Weaving and Music
Feb. 2nd, 2007 02:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helwenWeaving:
Finished warping the table loom this morning, with help from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fitzw, of course. Since one of the warp threads broke sometime during our setup last night but it was going to take a little time to find it, I wove instead. I'd wanted some of the piece finished before the demo anyway, so people could easily see what I was doing. After a bit I found the leading edge of the break and tied a piece of yarn onto it. Got that through to the front of the loom, then drew the new piece forward and pinned it to the already woven stuff. Then wove several inches past that point, unpinned the ends and clipped them.
This was sort of compliments ofperegrinning, who I watched do a repair last spring at Hrim Schola. He usually has extra warp threads on either side on the warp beam and just moves one of those forward to become the new warp thread -- best thing to do when you weave as finely as he does. But my yarn is thick and nubbly, and so more forgiving of unevenness.
I eventually wove enough to uncover the other end of the broken warp thread, and tied the inserted piece onto that. When that comes forward enough I can deal with it then. Meantime, it doesn't look to bad.
So, now I need to get a weaving book out and bookmark some pages with pictures/depictions of in-period looms, since the table loom most decidedly is _not_ a period style. Oh, they had harnesses back then, but my beater bar is attached below instead of from above -- a design change from the 1800's. And of course the lifting system for the loom is different as well. But it's all wood and metal, no plastic parts, and is infinitely more portably than my floor loom, so it'll do.
Once I have my clothing and everything else I need for the demo ready, I'll take a look at the rigid heddle loom and see if I have time to warp it before we leave. It's very small, so I might be able to do it.
Oh, and of course I have some spinning with me, in case I run out of weaving to do. Could easily happen, since we're only there for 3-3-1/2 hours.
Music:
I listened to a couple of Heather Alexander CDs while weaving. Midsummer was good and most any mainstream SCAdian would probably enjoy it. We got it initially because of the March of Cambreadth, but I in particular liked Tomorrow I Leave for the Battle. It's a pretty good CD all around.
The other was Gaia Circles, by the Gaia Consort (Heather Alexander with others). Very different feel, definitely higher energy overall than Midsummer. Some jazz and country elements here and there, but mostly folk. A couple of the pieces are on the militant side (I'm a little old for that sort of militance - I don't really have a need to defend anything I do ro do not believe in, religious or otherwise), but not bad as long as you aren't a Fundamentalist or something. Certainly no worse than some of the militant Christian songs... I haven't had time to read all the lyrics, but at the moment I think my favorites from this one are Gathering and Move to the Country. The latter is pretty funny, sort of a pagan peak oil song, country-style. Pokes fun at the gov't and technology of course, but also at themselves.
Finished warping the table loom this morning, with help from
fitzw, of course. Since one of the warp threads broke sometime during our setup last night but it was going to take a little time to find it, I wove instead. I'd wanted some of the piece finished before the demo anyway, so people could easily see what I was doing. After a bit I found the leading edge of the break and tied a piece of yarn onto it. Got that through to the front of the loom, then drew the new piece forward and pinned it to the already woven stuff. Then wove several inches past that point, unpinned the ends and clipped them. This was sort of compliments of
peregrinning, who I watched do a repair last spring at Hrim Schola. He usually has extra warp threads on either side on the warp beam and just moves one of those forward to become the new warp thread -- best thing to do when you weave as finely as he does. But my yarn is thick and nubbly, and so more forgiving of unevenness.I eventually wove enough to uncover the other end of the broken warp thread, and tied the inserted piece onto that. When that comes forward enough I can deal with it then. Meantime, it doesn't look to bad.
So, now I need to get a weaving book out and bookmark some pages with pictures/depictions of in-period looms, since the table loom most decidedly is _not_ a period style. Oh, they had harnesses back then, but my beater bar is attached below instead of from above -- a design change from the 1800's. And of course the lifting system for the loom is different as well. But it's all wood and metal, no plastic parts, and is infinitely more portably than my floor loom, so it'll do.
Once I have my clothing and everything else I need for the demo ready, I'll take a look at the rigid heddle loom and see if I have time to warp it before we leave. It's very small, so I might be able to do it.
Oh, and of course I have some spinning with me, in case I run out of weaving to do. Could easily happen, since we're only there for 3-3-1/2 hours.
Music:
I listened to a couple of Heather Alexander CDs while weaving. Midsummer was good and most any mainstream SCAdian would probably enjoy it. We got it initially because of the March of Cambreadth, but I in particular liked Tomorrow I Leave for the Battle. It's a pretty good CD all around.
The other was Gaia Circles, by the Gaia Consort (Heather Alexander with others). Very different feel, definitely higher energy overall than Midsummer. Some jazz and country elements here and there, but mostly folk. A couple of the pieces are on the militant side (I'm a little old for that sort of militance - I don't really have a need to defend anything I do ro do not believe in, religious or otherwise), but not bad as long as you aren't a Fundamentalist or something. Certainly no worse than some of the militant Christian songs... I haven't had time to read all the lyrics, but at the moment I think my favorites from this one are Gathering and Move to the Country. The latter is pretty funny, sort of a pagan peak oil song, country-style. Pokes fun at the gov't and technology of course, but also at themselves.
