Every Little Bit Helps!
How true that is! I warped up V’s baby blanket before she was born. I got it all wound onto the back beam and then the dreaded lack of motivation set in! Now that I’ve moved home, which means that I don’t have to go down into the basement to my studio, I’ve found some new motivation. Since September, I have threaded the heddles, sleighed the reed, tied on and finally begun weaving! In the last 2 day’s I’ve woven 6 inches. Everything is going very smoothly now. I’m enjoying the loom this blanket is on, a venerable Lansinger I inherited from the high school’s art teacher. The beater bar has a nice ledge that the boat shuttle truly sails across. I can weave an inch in probably under 10 mins though I haven’t officially timed it yet!
I’ve managed to accomplish all this, plus warp another blanket (only 14“ wide on the loom, but I’ll be weaving two lengths and stitching them together), prepared most of the warp for the colour gamp and finished weaving off the first section of the knight’s cloak.
Once I’ve finished these two blankets, I want to warp the colour gamp and the next two sections of the knight’s cloak. Then I want to keep up my studio time and spend a little bit each day on those two projects, plus my tapestry sampler. I’ll also need to tie on a dummy warp to Sophi (the Lansiger) and work on cleaning the metal bits that hold the heddles in the shafts. These don’t appear to come out of the shaft frame, so there’s no since in unthreading and rethreading everything. I think I’ll take a page out of the production weaver’s book and just dedicate this loom to all my 16/2 linen projects I can dream up, shawl, shawls, shawls. As long as I spend a half hour to an hour in the studio every day I should get well through my weaving to do list in no time at all.
Every little bit helps!
I’ve managed to accomplish all this, plus warp another blanket (only 14“ wide on the loom, but I’ll be weaving two lengths and stitching them together), prepared most of the warp for the colour gamp and finished weaving off the first section of the knight’s cloak.
Once I’ve finished these two blankets, I want to warp the colour gamp and the next two sections of the knight’s cloak. Then I want to keep up my studio time and spend a little bit each day on those two projects, plus my tapestry sampler. I’ll also need to tie on a dummy warp to Sophi (the Lansiger) and work on cleaning the metal bits that hold the heddles in the shafts. These don’t appear to come out of the shaft frame, so there’s no since in unthreading and rethreading everything. I think I’ll take a page out of the production weaver’s book and just dedicate this loom to all my 16/2 linen projects I can dream up, shawl, shawls, shawls. As long as I spend a half hour to an hour in the studio every day I should get well through my weaving to do list in no time at all.
Every little bit helps!