Wait, what?

I love weaving. Really LOVE weaving. From start to finish, and yes that includes winding and warping! I thought maybe, sure, when I started with a rigid heddle 4 years ago.

 

Next month marks 4 years that I have been weaving. My first project was a scarf out of some Cascade 220 for my kiddo.

 

 

Dozens of scarves later, I have graduated to floor looms and 8 shaft weaves. (looking at 12... shhhh)

 

I just pulled off a hand dyed warp by one of my favorite ladies, Blazing Shuttles.

 

 

This blackberry warp grew up to become waffle weave towels!

 

 

Currently waiting to be sewn and added to the shop :)

 

 

Rag rugs are on the Cranbrook and I am still learning how to weave on her. She is HUGE, strong and sturdy. The land between the looms is where I am currently sitting and winding my rag strips while I read up on double weave.

 

 

 

Go forth and be productive!



FO day!

I am keeping very busy here at Casa Wool Therapy. I finished my first rug on the cranbrook a few days ago. And yes, that includes the hem! I hand hemmed these and it turned out fabulous, I will be doing it again. Final measurements (30” x 72”)

 

 

 

 

I pulled another scarf off of my RH too. It is a mash of 2 different hand dyed yarns, both by the same dyer, Three Irish Girls. The warp is a 50% Alpaca, 30% Merino, 20% Silk blend in a solid, and the weft is a single ply 60% Silk 40% Merino blend.

 

 

Happy Weaving!



And were off!!!

I wove. I unwove. I wove. I unwove. 4 times. I just couldn't find a weft color that I was happy with! I started with gold, and together they were great, but the gold over powered the purple in this pattern.

 

 

 

Not to mention the fact that I was trying to get used to the new loom. Picks were wonky and uneven. I was really surprised how much heavier the beater is compared to my Baby Wolf.

 

Then I tried Silver,

 

 

Still not happy. I also tried a light blue, but pulled that out too.

 

I decided to try color on color and use the purple for weft as well. I wasn't sure about it at first, but I like it. Once it is off the loom, wash and pressed, I think it will be fabulous.

 

 

 

 

Also, I love this loom. Love it.

 



Testing Lily Louet

Ok. So I name my looms. And my new Louet Spring is officially named Lily Louet. She has finally gotten herself properly dressed! I choose a short and quick project so that I may get a feel for her. I didn't want to throw on a 12 yard warp and realize 12 picks in that I hate weaving on her.

 

 

I choose an 8/2 tencel for an easy undulating twill scarf. I also choose to use only 4 shafts instead of all 8, this being my very first go round with a countermarch loom. I feel the need to understand the process before I try to get crazy with the pattern and shaft combos! Also, the built in raddle? Awesome.

 

 

It took me a week after picking her up to get to her, but she is tied on and ready to go.

 

 

The rigid heddle also got herself dressed this week in a commissioned project for another Raveler. It is hand dyed sock yarn, fully warped in my 12" AKL. I found the color repeats and warped to produce a faux ikat scarf.

 

 

Call me crazy, but I still love weaving on my RH!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Sock it to me!

Have I mentioned how much I love weaving on a rigid heddle with sock yarn? A ton. Right after I bought my first floor loom I sold my Ashford Knitter's loom (AKL). I had actually thought that once I start weaving on a "big girl" loom, aka a floor loom, that I would never want to revisit my slooooow weaving RH. A month or two without that little AKL and I quickly realized I had made a big mistake! I love making scarves out of wacky variegated knitting yarn.

 

 

This little beauty was dyed by a Ravelry buddy, Azlynn of Dyelectable Yarns, and is an 80/10/10 MCN blend. The colorway name is roadkill. The image of roadkill isn't all that beautiful, but this skein sure is.

 

I decided to pair it with some Sanguine Gryphon Skinny Bugga (also 80/10/10 MCN) in Grey Scalloped Bar Butterfly.

 

 

The result is stunning although I am only 1/4 of the way into it.

 

 

My cats loved it too. I left to go to the store, and when I returned home the caked skein that was waiting to become the weft looked like this.....

 

 

I almost cried. I did yell. I was tempted to throw it away. But with some encouragement I sat down and untangled it myself. Only after I contacted some of the fabulous women in the Knot a Problem group on Rav. These women love to untangle yarn, and will do it for others. More power to them. I'd rather knot do it ever again ;)

 

 

 

 

A very productive weekend

Well this was supposed to be posted yesterday, but I was incapable of typing this and listening to my audio book. Apparently I cannot do both at the same time. Who knew?

 

A productive weekend it was though. I decided it was time to find something to hang my warping board on instead of just laying it on my table. I found these square closetmaid hooks at wallyworld.

 

Since these will be in my dining room, I didn't want to attach the board directly to wall!

 

 

 

Fits my 12 yard and 4.5 yard boards perfectly!

 

I also finished a scarf on my 15"Schacht Flip RH. This warp was knitting sock yarn in a SW merino. Hemstitched both ends.

 

 

The baby wolf was also warped, and back to front for the first time!!!! It went very well with few issues, and I plan to warp that way most of the time now. Yeah me! No pictures of that though, it is a super secret Christmas gift.

 

Happy Weaving :)