More weaving!!

Hello,
I know I'm being overly proud of my first weaving projects but I can't help it! I spent so many years working on things that were so utterly boring (called "a job") that I'm blowing my own socks off by what's coming off my loom!

This time I warped the loom for 2 scarves. The first one shown here is about 8" woven. The papers you see right up front (actually cheap toilet paper) is used to pack the warp to bring the yarn together before starting to weave.

By warping with a pattern of 4 blue and 4 cream (and so on), and weaving with 4 blue, then 4 cream, it creates this beautiful pattern called "Houndstooth". It's one of my favorite patterns, I think.

The 2nd scarf was created using the same warp, but only weaving with cream which creates the striping over the 2-color warp. I love them both.

These scarves were woven slightly tighter than the Herringbone but are still very soft. The blue is 100% Baby Alpaca commercial yarn, and the cream is from our herd.

I hope you've enjoyed seeing my "works of art" as much as I've enjoyed sharing them. I've got a shawl in the planning stage right now. Stay tuned ...

and stay warm,

Liz

Weaving bliss!

Hi,

I finally carved out some time to get a project on my loom. It took awhile to figure out exactly what I was doing and to plan my project. It took even longer to get the yarn ready and dress the loom. And once it was all dressed I realized it was completely backwards! (And that is why I shouldn't do these things in the evening!)

No worries ... I rolled with it and wove it backwards.

The scarf turned out beautifully! I'm very happy with it (can you tell?). I wove it loosely making it very pliable and drapey. This scarf if from our herd yarn and it's incredibly soft!!

Well, Onto the next project ...

Stay warm, Liz

Mavic cable sweater

Hi,
I know I promised to share my finished Mavic sweater. Somehow that never happened so here it is! Cookie is my model. The sweater fits me like a glove but I'm not much at modeling!

This sweater is the most scrumptious in the shop and for sale!! ;)

Warmly, Liz