Loom pic and moving stuff

[helwen]

fitzw took pics and I've put one up



We unwound it briefly today to see how much I'd done -- 2 yards. I might have done more if (a) I hadn't had to undo a few rows occasionally, and (b) hadn't run out of blue. But seeing as I still have a couple more yards of warp on there, I'll look for some more material to weave onto the rest of it. It's pretty even width except where I was a little distracted talking to people at the demo, so it's about an 1/8" narrower in that part. Not too bad for not having woven in over 20 years, eh?

I don't know if I would have tackled twill if I hadn't tried out the looms at Old Deerfield during the Franklin County Fiber Twist -- they had some looms set up to do some different even weave patterns and I ended up playing on them a little.... so I could fix the width and tension on them, you understand... anyway, turns out twill isn't so bad to do.

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Warning to folks coming over to our house tomorrow... we're moving things again :) Making more/different space in one of the craft rooms, tv's gone downstairs, as well as the futon sofa, and more!

Comments

[peregrinning.livejournal.com]

Oooo! That's lovely! I like the color change at the edges.

[helwen.livejournal.com]

*blush* Thanks :) I'm really looking forward to doing more weaving this year. The small floor loom is going to be set up for a more subtle grey/white twill, but I'll be doing a lozenge pattern on it, so should still be pretty interesting. I'm also hoping to do a huck pattern on the table loom later this year, using some organic cotton I bought last year -- it comes in different colors, but isn't dyed -- it _grows_ like that.

Oh, and Magnus will be learning to weave on the table loom as well. We have a project to work on together (long-term, not due until Summer 2008), so I really needed to get up to speed on weaving before having him start on the loom :D

[calygrey.livejournal.com]

What a beautiful color!

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I wanted to do something that would really stand out at the demo. I think you'd have a hard time losing this one in the snow, too :)

[islenskr.livejournal.com]

There were looms that a person could try out at the Fiber Twist? How could I have missed this?? Argh!

Beautiful blue stuff there!!

[helwen.livejournal.com]

They were at Old Deerfield -- I'd seen at the Fiber Twist site that they were offering hands-on stuff, so we went for it. Not the easiest building to find, as it was behind one of the tavern buildings, but yes, a room full of looms. Including a barn loom that fitzw tweaked to work better and advised them on what else they should do to improve its performance and longevity.

You'll just have to come to my place sometime :)

[islenskr.livejournal.com]

*squee*!

Next year I'll look for the Room of Looms!

Yes, we said we'd get together to spin, etc. I'll email you with my schedule.