An Tir Checky
first I'd like to say I have the awesomest people in my life! Thanks for the encouragement and advice and support!
and... all's well that ends well. Spoke with busy_b via emails and Cedric at Ursalmas and recieved permission to work with Dame Cymbric, the lady who is to be the recipient of the weaving, on something specific to her... and what I'd been creating, while it was what I'd been asked to do, is very different from what she's requested!
she'll be getting a narrower (1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inches versus 3 1/2 inch) belt in silk instead of wool. I'm waiting to hear back from her if she'd prefer inkle (smooth edged checks) or tablet (choppy edged checks) weaving since she inquired as to what technique I'd be using... I've sent her pictures of both so she can decide... have to admit that I'm glad she's going to make the decision... for me it was the whole period technique/finished look debate.
I took some pictures of what I'd been working on... should have taken a picture of the cracked peg but gorilla glue heals all and the loom is up and operational and I've finished another piece during the course of my correspondence with Cymbric.
here's a close up... you can see the turn point at the top of the pic. From a distance it doesn't look bad... but close up you can see how choppy it is.
and here's the whole mess... problem is that it just didn't want to stay untangled... I tried to explain it to a non-weaver... rather akin to trying to unwind a spring under tension.
and... all's well that ends well. Spoke with busy_b via emails and Cedric at Ursalmas and recieved permission to work with Dame Cymbric, the lady who is to be the recipient of the weaving, on something specific to her... and what I'd been creating, while it was what I'd been asked to do, is very different from what she's requested!
she'll be getting a narrower (1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inches versus 3 1/2 inch) belt in silk instead of wool. I'm waiting to hear back from her if she'd prefer inkle (smooth edged checks) or tablet (choppy edged checks) weaving since she inquired as to what technique I'd be using... I've sent her pictures of both so she can decide... have to admit that I'm glad she's going to make the decision... for me it was the whole period technique/finished look debate.
I took some pictures of what I'd been working on... should have taken a picture of the cracked peg but gorilla glue heals all and the loom is up and operational and I've finished another piece during the course of my correspondence with Cymbric.
here's a close up... you can see the turn point at the top of the pic. From a distance it doesn't look bad... but close up you can see how choppy it is.
and here's the whole mess... problem is that it just didn't want to stay untangled... I tried to explain it to a non-weaver... rather akin to trying to unwind a spring under tension.