Weekend report...
....I know, I know. A post on Monday is unusual (at least lately).
Most of my weekend was spent working on the Shimmering Points Wrap (weaving) [Ravelry]. It took a while to wind the warp, mostly because of the way I have to use my warping board. Right now, I do not have a place to hang it. I have to prop it up against a piece of furniture or a step stool and sit on a low ottoman while I wind the warp. It's hard on the shoulders and the back, resulting in a lot of breaks.
Technically, I could make my quilt wall do double duty and hang the warping board there. However, then I'd have to move the storage baskets that sit in front of the the wall so I could reach the warping board. And I don't have a good place to move them to. Having the baskets in the front of the wall is not a problem with a quilt-in-progress because I can reach the wall to hang a square or section without moving them. To wind a warp, I need to stand closer to the board than the baskets allow, and for a longer period of time.
In any case, I finished winding the warp. It's a Tencel 8/2 yarn - 58 ends for each section; a total of 7 sections. The warp colors are in this order:
I started dressing the loom Saturday afternoon. It had been so long since the last time that I reviewed the YouTube video from Webs again. I got the warp chains on the lease sticks in the right order and got ready to change the reed to the 12 that I needed...huh. The extra reed that I had was not a 12 like I thought it was. It was an 8. Rats! Off to the internet to order the 12. At that point, I stopped. I swapped over to spinning while I thought about the weaving project and whether to do any more before I received the new reed.
I started spinning Hot Lips [Ravelry], a camel-silk from Greenwood Fiberworks. I love how the Camel-silk feels, but I was having some issues with dry hands catching on the fiber. I took it slow, so I didn't spin as much as I normally would have.
I spent a good part of Sunday recovering the Red-Purple tencel that I wound as warp. I converted most of it to 2 full bobbins for weft.
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Most of my weekend was spent working on the Shimmering Points Wrap (weaving) [Ravelry]. It took a while to wind the warp, mostly because of the way I have to use my warping board. Right now, I do not have a place to hang it. I have to prop it up against a piece of furniture or a step stool and sit on a low ottoman while I wind the warp. It's hard on the shoulders and the back, resulting in a lot of breaks.
Technically, I could make my quilt wall do double duty and hang the warping board there. However, then I'd have to move the storage baskets that sit in front of the the wall so I could reach the warping board. And I don't have a good place to move them to. Having the baskets in the front of the wall is not a problem with a quilt-in-progress because I can reach the wall to hang a square or section without moving them. To wind a warp, I need to stand closer to the board than the baskets allow, and for a longer period of time.
In any case, I finished winding the warp. It's a Tencel 8/2 yarn - 58 ends for each section; a total of 7 sections. The warp colors are in this order:
- 58 Amethyst
- 58 Iris
- 58 Royal Blue
- 58 Blue Purple
- 58 Royal Blue
- 58 Iris
- 58 Amethyst
I started dressing the loom Saturday afternoon. It had been so long since the last time that I reviewed the YouTube video from Webs again. I got the warp chains on the lease sticks in the right order and got ready to change the reed to the 12 that I needed...huh. The extra reed that I had was not a 12 like I thought it was. It was an 8. Rats! Off to the internet to order the 12. At that point, I stopped. I swapped over to spinning while I thought about the weaving project and whether to do any more before I received the new reed.
I started spinning Hot Lips [Ravelry], a camel-silk from Greenwood Fiberworks. I love how the Camel-silk feels, but I was having some issues with dry hands catching on the fiber. I took it slow, so I didn't spin as much as I normally would have.
I spent a good part of Sunday recovering the Red-Purple tencel that I wound as warp. I converted most of it to 2 full bobbins for weft.
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