Old but now finished projects.

Three finished scarves! The ones above are in log cabin weave and variations. With cotton warp and cotton and chenille weft, so soft.

 

This was an experimental felting project, the ends just never worked right. Finally came up with an idea to edge  it with beads! Very happy with the  results.

Not UFO's finished towels!

This towel was done using Alice Schlein's new book "The Liftplan Connection" it's my favorite of the two I wove using that method.  The 2nd picture is the front and back it was hard to decide which to use they were both kinda kewl!

This is Spiderballons I left the Warpology weaving on it so I could remember what not to do! lol

These are my Plaited twill designed towel from Bonnie Inouye's book "Exploring Multishaft Design"  didn't realize as I was weaving that the warp floats on the front would be weft floats on the back, Should make a very absorbent towel. The last pictures are from the same book, my designs. Actually it was the first towel woven! It's another plaited twill. I used this book in the past and the weaving was done as samples this time I wanted something to show for all that weaving and I need new towels!

 The picture below shows the back and front of the Towel again very hard to decide which side was best asked my husband and he couldn't decide either! 

This blog worked it got me inspired to start weaving and beading again. Two beading projects are also in the works. We have only one more month to go here in NC and I can't decide if I want to start another project on the loom or not. Get started then have to leave it to go back up north again. Pray the house sells!!

Weaving, beading and creating more UFO's

I'm not sure why I never thought to use the small zip drive on the computer that drives my loom. It worked! I really thought that computer was shot but the zip program came up with no problem! So I am weaving the last towel with a pattern I did from "The Lift plan Connection." This one uses overlay's in photo shop. It is turning out really sharp looking and will post pictures when it is off the loom.

Started working on  my beaded watch and beaded bag they should be great to work on in the evenings. The watch is sort of Art Deco style. The bag is going to be in my favorite color purples.. I know better than to start two at a time but I've been putting it off all winter. I am unable to bead for long periods or knit with such fine weapon needles so I guess that is my rationalizations... The needles are 0000 size very fine. UFOs here I come.

Use two of these to wind my pirns for the end feed shuttles. One on my index finger and one on my thumb. That way I can wind them tight and not burn my fingers off!

Weaving is progressing I got the first design from the "Lift plan Connection" completed now I am going back to the computer and design my last one.This one was using the balloons they put on picture with saying in for photos, then I added legs and turned them into spiders. lol.It's done in basket weave and plain weave. Wish I had a longer warp but I was afraid I wouldn't have enough of the dark turquoise to complete the towels. I think the next will be more of a blue color way or weave more like the material that I wove my shawls except scarves. hmm must ponder on that one.....

Weaving, computer rant.

Life like weaving doesn't always go as planned. The Warpology weaving turned out weird, larger letters? finer thread? don't know. But I kind of like the above design. It was those balloons used for photo's so you can put little conversations in the photo but It needed something so I turned them into spiders it is woven in basket weave for the spiders and plain weave for the back round. Kind of abstract. Next design I am going to try for larger objects and I want to try photos.
   Right now I copy a CD on my lap top transfer it to our desktop to burn a small floppy. The Cd's aren't the same. Tried a transfer cable and took it back to the store three times for a total of 55+ miles. It finally worked but incredibly slow and wouldn't just transfer my small file, wanted to transfer the whole program. Gerrrrr
Now what? buy a external small floppy or throw in the towel and do it like I have been doing?

Towel weaving etc

 

This Blog is working I'm finally weaving again.  This is the second of my designs of plaited twill and you can see the program that drives my loom to the right in the picture. This is a neat design I used a bumpy  yarn ( spell check didn't like my other word) For weft and can't wait to see it washed and see what it does! The program selects the shafts to lift. I do all the rest, fill out the draft in the weave program, throw the shuttle, put the warp on the loom and thread it! So yes it is still hand weaving.  I think the most user intense weaving I have ever worked on was a Jacquard loom. Once it starts running it is easy it's all the work before hand and trouble shooting during the run. That was at the Oriole mill in Hendersonville NC for school. I decided quickly that a Dobby loom like this one in the picture is enough for me! I like treadling and throwing a shuttle. 'Course a good working fly shuttle would be nice. This loom is just not wide enough to require one, I have one and promptly removed it.

Plaited Twill

 

Plaited Twill

This is my first braided twill or plaited twill design. I'm using Bonnie Inouye's book. and have two done.

One of my shaft is sticking! It's driving me nuts. These towels are for me but I don't like mistakes. Shaft #11 Behave!!

Sley and not the ride on kind!

Done sleying had it almost done yesterday but it was supper time and decided to finish this am. Used my favorite tool a walking(reed hopper) sley hook. It is so kewl, since I use Bifocals sleying the reed got to be a chore, not anymore! Once you get used to it,   can fall apart if not handled right, what a marvelous gadget. Believe it or not I found it at a garage sale of a long time weaver, the family didn't know what it was and I grabbed it! Amazing really I can't even explain how it works. I'll tie on and do some plain weave then it's to the PCW ( fiberworks)program to plan my first towel using Bonnie's book. It has my loom driver so that's what I use. I took a workshop from one of the authors a long while ago and loved her so it was my first choice in programs.