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

[mightyjesse.livejournal.com]

I need one of those rotating lace pillows... I have a "cookie" pillow, but since I lean more toward yardage lace, it's somewhat impractical.

This old-fashioned clothes pins make pretty good bobbins.

[othelianna.livejournal.com]

The one I borrowed is a cookie pillow, but has a rotating drum insert thingie. It's pretty handy, I think. Admittedly, I haven't started making lace. I'm waiting for my lace making book to come in. :P (I already have about thirty bobbins, and a number of spools of linen thread. Most of it is white, but I also have some black, beige, and pale purple.)

I'm hoping to, eventually, do a full period lace ruff. Totally not my period, but I think it would be fun.