Thursday, September 15, 2011

Slow start

The warp is on the loom and I'm weaving but it has been a very slow start. I made a threading mistake in the reed. When I started to weave I noticed a threading mistake in one of the heddles. Next, after weaving a bit, I noticed the sett was not right. I needed more weft than warp yarns. So I rethreaded from 6 to 7 per cm in the reed and I'm happy at last! Weaving is now square. I love weaving with this yarn. It's new to me, but it is lovely and soft and shiny. The colours used here are darkteal and greyteal.
The draft is simple, but in combination with the yarn, I think it's just right.
Hopefully the rest of this warp will be without any hiccups.

Lots of other things are going wrong. Washing machine broke down, printer has stopped working. What next? Together with the sombre weather we are having, not a very good time just now.
Better go back to some more weaving.
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6 comments:

  1. Marion B.15 September 2011 at 15:05

    Hoi Mrgreet,

    Dat somberige gevoel ken ik wel, ik moet ook reuze vechten om staande te blijven. Veel te weinig zon en warmte gahad deze zomer. Dus gezond eten (blah, meer zin in drop) bewegen (nah, meer zin in lui en de tv. Hoef ik zelf niets te doen én niet na te denken) en vooral aan de gang blijven ehhhhh....

    Dáár kan ik dan wel even op aansluiten hihi. Wat een prachtig garen heb je. Ik heb nog nooit garen uit den verre laten komen, geeft dat niet heel erg veel verzendkosten? Maar om positief te blijven, wat wordt het prachtig.

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  2. Margreet15 September 2011 at 15:13

    Ja, Marion, de kosten waren hoog! Reken maar 25 tot 30% (boven verzendkosten het inklaren + belasting) Gelukkig kocht ik de garens tijdens een actie. Ik zal het echter niet snel nog eens doen, misschien alleen voor iets heel speciaals want de garens zijn echt prachtig.

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  3. Fredi19 September 2011 at 00:36

    This is beautiful! What inspiration I get from your work. Is it possible to get the draft source from you?

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  4. Margreet19 September 2011 at 11:32

    Fredi,
    Thank you!
    It's a block twill. I'm sure you'll find it in different books. One is Master Weave Structures by Sharon Alderman, page 29 and further.
    I'm using 10 shafts and weaving plain weave on the edges using the same colour here as the weft. This way I'm getting a nice clean edge.

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  5. Sharon22 September 2011 at 05:38

    Oh, that is so pretty. I don't have all those shafts so will enjoy your beautiful fabric vicariously, across the "pond."

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  6. Margreet22 September 2011 at 16:59

    Thank you Sharon.

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