I managed to squeeze in another block of time working on the loom today before work, a little at lunch waiting for the soup to heat, and then again tonight. It’s coming in well, I think. I’ve just moved on to the light blue and the next dark shade on the other side. As I… Continue reading Clasped Weft: Day 2
Category: Weaving
Clasped Weft Beginnings
Here I am, at the start of my attempt at Clasped Weft weaving. As I am sure I have mentioned in the past couple of posts; this is something that I have been meaning to have a go at for a while. The yarn I am using, I actually purchased over a year ago at… Continue reading Clasped Weft Beginnings
Friday Roundup #19-19
Hey, what can I say about this past week. Not too much really. I’ve been quite frustrated with work. My Tuesday morning started at just after 4am so that I could drive to a Bristol for a flight to Glasgow. Tuesday ended late around midnight. Then I was up again at 6am to got and… Continue reading Friday Roundup #19-19
Friday Roundup #6-19
Well this week was a bit up and down. I completed the weaving at the weekend, but as I came towards the end, I could see I had miscalculated the length and would not be able to do the full repetition of the warp in the weft. And as I had done two pickup patterns,… Continue reading Friday Roundup #6-19
From swatch to Fresh warping
Whilst this past weekend has been moderately busy, I still managed some alone time in the morning to knit up my gauge swatch. I knew as I knitted each row that this was probably not quite right. So after a steam block, and then a soak, I concluded that the gauge was not right. Wrong… Continue reading From swatch to Fresh warping
Hook This, Weave That 