Weaverly

Closing In

As walking out in public becomes more and more fraught, I find myself spending more hours at the loom and at the computer. That's not the best thing for my physical body, but I do enjoy the extra time with the threads. You know what I mean. I know you do.

I won't show you a picture of what's on the loom, because it hasn't changed much from the previous post. 

Then again, maybe I will! It's my blog. I can change my mind and I make the rules here.

So here's what's on my loom:

Shadow weave. I fiddled with the draft for so long, and when it was as good as I could get it, turns out it is almost exactly the same as one of Marion Powell's. This book is a treasure. My copy is old, well worn, and falling apart. 

Shadow weave makes me wonder about adding end-and-end color alternation to some of my amalgamation drafts, so here's an experiment from this morning (click to enlarge):

Compare it with the structure-only version of the same draft.

Well, I feel better already. Happy weaving, folks. Be kind to each other.

On Our Way

With the weather a bit flippy these days, I was lucky to get in a walk this morning. 

Afterwards I finished the threading and sleying of the shadow weave warp, and was delighted to finish without apparent errors. A sight to delight a weaver's heart: tied on and ready to weave.

The first few picks. Shadow weave in wool and silk. 

Picking Up Loose Threads

You may remember the samples of silk & wool shadow weave from a few weeks back (I barely remember them, it's been so long!). With other things on my mind, they've been sadly neglected. But this morning I took the plunge and picked up the loose threads and shouldered my weapons, and all that, and reconnected with the silk & wool.

The black silk was a gift, and I wasn't sure if I had enough, so I got out my old McMorran yarn balance and figured out approximately what I had, and it appears that there's plenty, so I'm forging ahead. If it turns out that I've miscalculated, you'll probably hear the screams all the way over there (wherever you are). Off to the warping board. Wish me luck.