I enjoyed my 5th or 6th trip to The Original Re-enactors Market (TORM) in Coventry today! There are other markets that I prefer for fabric, but TORM does provide an opportunity to shop for a variety of kit. We only got a bit of fabric there (9.5 mtrs of a fabulous blue twill). Eldgrimr also [...]
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For those who follow my blog I’ve written several times before about how long weaving takes me. I don’t write about this because I dislike weaving or the amount of time it takes. I write about this to help myself better understand my weaving and to help others understand the amount of time that goes into these art works! This evening, [...] Some friends came over to work in the wood workshop and in the studio today. I kept her company while she cut out a dress and I got some more weaving done. As I said earlier, I’ll be using the same repeat as is in the warp. Today I finished the first purple weft stripe. [...] How true that is! I warped up V’s baby blanket before she was born. I got it all wound onto the back beam and then the dreaded lack of motivation set in! Now that I’ve moved home, which means that I don’t have to go down into the basement to my studio, I’ve found some [...] With all my friends and relatives reproducing like made the last few years. I find myself with looms full of baby blankets! Not only do I have Miss V’s blanket tied on and the header woven, yesterday I sat down and warped up a blanket for my niece. As often happens with these things now [...] So I’ve been playing around with my new site quite a bit. I’ve added a home page and changed the blog to a non-root directory. This post is to test to make sure when I go to add new posts that they actually show up! If this works then i can focus on making sure [...] 2 actual threading errors corrected Weaving should begin in earnest tomorrow.
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