I finally finished V’s Blanket. At this point it’s a toddler blanket, not a baby blanket, but it turned out so great that I think Mama and I will both agree that it was well worth the time. It’s still not perfect, but I’m very proud of it.
I learned a lot from this project. i learned [...]
Started this lovely diamond twill fabric, which will later be made into a hood for my partner, Eldgrimr. The threading isn’t perfect and I need to comtemplate fixing the threading errors. I think fixing two of them would just mean rewarping a few threads, however the last one may mean rewarping about 30 or so threads. [...]
I’ve been working more with my Rigid Heddle looms these days. I’ve managed to work out how to weave twills using two heddles.
It’s pretty simple and very medieval. Rigid Heddles are amoun the earliest weaving implements found by archeologists. The technique goes back to the Ancient era. Twills are also found in very early time periods.
I’ve [...]