Weaving

[gallery link="file"] I got the Guild (friends named Guild) throw off the loom last night - merino wool/silk drape-y and warm. And today I attended Guild for our draft exchange (sorry about the lame segue.) Sadly, my photos are incomplete (

[gallery link="file" order="DESC" columns="2" orderby="title"] I spent the day inside the loom but did get the Guild blanket threaded and beamed. Even though I am traditionally a back-to-front warper I began warping my AVL from front to back in order to

The last wizard just departed and some of us are very tired (see above). I have started pre-sleying the reed for the Guild blanket and hope to do some threading tonight. While winding the remainder of the warp I couldn’t

[gallery link="file" order="DESC" orderby="title"] Okay, it’s not a blog about a magical weaving technique, (Sorry - I’m pretty short on those). It is about a few hours of weaving before the wild wizardry began (and continues . . ) I finished Alpaca

[gallery link="file" order="DESC" columns="2" orderby="title"] The third alpaca blanket is off the loom and in the tub at the moment. (sigh of relief). The above empty cones are from the alpaca boucle used for the blankets. 12 cones for 3 blankets

I asked my Mom if she would apply her considerable artistry to making a frame for Socks II. Although I never doubted she would come up with something that would make Socks II look better (particularly given the nature of

I was in class most of the day today frustratedly finishing my foul fiasco of a huck sampler (huffily hemming my horrible huck?). I am more miffed than usual about my seemingly pathological inability to do good work in class

[gallery link="file" order="DESC" orderby="title"] I have no weaving photos today because I was weaving the third Alpaca Boucle throw and feel that more photos are unnecessary - snore. I was thrilled to come into the studio this morning and observe this

[gallery link="file"] No weaving today. I got waylaid by the necessity for six wizard hats for my son’s 10th birthday party. (A party that I was told of after it had been announced by my son to his guest list -

[gallery link="file"] The above photos are a sampling of the samples produced by the hard-workin’ women of the 8-Shaft Overshot Study Group. Having worn myself out producing 7 samples (just star - no rose) of a fairly straight-forward blooming leaf treadling

[gallery link="file" order="DESC" columns="2" orderby="title"] Above are photos of the length of study samples for the 8-Shaft Overshot Study Group led by Anita Thompson. The threading and treadling are the same for all samples. but the tie-ups change, and there is

Above is the first sample of the traditional blooming leaf overshot pattern on 8 shafts using the following tie-up. I have completed 2.5 samples and need to complete at least three tomorrow - much slower going then I anticipated - but