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Wool Weave
Finished with the wool I was weaving. Ended up ~ 11″x 12.5′ long. I could have probably squeezed out another foot it I used a smaller dowel on the winder. The weave is really loose at this stage. It needs some fulling to tighten it up some. 12.5′ of narrow wool. No idea what I [...]
More Weaving
I decided to weave some grey wool. It was stuff we had stored in a box in the cupboard for years. I believe its 3 strand/size 4 thread (could be wrong though). The width of the warp is around 11″‘s I think my reed is a little to tight for this thickness of wool Waiting [...]
New Old Loom
Got me a new toy today. a 24″ 4 shaft Leclerc loom. Chewed the lady down enough to cover the cost of a reed as it is missing that one part. The best part of that is…I have plans on trying to make my own using only stuff from my shop. New project = Win. [...]
More Weaving
Did a bit more weaving for pouches. I decided to play around with the blue thread warp pattern. I learn best from mucking about till the proverbial light-bulb goes off. I like this pattern, but it really curved up badly when cut of the loom. I am hoping once its sewn as a pouch it will behave a [...]
Houndstooth Weaving
Decided to pull out the old loom. I was going to sell it to Mistress Agnes, but at the last minute choose not too. I don’t have room for a floor loom at the moment, so the $20 Value Village find will have to sufice. There is an amazing web site call Handweaving.net that has a [...]
1st weaving project
Its been a few days since my last post. I have been busy doing non-sca-ish stuff, and haven’t gotten around to posting a few things I finished a couple of weeks ago. The biggest project was my first weaving project. Made out of crochet cotton, the warp threads are a bit smaller than the weft [...]
