My dear 16 shaft dobby loom, which I am trying to sell to make more room for other pursuits, does not seem to be attracting any buyers. I am now tempting fate by putting a new warp on it, the theory being that as soon as I start a new project, someone will snatch the loom out from under me. It has happened in the past, so why not again?
I'm tying on to an existing straight threading. I've developed a wonky version of huck that can be woven on this threading and I'm eager to try it out. The warp and weft spots are sort of offset from each other vertically and horizontally and separated by a bit of plain weave. If you happen to use a two-color warp and two other colors for weft, there will be four different and distinct float colors.
Stash reduction is the goal here. I was able to empty seven or eight partial cones of 10/2 cotton on this chain. The color order in the warp is random and I will be using a single shuttle for weft, so my colors will be hit or miss for this adventure.
The warp is 10 yards long, and I was very happy to have the use of these weights to make the beaming go smoothly.
The bitter end.
And now the weaving has begun. My weft is pink cotton thick & thin yarn, and perhaps I have enough of it to weave off the entire warp. I think by assembling multiple panels of stripes in interesting ways, I can get a garment out of this. The fabric should wash up nicely in an interesting bumpy texture. Stay tuned.
In the Department of Books, I have just finished reading Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life by Brigitta Olubas. It's a biography of one of my favorite writers.