Wild Turkey and More
Warped for Good | A Handwearver's Journey
by Karen
3w ago
Three looms are active right now. The drawloom has the napkin project, with a wild turkey on this one. Wild turkey feet and legs weave up quickly. There are only a few single unit draw cords to pull at a time, plus one pattern shaft draw handle for the side borders.Wild turkey feathers require many more single unit draw cords. Even the borders at this place in the pattern are done with single units. The cast shadow on the loom from the bell that hangs in the window makes a funny face at this time of day. Could be a silly turkey face? The Julia has the wool goose-eye twill fabric that I plan t ..read more
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How Much Further Can I Weave With a Longer Quill?
Warped for Good | A Handwearver's Journey
by Karen
2M ago
How much more thread will a 13cm quill hold than an 11cm quill? In other words, how much further can I weave with the longer quill? I decided to do a simple test to find out. Which size quill should I use for the rest of this project? Red threads give me precise start and stop points for measuring how far I could weave with one quill. I will pull the red threads out when I cut the fabric from the loom. First, I mark the beginning of the 11cm quill with a short red thread woven through a few ends on the same row as the first row of weft from that quill. I weave off the thread from that quill an ..read more
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Extraordinary Animals on the Drawloom
Warped for Good | A Handwearver's Journey
by Karen
2M ago
Armadillo, fox, porcupine, jackrabbit, and deer are leading the critter parade. The twelve napkins will include the most common, the most interesting, and the most unusual animals that visit our backyard here in Texas Hill Country. The white-tailed deer are the most common, by far. Feet first. The white-tailed buck is taller than he is wide, so his feet touch the bottom border. Pulled single-unit draw cords are seen on the hook bar pegs above the beater.Just past the midway mark on this napkin, as seen on the measuring ribbon pinned on the side.Having a large chart beside the loom helps me kee ..read more
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Big Squishy Warp Chains for Christmas
Warped for Good | A Handwearver's Journey
by Karen
3M ago
Merry Christmas! Julia is getting dressed with 7/2 Brage wool for a lovely goose-eye twill. Warp chains like this are big and squishy, just begging to be hugged. Winding the first of two warp bouts.Thick and fluffy warp chain of 7/2 Brage wool.Getting ready to beam the warp. Wool in five colors for goose-eye twill.Getting things ready to spread the warp and then beam it on. This project is going nearly full width on this 70 cm Glimåkra Julia countermarch loom. My warping slats are exactly 67 cm. (I should have measured the warping slats before I started.) At 65.7 cm weaving width I’m asking fo ..read more
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One Napkin at a Time
Warped for Good | A Handwearver's Journey
by Karen
4M ago
Jack the Jackrabbit is ready to hop on over the breast beam. It is time to design the next napkin. I design one at a time and then weave it. We have the armadillo, the porcupine, the gray fox, and the jackrabbit. Up next is a white-tailed deer. Steve took a photo of a white-tailed buck on our property last week. I will use that photo as the basis for my deer design. Finished to the top of Jack’s ears.Chart shows row-by-row pulls for pattern-shaft handles and single-unit cords. One draw handle is pulled for each row of the side border. I enjoy paying attention to the amazing wildlife around us ..read more
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Who Gets the Jackrabbit Napkin? Drawloom Dilemma
Warped for Good | A Handwearver's Journey
by Karen
5M ago
Jackrabbit. This critter is one I would like to see more often. We call him “Jack,” or if there are two of them together, they are known in our family as “Jack and Jackylina.” The jackrabbit makes me smile because of his tall ears and mischievous-looking face. The nice thing is he doesn’t cause any mischief, like some of the other critters around here. He will sit completely still, without a twitch. I’m sure he wants you will think he’s a rock, and pass on by without noticing him. But if you get a little too close, he hops up and quickly dashes away. When we have all twelve napkins at the dini ..read more
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Can You Count? 1984 Warp Ends
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by Karen
6M ago
If at first you don’t succeed, count, count again! 1984–I’m not talking about the year, nor the book title. I’m talking about the number of 24/2 cotton ends in this 8.5-meter warp. I made it excruciatingly challenging for myself by putting in narrow stripes of 8 ends that are irregularly spaced. It will all be worth it if these curtains come out as I envision them. Time will tell. After beaming the warp I count all the ends into threading groups. This step is usually straightforward and quick. This time, however (because of my uneven spacing of stripes and because of the fineness of the ends ..read more
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Dressing the Standard Looks Like a Mess
Warped for Good | A Handwearver's Journey
by Karen
6M ago
It is my husband’s idea for me to make handwoven curtains for the windows in our newly renovated master bathroom. Now that I have had time to think about it, I think it’s a great idea. Fortunately, the yellow rug warp on the Glimåkra Standard is still sitting on the loom bench, so I am putting it aside temporarily in order to put this bathroom-curtains warp on the loom. Winding a warp of 24/2 unbleached cotton.Looks like a mess. Pre-sley the reed to spread the warp. Two sets of lease sticks. Narrow gray stripes of 16/2 cotton are inserted between the unbleached ends. Somehow, it all works out ..read more
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Handwoven Placemats on the Table!
Warped for Good | A Handwearver's Journey
by Karen
7M ago
Twelve green placemats are on the dining room table. Green 22/2 cottolin warp and 8/1 tow linen weft in four colors done in a two-block broken twill, woven on the Julia with eight shafts. I am deeply satisfied with the results. Now, all I need to do is to invite everyone over for a big family meal! End of warp. Cutting off process begins.Fabric unrolls from the cloth beam. Warping slats go every which way onto the treadles.When I first unroll the cloth from a project that has been on the loom for a while, it is almost always “Love at first sight.” Then, I begin to question myself and wonder if ..read more
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Look at that Cloth Beam!
Warped for Good | A Handwearver's Journey
by Karen
7M ago
There is nothing quite as satisfying as seeing a cloth beam filled up with cloth. There are eleven placemats rolled up on there, plus one more stretching from the breast beam on down. All that’s left to do is cut them off, wash, hem, and press. We’ll have new placemats on our dining room table in no time. Yippee! Twelve placemats are woven. Now it’s time for some pattern play at the end of the warp.Empty quills at the end of a weaving project are such a happy sight! This is another reason I enjoy playtime at the end of every warp–I can use up thread on the quills.Look at that cloth beam! Woo H ..read more
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