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mightyjesse) wrote2008-09-22 03:12 pm
mightyjesse) wrote2008-09-22 03:12 pm
D'oh!
... Now what?
I spent all weekend spinning the better part of 1.6 lbs of yellow wool and weaving... Since I only used .75 lbs of yarn to warp, I thought for sure I'd have enough weft, but with only half a spool of yarn left, (and no more wool) I still have the better part of a yard left to weave. I don't think my yellow is going to make it. So do I weave off what's left in a different color, or do I make a futile attempt to match the yellow? Or do I just finish up the yellow I've got and cut the project off the loom?
Now that I've finished like... 5.5 yards of weaving, I've discovered a sleying error (No... not a slaying error. The people I slay are NEVER a mistake... A SLEYING error.) that's caused a repeating mistake in the weave of the fabric. *tears out hair.* I know it's unreasonable for me to expect everything to be perfect with my first project, but seriously... How did I weave 5.5 YARDS before figuring out this problem???
I've made a tentative appointment with Keg and his shop for Eithni and I to come over and make specialized looms. In keeping with her persona, Eithni wants to make a warp weighted loom. (I feel that helping with this project is all I really need to do to get the general idea.) I am going to make a carpet/tapestry loom for all my carpet/tapestry making needs.... Wait a year? Pffft.
In other news, the UW offers Weaving I and Weaving II classes. Weaving I is only offered once a year, and it's in the fall... I just missed it. :P Next year, maybe.
I spent all weekend spinning the better part of 1.6 lbs of yellow wool and weaving... Since I only used .75 lbs of yarn to warp, I thought for sure I'd have enough weft, but with only half a spool of yarn left, (and no more wool) I still have the better part of a yard left to weave. I don't think my yellow is going to make it. So do I weave off what's left in a different color, or do I make a futile attempt to match the yellow? Or do I just finish up the yellow I've got and cut the project off the loom?
Now that I've finished like... 5.5 yards of weaving, I've discovered a sleying error (No... not a slaying error. The people I slay are NEVER a mistake... A SLEYING error.) that's caused a repeating mistake in the weave of the fabric. *tears out hair.* I know it's unreasonable for me to expect everything to be perfect with my first project, but seriously... How did I weave 5.5 YARDS before figuring out this problem???
I've made a tentative appointment with Keg and his shop for Eithni and I to come over and make specialized looms. In keeping with her persona, Eithni wants to make a warp weighted loom. (I feel that helping with this project is all I really need to do to get the general idea.) I am going to make a carpet/tapestry loom for all my carpet/tapestry making needs.... Wait a year? Pffft.
In other news, the UW offers Weaving I and Weaving II classes. Weaving I is only offered once a year, and it's in the fall... I just missed it. :P Next year, maybe.