it was! I could then fall asleep.<\/p>\n

I warped for 2 regular shawls and a mobius with a natural 5\/2 pearl cotton from my stash.<\/p>\n

I’m a person who almost always prefers lace with the same or very similar color in both warp and weft. So the all-cream piece is my favorite. But I didn’t have enough of the cream yarn for another, so had to choose among my limited range of other 5\/2 cottons. Using up more stash – yeah!<\/p>\n

The other flat shawl uses a red earth colored weft. Here you can see both sides of the lace.<\/p>\n

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

For the last piece, the mobius, I used a spring green.<\/p>\n

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

In addition to working on that Happy warp I showed you last time, I started March by doing a little sewing. Cindie over at Eweniquely Ewe<\/a> made some, and put a link to a YouTube video with the instructions. I’m happy to share it here, too.<\/p>\n