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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 [...] For those who follow [...] 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, I [...] 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. I [...] 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 new [...] 2 actual threading errors corrected Weaving should begin in [...]
All is well from the front however the back is a different story. [...] Yes that’s right I’ve finished warping the 4th stripe of V’s blanket! That means I only have 3 stripes left and each of those decreasing in the number of threads contained! I think having this warped by the end of the month is a reasonable goal! Now I just have to keep myself motivated and not [...] Well if you weave this blog you likely know this is true, but more accurately I’ve been warping! I’ve gotten several more repeats through the heddles on the V’s blanket. I’ve got three colours of the colour gamp measured out and ready to go on the loom! 9 more to go and the loom isn’t even [...] |
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