I put some number of kitchen towels (I actually can\’t remember how many) on the loom way back in December. My plan was to weave them rally quick and have a few little gifts for Christmas. LOL! It is now March. I can see the end of the tunnel but they still are on the […]
Kitchen Towels – Always learning Read More »
The two looms I own are the Schacht Baby Wolf and Schacht Mighty Wolf. The towels I\’m currently weaving at a pace as slow as a snail are on the Baby Wolf which is a 24\” wide, 8 shaft loom. I only have 4 of the shafts threaded for this twill. I\’m on the 5th
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When I was winding the warp for the towels I\’m weaving I ran out and had to put a brown stripe. They were originally just going to be white. I was sure I had more white cotton somewhere and I couldn\’t find it anywhere. Really. I looked everywhere. Almost. The other day I was in
And I\’m unprepared. I knew what I wanted to write about today and I sat down to write all about it but here\’s the problem. I don\’t have a photo to illustrate what I was going to talk about. Seriously. I went through 6 years of photos. Nothing. Then I thought, if I had been
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I just have a tiny bit to say about this today because I think it is a huge topic. But I\’m going to specifically talk about the sett for the scarf Spin and Weave Along that is going to begin on January 1. For the clothing fabrics I have been weaving I am purposely setting
Thinking About Sett Read More »
Way back on November 1 I posted about wanting a tape loom. I had seen my first in person tape loom in July at MAFA. That\’s also where I bought my first book about tape loom weaving right from the author who was there. In July I began shopping and researching and looking for a
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For the Spin and Weave Along that\’s coming up I\’ve been doing plain weave for my samples which isn\’t anything new. For the 3 skirts I made I used plain weave and for the dress I used plain weave. I like it. It\’s utilitarian and doesn\’t take any thought at all during weaving. This dress
