Weaving
Finished up what was left warped on the tabletop loom this week -- one scarf and a couple short bits that will hopefully become useful smaller items.
Now warping on new wool yarn. Measured out and chained most of it yesterday, last bit today. It's for more scarves, so 120 count for the warp. All 120 are through the beater, waiting for me to thread them through the heddles. Why am I sitting here right now? Because my legs hurt and I needed to sit down. It's a little better in some ways than working on the floor loom, where I spend a lot of time not only standing but bent over, but still... which is why I usually take about a week to warp a loom, not two days in a row. But I'm behind schedule and Ashfield Fall Festival is this weekend, so it would be nice to have another scarf or two.
I finally figured out one of the problems I have with threading the warp threads though... we have one hook for pulling the warp threads through the beater and then the heddles (I warp from the front -- there are several ways to do this however).... This hook is designed for larger looms. It's too long for when I'm pulling yarn through the beater. I end up holding it about halfway down its length so that my hand will fit into the small space between the beater and the midsection of the loom, and then have to angle and re-angle to try to avoid bumping the handle into various parts of the loom. I think a weaving hook about 6" long would be better for that part of the process...
It's kind of amazing I've gotten this far this quickly. Thank goodness for a wonderful husband who's happy to work on my shoulders and back :)
Ah well, guess I should get back to work!
Now warping on new wool yarn. Measured out and chained most of it yesterday, last bit today. It's for more scarves, so 120 count for the warp. All 120 are through the beater, waiting for me to thread them through the heddles. Why am I sitting here right now? Because my legs hurt and I needed to sit down. It's a little better in some ways than working on the floor loom, where I spend a lot of time not only standing but bent over, but still... which is why I usually take about a week to warp a loom, not two days in a row. But I'm behind schedule and Ashfield Fall Festival is this weekend, so it would be nice to have another scarf or two.
I finally figured out one of the problems I have with threading the warp threads though... we have one hook for pulling the warp threads through the beater and then the heddles (I warp from the front -- there are several ways to do this however).... This hook is designed for larger looms. It's too long for when I'm pulling yarn through the beater. I end up holding it about halfway down its length so that my hand will fit into the small space between the beater and the midsection of the loom, and then have to angle and re-angle to try to avoid bumping the handle into various parts of the loom. I think a weaving hook about 6" long would be better for that part of the process...
It's kind of amazing I've gotten this far this quickly. Thank goodness for a wonderful husband who's happy to work on my shoulders and back :)
Ah well, guess I should get back to work!