Well…I got the loom warped. It took a while, but not at all as long as I expected. I warped the loom front to back but didn’t use the lease sticks. I only had 120 warp ends (60 of each color) so I figured that It would be ok to just put the cross on my hand. I followed the directions in Deborah Chandler’s Learning to Weave which is a really good book. She explains the ins and outs of warping a loom and how to do it on different types of looms too.
I was (kind of) following her instructions for a sampler. This is what I got after a few inches of plain weave.
She tells you to beat harder, and to beat softer to see what happens to the weaving when you do that.
You then switch to 2/2 Twill for a while and then she says “play around”. I did all that. My selvages leave a lot to be desired, and I seemed to have a bit of tension issues on the left side, that I couldn’t quite figure out. When I was nearing the end of the warp, a warp thread broke so I ended up just cutting it off. I’m making a bag out of it. It’s not perfect, but it’s my first piece of weaving on the big loom and I likes it.
Anyway..I just love how weaving looks. (and I like playing with the macro setting on my camera)
Not perfect, but really cool nonetheless.
EDIT : Finished the bag..
I found a black purse handle that I had bought for a felted bag and used it for this bag. I think it’s kind of cute.
Sock club:
This is the pattern and yarn I got from TheKnitter’s Sock club. No..I haven’t started knitting it yet, and another one is due here any day, but I really like it and I’m going to start it when I finish the Charades.
A reccomendation:
This is the yarn I bought to make the Charm Wrap (from Knitting Daily and Knitscene). It is called Sol and is from Lambikins Hideaway. It is their own brand and is VERY reasonably priced. ($4.50 a skein for 220 yards of worsted… and psst…they have their own brand of silk too!)
I’m holding off on casting this on, because I want to finish up a few other things first, though..it’s getting harder and harder to keep from doing it. Maybe I’ll just go wind the skeins into balls…hmmmm.
6 responses so far ↓
1 Heather Ordover // Aug 3, 2007 at 10:31 pm
HEY!
Luuuvely weaving! What yarn are you using? It looks beautiful.
I have that book too.
; )
And I love the Beecher quote!
Heather
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2 KnitSteph // Aug 3, 2007 at 11:14 pm
I bought the yarn as cones from my weaving shop. The label inside says 3/2 Astra #147 Quarry UKI/Supreme (that’s on the green one). It’s a 3/2 cotton. I think there’s a couple of photos a few posts back.
Thanks for the compliment! Of course, I see everything that’s wrong with it, but I’ll still cherish it as my first piece.
3 Cheryl // Aug 4, 2007 at 11:13 am
I’m using Deborah’s book and did the same sampler. Didn’t have a thread break but it was frayed so I cut it and tied in another one for practice. I also didn’t do any playing around so my sampler is only 27″ long. You sampler looks great and the selvedges won’t matter if you’re going to sew them up. I say good job!
4 KnitSteph // Aug 4, 2007 at 12:15 pm
I’m gonna do another one tomorrow I think. I’m a doofus and didn’t measure mine. I could have probably gotten another 12″ if I had fixed the broken warp thread. I like it though. I think next time I’m going to put one extra stripe of one color so my selvedges are the same color.
Thanks for the compliment!
5 Joy // Aug 5, 2007 at 4:14 pm
Hmm…that would look nice with some blue and amber beaded trim
6 KnitSteph // Aug 6, 2007 at 2:08 pm
mmmm….beads
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