Weaving stoppers

It isn't easy to weave with Transformers on the warp and Polly Pockets on the treadles.

Latest shawl

This is a beautiful shawl I just finished on the tri-loom.  It's got fringe, too!

It's made with Lion's Brand Homespun yarn.  The color is blue, obviously, but it has strands of green running through it.  This is the second shawl I've made with this yarn.

This is me, modeling the shawl.  It is so soft and warm.  I love it!

Long Overshot Wrap

I finished!!!  It took me a while, but that's mostly because I'm busy these days and it sat on the loom with only about three inches done for two weeks.  Once I started weaving and had the treadle pattern memorized, it went pretty quickly. 

It's 8 feet long.  At first I thought that was way to long, but once I started playing with it and wearing it, I realized it was a very nice length.  It's 18.5 inches wide.

I used up all the thread - all 1400 yards of it!  The thread is thick, so it makes a wonderful cold weather wrap.  I'm looking forward to winter now!

Weaving away

The huge spool of thread I bought is going quickly.  I hope it lasts this project, but I'm starting to worry that it won't.  What will I do if I run out?  I can't afford more of that kind right now.  Well, I'll just keep going until I run out and that will be the end of this project. 

Pictures to come soon....

Overshot pictures

This neat-o pattern is the overshot pattern I mentioned.

Is it great?!?  I really like it, but I didn't do such a great job at it.  First of all, I've got it off center.  I didn't read the pattern right, so the main butterfly pattern is off to the side rather than in the middle.  Second, my selvages were terrible and I wound the thread very loosely.  I'm still working on getting my warp nice and tight.  Then, I realized I wouldn't have enough thread to finish the six feet I wanted.

So, I cut if off and re-threaded the entire loom.  This time the butterfly is in the center.  I bought the prettiest cotton/rayon thread called Astra.  This particular color combo is called Peacock.  I think it's beautiful.

It's green, blue, purple and a tiny bit of black.  The thing is with this thread, you don't see the overshot pattern very well.  Still, I think I'm going to finish this warp with this yarn.  I have a lot of this thread, so it should last me.  What slows me down the most is my bobbin.  It's four inches long and doesn't hold much thread at a time.  So, I don't make it far in the pattern before I run out of thread on the bobbin.   

Then there is the issue with my kids.  They don't let me work very long.

I want to have this ready for this fall.  That means I'll have to put a lot more time into it than I'm giving now.

It's going to look great!

new camera, no weaving

I've got a camera again, but no projects to work on.  I'm too busy with my school stuff.  I made a beautiful shawl with my tri-loom, but I had to give it away before I had a camera to take a picture of it.

It's was a thick, soft dark blue with a strand of green running through it.
So pretty

Overshot attempts

I'm trying a new pattern.  It's an Overshot pattern called "Maple Leaf".  It's so different from anything I've tried, but I'm loving the way it is turning out.

I can not get my selvages to look good. It's frustrating.  With the overshot pattern, it requires me to use floating selvages.  I've never done that before.  I'll keep working on getting the selvage even, but if you don't look at the edges, it's super NEAT!  I didn't read the pattern quite right and the maple leaf is on the side of the pattern rather than the middle.  Oh well, I'll know better next time. I'll be doing this one again because it is so much fun and the results look so amazing.

Where are the pictures?  My sweet two year old broke the digital camera.  UGGG!  I'm so upset.  I hope that by the time I finish this, I'll have a new camera.  Then I'll be able to take a photo of this incredible project.

I'm using an all black cotton warp and a deep royal purple for the weft.  The look is very dramatic.  I have plans for this too.  It's going to be a wrap for a dress I have that is dark purple.  It isn't as wide as I would like.  I should have added another hundred threads to the warp.  Right now it just has 250.

Well, I had better get working on it again, buy a camera, and get a good picture so I can wear my beautiful dress and wrap.