And back to reality

Just got a weaving meeting reminder today, apparently it's tomorrow and not last week like I had thought. Oops?

I guess I should start thinking about tea towels, since they seem to be my destiny.

Some Clarification

Just to clarify my previous post. I didn't make everything in that photo. I didn't make the beaded lace, I'm just sewing it on.

I did do the lace shawl: (Pattern is Crown Prince shawl, from Knitted Lace of Estonia by Nancy Bush. I am in love.)

I tried sizing this to fit, but it didn't shrink well. Not well at all.

And the embroidery: (Pattern is from Needle 'N Thread - a great embroidery blog)

There's a weaving link here - the embroidery is sitting on my weaving stool/bench in this photo...

I also didn't make the chair that it's all draped over...

Excuses...

Okay, here's my excuse for having done nothing for ages:



Still working on it, but getting there. Planning to be back to the loom in a couple of months (if not before)

Next project

Looks like the next project might be some more tea towels. I was planning to make something bigger, but I'm going to need to make more heddles for that. Thus, I will do the sampler version first (which is probably a smart plan anyway).

And with any luck the thrums will be adequate for making new heddles with...

Finally...

First of all, here's a photo of the blanket.


Still got a few small bits and pieces to tweak, but it's essentially done. (Has been for the last month, too slack to take photos until now).

Next project isn't going to be a bag after all. Instead, I think it's going to be some towels (or possibly tea towels). I'd like to make a start over the Christmas break, but I don't know if that will actually happen or not.

New project thoughts

I think the next project is going to be a bag. Probably also a sampler, to make for a decent length warp, but I'll see what sort of threading ideas I come up with.

I think I want to use something like mercerised cotton, whatever size is easiest to get hold of. At least two colours, maybe only two.

Slack at posting

The blanket has been basically finished for a month now. (There are a couple more mistakes to fix that I spotted after washing, but nothing too awful. Also, the fringing is not all the same length at the moment).

And I still haven't taken a photo of it. I'll get there eventually, but I'm really struggling to force myself to do it sooner rather than later.

I'm also not sure what the next project will be, although for various reasons I don't know that I'll manage to get much done over the next six months. (I'd like to, and I'm itching to get something new on the loom, but I've got a whole bunch of other non-weaving stuff that I actually have a deadline for.)

So, short version: Next post should be blanket photos, but may instead be optimistic dreaming about the next project.

I guess I'll have to wait and see...

Actually done something.

Finally got around to working on the blanket again. I think most of the mistakes have been fixed now, and I'm a quarter of the way through twisting the fringing. I appear to not be able to count though, so I had to rearrange the spacing a little bit.

Will check for mistakes again when the fringing is done, and if I don't find any then it might just about be washing time.

Oh dear...

I really have been very slack. Still nothing new on the loom, and I haven't even finished fixing up the mistakes in the blanket.

In my defence I have been kind of busy with other stuff - I've managed to come up with a few sewing (and embroidery) projects with deadlines. There may be some related weaving, but that will depend how the sewing goes, and what else crops up.

It seems a little sad having my loom sitting in the corner of the lounge all naked and unloved, but I really want to get some of the embroidery out of the way before I expand the project to include weaving.

Blanket!

Is off the loom. No accidental linking of layers, but there are at least a few mistakes/skips to fix up.

That is all. No idea what comes next.