New weaving

So after a cold weekend in Upper Tean with Stacey Harvey-Brown, this was what I had produced. I would not have chosen these colours, but they do show the different threadings across the sample. It may not look like much, but I am so proud of it and I really learned so much over the weekend that my confidence was boosted to an all time high!

Close up to show the threading

It was nice to get back home, but I just couldn't wait to get going and get a new warp wound and on the loom. No sooner said than done and this is the new scarf which has become a minor miracle of sorts !  I used some rayon yarn left over from a previous project to warp up my little Louet 8 shaft loom.

Not only did I manage to wind the warp, but I also got the loom warped up in less than a day all by myself and no tangles! I used the same broken twill threading across the  warp, but tried out a variety of lifting sequences, some of which turned out very nicely indeed.

However, progress was a little bit slow and although I had hoped to weave a long enough scarf to tie it in an elegant draping knot, there simply wasn't time to do that and get the scarf ready to take to Harrogate last Sunday. So, it is recognisably a scarf, and it does drape, but it doesn't make that elegant double knot I wanted! I am also a bit doubtful about the sett of 32 epi as it does appear to be a bit loose, but I have made notes for next time, but not with this yarn!