Project Pictures:

[mightyjesse]

As promised I have taken pictures of many of the things I did this weekend...


First, I finished the Friedy Sweater:


Then I finished spinning up all the extra roving. These are the grey and brown colors that I plied together to come up with the tweey color you see in the sweater:


And here is the yarn:


And here is a close up of the knit of the sweater:




And then there's the exciting part... Here is my new loom, all warped up and ready to go!


And from the side:


And here is a close up of the wee bit of weaving that I managed to do last night:


There are actually 3 different types of yarn woven in there. The first bit at the bottom is some single-ply brown that I had left over from the Friedy Sweater. The next bit is some single ply grey Corridale that I got specifically for the weaving. The last bit near the top is double ply grey Corridale that I started using because the bottom bits were pretty see through. I warped the loom with some commercially produced wool because the lady at the fiber shop told me that if I tried to spin all my weaving myself, I'd never get anything done.

I'm hoping to defy her eventually and spin all my own warp one of these days, but I knew I'd want to start something right away, and it's going to be a while, I think, before my spinning is even enough and strong enough to use as warp.

So... That's what I did with my weekend. The project that's on the loom is only about 2 yards long. If things go as well as I think they may, I will probably be ready for a fresh warp by Christmas... Maybe by Christmas I'll have enough string stashed away to make fabric for a Viking apron dress. That loom is 24 inches wide and produces 22" wide fabric that will probably be perfect for such a project...

Comments

[gwyneth1362.livejournal.com]

That's all beautiful. Just beautiful. Maybe I will get my floor loom back out. . .

[mightyjesse.livejournal.com]

My weave is coming out very loose, but consistent. Almost like burlap or cheese cloth. I was thinking about washing and drying it on hot to shrink it (it is wool after all...) but this is so time intensive that *experimenting* is scary... Have you done much with 10 dents per inch reeds? How can I make this thing less see through without making it super thick?

[gwyneth1362.livejournal.com]

I've worked with 12-14 epi, and it always weaves a little looser than you think it might. It will shrink up when you finish it, though I would do that more cautiously, as you suggest. You want it to full some, and to leave the room/ability for it to full, to get the best effect. I would be careful about making it too tight, because it will tighten up more after you take it off the loom.