I should catch my blog up on the weaving side of life. I am always trying to squeeze weaving into the day. There are a lot of ongoing projects and many that are off the loom but not finished. There is a saying “It’s not finished until it’s wet finished.” Wet finishing is an important part of the process, but there are often other steps between taking the piece off the loom and wet finishing. Here’s a round-up of all the projects that are waiting around to be finished.
These three wool blankets have been off the loom awhile. The one in the middle is ready for wet finishing. So is the one on the right…or maybe not. I am going to sew a hem. I have to decide if I’ll finish the hem before or after wet finishing this time. I usually do it after. The blanket on the left has a warp error the whole length of the blanket that needs to be fixed. I didn’t see that until the blanket was cut off the loom.
These chenille scarves have been off the loom a long time. They need fringes twisted before washing.
Two cotton shawls that need twisted fringe and then washing.
Jacob shawls woven in black and white pinwheels. I think that the pinwheels will square up with wet finishing. They are a bit elongated now. I have twisted the fringe on one of these but need to do that on the upper left. Bottom left doesn’t have fringe and the ends will be sewn together. to create a mobs wrap.
These are just off the loom. I wove the piece on the right first. I dyed the warp last week. This piece has twisted fringe and needs to be washed. I’ll wait until the fringe is finished on the other and run them through the washing machine together. These were on the same warp. The scarf on the right was sett at 10 epi, the sett that I usually use for this Ashford “caterpillar cotton” . Weft is 3/2 cotton. The scarf on the left is sett at 15 epi and weft will be 5/2 cotton.
Now for projects that are on the loom:
I dyed this yarn last week, along with the warp above. This one is hemp and will be dishtowels. I had to fix a threading error today and will have this ready to weaving tomorrow.
Baby blankets underway.
Wool blankets underway. I really want to finish these blankets this week.
A warp ofj mixed yarns, sourced from Art Fiber Frenzy.
Now I’m getting too tired to do more.
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I’m eager to see the scarf from Kristen’s yarns. What weft will you use? I have only knit from her selections. Aren’t her yarns 10 yards in length? Did you cut to 2.5 yds each? How did you decide on a sett? How many ounces did the warp yarn weigh and how many ends did you end up with? Did you tie onto a dummy warp to save the length of the warp? So many questions!
Since I now live in Florida, I don’t weave many scarves other than light-weight yarns, silk or tencel. In my day, in Portland, I wove and sold a few hundred chenille scarves and loved doing them. I changed from twisting fringe to braiding them when I saw that much-used scarves began to look bad. Perhaps I didn’t add enough twist. I still have a chenille stash…
That pasture looks lush!
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Wanda
I have a lot of the 10 yard skeins but have only made one piece so far from those, making a 2-1/2 yard warp. So far I have mostly used the bundles of yarns that she ties together. Those pose a challenge but I’m drawn to them and that’s why I’m developing a class. Students will buy one of her skeins and we will warp here. For all of them I have used 9 epi in a 6 dpi reed (to accommodate crazy yarn). I used an 8/2 cotton slub yarn for weft. At that sett it seems to work. I’ll share photos of these when I get the class figured out..soon I hope. Then I’ll do another post.
Braiding chenille fringe? I find the key is twisting very tightly. You must braid tightly or does it work to keep them loose? I used to tie knots at the ends of groups to keep the dangly fringe look, but then the wearer would get caught on door knobs, etc.
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