Down to the last two months of the year - how did that happen? I am going to attempt to keep up the momentum built during Halloweave and keep weaving at least a few picks a day and I am going to get that pile of hemming under control! Besides, there are a few things in that pile that could come in handy for Christmas presents! Weave on all!

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Fri, 10/31/2014 - 19:57

Artistry

Hi from Patagonia! It's been sooooooo windy it just about knocks you down, it's springtime, but so cold with the wind. I've seen my last Glacier and icebergs today, amazing! Fiber: Felt is everywhere! I will post a pic a of a beautiful shawl I got when I get home. We visit a few farm like places, then Buenos Aires , see you next weds.
Sat, 11/01/2014 - 00:27

endorph

so good to hear from you - can't wait for the low down on the trip when you get back!

And Sally, I am with you - I am not ready for November!

Sat, 11/01/2014 - 00:40

sarahnopp (not verified)

Nooooo! I still have 6 1/2 hours left for October! Hiding from internet now!

Sat, 11/01/2014 - 17:37

theresasc

here in the midwest - had snow yesterday!  YUK! 

So I am starting November in the loft.  I pulled out my copper tapestry loom and it happens to have a warp on it, so I am ready to try weaving tapestry stuff in November.  I am starting a thread in "tapestry weavers" for this.   Still have other projects as well, the inkle band is almost finished and stuff of the floor looms. 

Sun, 11/02/2014 - 22:38

sally orgren

But that = a great weaving day! I am working on a BGH scarf series that I haven't had a chance to upload to Projects yet. The materials are JOY variegated Tencel® warp in mauve, soft green and burnt oranges, Web's variegated Tencel® weft in purple, blue, sky blue, and blue green, alternating with Silk City Bambu in lime green for the thin tabby. Feels silky on the loom under tension, so it will be fun to see how it turns out. I have enough to weave two different scarves. I am pondering the second colorway as I weave off the last yard on the first scarf.

Sat, 11/01/2014 - 23:42

endorph

here but it was only 39 this morning when I took the dogs out for their run - for Centeral Texas that is chilly - I loved it - actually got to wear a sweat shirt for a bit this morning! Did a bit of weaving this morning before I went to my monthly knitting group. Might get a bit more weaving in this evening.

Sun, 11/02/2014 - 11:20

Artistry

Buenes Aires is awesome, Tango tonight ! But I'm itching to get back to my studio where I can put all the sights and colors into a piece:) Start the the trip home tomorrow! Boy you all have been busy!
Sun, 11/02/2014 - 12:53

Erica J

Sally, your project sounds fantastic as always. Cathie, your trip sounds fabulous, it is great to read about it today in very English weather. We did enjoy a bit of time in the court yard before the drizzles got too bad.

I got my taquete warp beamed and mordanted a pound of wool yesterday. While mordanting the wool, I figured out that our boiler, in the Weavolution offices, is tripping it's breaker, which takes out the heat and most of the sockets. No heat in this weather means, I'm unlikely to get anything done in the studio today, so it's most likely sprang on the couch under the covers and scouring another pound of wool yarn.

Looking forward to seeing what else you lot get up to this month!

Cheers,

Erica

Mon, 11/03/2014 - 15:19

theresasc

Tapestry took most of the weaving time this weekend.  Still managed a bit on the inkle, that is almost done.  Need to finish that up this week because I have plans for it - to be shown to you all when done.

Tue, 11/04/2014 - 16:45

theresasc

is off the loom.  It came out as I had hoped.  I have another pick-up project on my floor inkle I should finish.  Weaving this band had got me back in the mind set for the floor loom.  The only drawback is that the yarn is wool on the floor inkle - really, what in the world was I thinking when I warped that up!

Wove some on the tapestry this morning as well - weft interlock for todays lesson.

Tue, 11/04/2014 - 18:10

Artistry

I'm home, and does it feel good! Projects some new, some continuing; Finish the grey scale -dying Paint the double weave warp, and weave Design new large tapestry from trip Finish small sunset Too excited!
Wed, 11/05/2014 - 11:54

endorph

5 and I have missed weaving on the last two days - I have however, in my defense, been knitting. Trying to finish up yet another baby set, and now I am frantically making mittens hats and scarves (which may get woven instead of knitted) for friends of mine who are moving their family to Iowa next month. So making sets for mom, dad and three precious kids. But I will not neglect the loom or the hemming by the sewing machine - and of course, on Saturday I have a spinning workshop!

Wed, 11/05/2014 - 21:31

ReedGuy

I finished up the chair scrim yesterday that I put on in the spring. Got 5.5 yards from a 7 yard warp. I have spools all wound now for some simple huck lace weave in 20/2 linen. Hopefully I wind that and thread some tomorrow. 362 ends, so not too long to thread I don't think.

Wed, 11/05/2014 - 21:26

Artistry

Tina, You're always doing something fiber related! Today I finished making my dye samples for the painted warp double weave project. Which means I can start painting the warp tomorrow unless the weather is terrible. I work outside for dyeing on a very funky patio which is covered, has electricity and a a garden hose , but when it pours and windy , not ideal, otherwise perfect! Also started working on the beginning of designing a new tapestry of Patagonia. Went through all my photos marking which ones had elements that I liked. I'll take them over to photoshop next and play around with composition. Next week I go on a weaving retreat with a few friends. I'll finish the Sunset tapestry sample there. It seems that one has been going on forever!
Wed, 11/05/2014 - 21:35

ReedGuy

Looks like busy as ever.

Site here seems to be in slow motion tonight.

Thu, 11/06/2014 - 00:18

Artistry

Thanks ReedGuy! It was soooooo windy sometimes we were walking at diagonals:) something else. That's a lot of scrim! I still lust after your beautiful blanket rack ! What will you do with the linen huck lace?
Thu, 11/06/2014 - 15:47

Artistry

O.k. You Double Weavers ! I have a question because I find my notes rather cryptic after being gone and I think I've made a huge mistake, which of course can be fixed, but I can't figure out what I've done! 8/2 cotton sett at 40 epi , Doubleweave, A and B blocks, 446 ends, 11.15 wide Ok I have written , A block 276 ends , B block 170 ends. A bout 46 ends, B bout 34 ends. How can this be? Shouldn't A and B be the same ? A befuddled Cathie
Thu, 11/06/2014 - 15:51

Artistry

Whoops, lol, the A and B blocks are different sizes , DUH! Good to be home Cathie
Thu, 11/06/2014 - 15:59

theresasc

That sounds like me!

Nice scrim, Reedguy and I am with Cathie, I sure do love that drying rack!

Tapestry this morning.

Thu, 11/06/2014 - 17:23

ReedGuy

Cathie, you worry me sometimes. Not really. :D

The huck are gifts, they will be monogrammed with just the first letter in last names. Nothing fancy or too busy. Have not done huck before. Of course no one else can re-gift them unless they have the same first letter in their family name. So they're stuck. LOL :D

Extra scrim is always good, never know when more is needed if you screw up. :D

 

Thu, 11/06/2014 - 19:58

Artistry

ReedGuy, HaHa on me! I worry me sometimes too ! I'm still chuckling :) Spent some time photoshopping for the new tapestry. Also, got all the aux. made up and decided which dyes out of 25 tested I was going to use. I'm going to dye the bottom layer first. I got everything set up outside. And have a chart for each bout which colors it needs to be. So got a lot done:) oh yeah even had the Doubleweave heart attack :)
Sat, 11/08/2014 - 13:56

Artistry

Did some more photoshopping yesterday still for the tap., it's very interesting. I have to mention that my husband is a retired production person, so he knows these editing programs inside out. Lucky me, all I have to do when I get stuck is yell " hey, Ed" problem solved :) good teacher too :) Have the dyes mixed up for the doubleweave, so today I get to make a mess. I'm a little intimidated. It's the most controlled painted warp I've ever done. Sunny fall day, in these parts!
Sat, 11/08/2014 - 15:01

ReedGuy

Beginning the weave of my project this morning.



Adjusted contrast ad brightness in the photo. It will pop when wet finished. Each of these runners will be 34" on the loom. This is a practice one. ;)

Have a good one.

Sat, 11/08/2014 - 16:00

theresasc

I finally broke my moratorium on buying yarn this morning.  The mill-end samples from Yarn Barn were in my mail box last night when I got home from work, and this morning they sucked me right in!  I have such a hard time ignoring organic cottons <sigh> and add a spiral to it and I am sunk.  So then I figured if I was going down, I was bringing a friend with me, so I called a pal on the east coast and she joined the yarn buying party.  What are friends for!  LOL

 

Reedguy, I love seeing your projects on the loom.  You weave so beautifully.  Everything always looks perfect:  great selvages, firm tension, wonderful patterning.  Look forward to seeing the runners.

 

Cathie, have fun making a mess.  It is cold and overcast here in SE Wisconsin, not a good outside day, so I will be spending quality time in the weaving loft.

 

 

Sat, 11/08/2014 - 22:37

pammersw

Is anyone else doing nanowrimo? Writing every night has cut into weaving time! I'm also picking up a rental spinning wheel today. And fabric to sew a new dress. My hands and mind will NOT be idle this month!

(If you're in nano, I'll be your writing buddy! I'm pammersw there as well.)

Www.nanowrimo.org

Sat, 11/08/2014 - 23:54

endorph

Everyone is being so productive -

The huck looks wonderful ReedGuy

Cathie - can't wait to see what you come up with to use for your tapestry!

Several hours today at a spinning class learning the short forward draw. I managed to finish a 4 oz. skein in about 4 hours - that includes a break of about 15 minutes and about 30 minutes for lunch - I can't believe how fast the spinning went. This is definitely a technique I will continue to explore.  The skein from today, what I spin in class in December and anything else I want to use will be used for a dying class in January.  

Sun, 11/09/2014 - 08:43

Artistry

Tina, The rate you're going you'll have a nice stash to dye with in January ! I can't wait to see what I come up with too as far as the tapestry design goes:) it's a long process, but I like it !
Sun, 11/09/2014 - 20:13

theresasc

A little shape weaving on tapestry, finished weaving up one towel, and designed a little double-weave project.  Hopefully I have that figured out right.  Sometimes its hard to get my mind around that extra layer.  Have to finish the second towel and wait for the yarn to come before weaving it up and seeing if the plan works.  I am using some of the yarn I ordered on Saturday so that is good that it is just not going into the stash room.

Mon, 11/10/2014 - 02:09

tien (not verified)

I'm not doing NaNo this year, but am cheering on some friends who are! Instead, I'm focusing on chocolates this month, and will be back to book-writing in December. In January I'm doing a mini writing intensive and will spend nine days in a little cottage in Mendocino focused entirely on writing. But this month is all about chocolate!

Good luck with NaNo! What are you writing?

Mon, 11/10/2014 - 17:43

ReedGuy

I took this first huck lace runner off the loom and wet finished it followed by some mangling with a pastry roller. Do you know if you can mangle it dry to or should it be damp? It's a simple pattern (there is more out to the ends not shown) but hoping it has a "B" shape opposite the middle pattern. Water sure does make it pop. It's not dry yet in the photo.

 

 

Changing the threading for some "C" 's in the remaining runners.

Mon, 11/10/2014 - 17:51

theresasc

your huck is looking just fine!  It is always surprising how lace changes after wet finishing.

Mon, 11/10/2014 - 18:45

pammersw

It's a novel about the growth of a woman similar to me. It starts around where my life was 3 or 4 years ago, will go into the dreamed-of future. Maybe I can figure out how to live my dream by writing about it.

Mon, 11/10/2014 - 21:34

Artistry

ReedGuy, I easily see the B in your Huck Lace. Very Pretty. Don't know about mangling. But if it's linen I roll it up damp in a towel and put in freezer over night. Then I unroll it let it settle down a minut( un freeze) and iron it . Be careful not to scorch ! I iron it dry. This process starts to break down the flax hull I want to call it, but the correct term eludes me right now, and helps the linen to become more shiney and supple. I suggest trying it on a sample first ! However I do all my 16/2 linen this way :)
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 22:09

ReedGuy

Steam iron, or dry iron? I have read that cold mangling brings the sheen out also.

I set the first piece aside for now. Tomorrow will thread the headles for the C's, Hopefully I can get 3 more. I always like a sample to , to store in a binder and right up the details. I'm running behind on the details. LOL :D

Mon, 11/10/2014 - 23:35

Artistry

I steam iron . I would imagine cold mangleing would, and is the preferred method. The way I do it , is as the older women- folk in the family did it. I'm thinking someone built a mangle last year ? Pammersw, Your writing sounds fascinating. Hope there's something in there about your fiber journey too:) I'm still dyeing the Doubleweave project, on Block B, lower level, sounds like a parking lot:)
Tue, 11/11/2014 - 04:58

pammersw

Oh, yes! I'm up to about two years ago now, and in less than a year, she'll learn how to spin and weave! Right now, she's writing a novel as a part of her second NaNoWriMo. When she gets to her fourth year, she'll be writing about someone writing a novel for NaNoWriMo. After that, it will become speculative fiction!

Tue, 11/11/2014 - 14:04

Artistry

Today is Veteran's Day, our anniversary 36 years ! Today I hope to finish Block B, dyeing. Tomorrow I go on a weaving retreat, it will be tapestry for two days !
Tue, 11/11/2014 - 18:45

Weavolutionary6

Cathie, Veteran's Day was my parents anniversary as well! I was thinking today about the many veterans in my family and realized my father and all his brothers served in either Korea or Vietnam and they truly are the Walton family, if you know what I mean.

I'm glad to have an empoloyer who recognizes Veterans Day. I find it odd that so many businesses are open on Armistice Day here in the UK. But I'm also glad I can go out for coffee wiht the family on one of my holidays. :)

I have threaded 8/26" on the "blue period" warp. I have reached the stage where I am addicted to threading, just one more inch really. I actually went out and timed myself. The warp is 20 epi, which takes me about 8 mins per inch. So I've got about 2 hours, or one TAJ nap left to go on the threading. That is if I can thread for 2 hours straight.

Unfortunately many things are getting in my way of particpating at all in NaNoWriMo this year, but I'll let you all know if that changes. Way to go Pammersw! I'll enjoy living vicariously through you! :)

Happy Weaving everyone. Oh yeah and cross your fingers we can figure out the electircal/boiler issue, so I can have light in the studio and be able to use the studio after TAJ goes to bed.

Tue, 11/11/2014 - 19:05

pammersw

EricaJ, Tien, go ahead and add me as a writing buddy, and the next time you participate,  we'll be hooked up already.

20,734 I think it was, as of last night, and I haven't even gotten to the spinning and weaving yet!

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 16:26

tien (not verified)

Wow, congrats on the word count! You're really rocking!

I have not been entirely idle, either - I finished my chapters on Functional and Practical Design and on Starting a Project this week, and am halfway through the chapter on evaluating/critiquing your own work. Of course, that's a lot easier because I already wrote a lot of it in the book blog - so a lot of it is just stringing together and editing what I already wrote.

Still, good progress!

No movement whatsoever on the weaving front - partly because I'm busy on the book and the chocolates, partly because I'm really frustrated with the warp right now. Too many broken threads!

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 17:47

theresasc

has been on placemats with figures in Rosepath.  I have decided that I need that loom for my next project, which will be a double-weave idea that I have worked out.  I am waiting for my yarn shipment because some of the yarn in it is what I want to use, the balance is out of my stash.  Just 1-1/2 more mats to go and the Cranbrook with be available. 

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 19:32

Weavolutionary6

I finished my next sample warp.  Tomorrow put it on the loom. I am also rereading several books on Medieval cloth before teaching my class on authentic textiles for Medieval Re-enactment.

Thu, 11/13/2014 - 01:41

endorph

inches woven on the Acadian towels - not as much progress there as I would like to see but . . . 

Thu, 11/13/2014 - 16:46

theresasc

from the framer today.  This is a gift for the folks that I stayed with this past summer in Utah.  I found a picture that I really liked while we were hiking, picked out colors that reminded me of the area and wove a pick-up inkle band.  I then took the finished band and photo and had it framed.  I had originally wanted the pick-up side up, but the framer used the back side.  When I took the remnant that was left after framing and placed it over the band, I have to admit that the backside worked better, a little more subtle.  Pictures here.

Also fawning over a box of yarn that came yesterday, including sprial organic cottons - how fun!

 

Thu, 11/13/2014 - 18:16

Weavolutionary6

Well I planned to sample 6 colours at 2" each.  I realised while sleighing the reed today,  that I only wound 1" per colour.  Oops!

Ah well Igot the red sleighed and threaded 4 of the 6 inches. I should be all done warping tomorrow. I'll sample every possible weft,  then samole 2 other setts.

Sat, 11/15/2014 - 17:56

Artistry

yay! finished the tapestry Michigan Sunset it's over on the project page. Unfortunately, it cropped the sides of the photo, so click on the photo and you should see the whole thing.

I/m sooooo glad that''s done:) Forward to other Tapestries! and of course Doubleweave!

Sun, 11/16/2014 - 14:02

Erica J

I ended up at that stage where all my looms needed warping. I have 2 warped and am sleiging the reed of the third. I have 2 auto reed hooks, but really miss the brass reed hook the movers lost. So I've ordered a replacement.

Our son decided he would draw at a nearby table while I worked on threading the loom this morning, so I was able to get the diamond twill threaded much earlier than planned! It was so much fun sitting and the loom and counting with him, while he scribbled away on a few index cards. He was very proud of his drawings and it is much more fun to count 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, etch with your 2 year old! :)

So in December I should have some nice interesting weaving photos to share. Oliver is pouring concrete in the bathroom remodel. I've got to go tip the cement mixer for him!

Mon, 11/17/2014 - 17:00

theresasc

was little bits of everything.  Finished weaving and cut off the placemats with the rosepath figures.  Need to wet finish and hem, my least favorite part of weaving.  Worked out all the bugs and came up with a final draft for a little double weave project and started winding the warp.  That is kind of a pain because one of the yarns that I am using is in a skein on the umbrella swift and the other yarns are on cones and I am winding 2 ends at a time, but it is coming along.  I also found my place where I was weaving on my floor inkle, that is a pick-up pattern woven with wool.  I also hit the tapestry loom a little bit, on to weaving a diamond.  That all sounds like a lot, but it was just bits and pieces, here and there.

Mon, 11/17/2014 - 19:21

sally orgren

It's been such a whirlwind, I didn't get a chance to post. The guild sale this weekend was quite a success, with steady customers both days. Usually Sunday afternoon falls off, but not this year. I don't have the stats, but I think we had more than 20 weavers participate. Each weaver might submit anywhere between 20 and 200 items. I had 68 items for sale, and sold 55% of what I entered. Towels went the fastest, baby blankets, too. We have SOoooooo many scarves, I was happy just to sell one or two and didn't enter more than a handful.

Gee, now I gotta get busy weaving up ideas for next year!

I hope this is a sign the economy is improving!

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