Monday, January 20, 2014
I finally made progress on my big loom. I finished with the ReFabrications piece that I was working on. Now I am doing something for a bit of a hoot. I am weaving a raincoat out of plastic, Meijer bags to be exact. There is a border of red table cloths and if I have enough I am going to weave a tote bag and material for an umbrella. This is going fast, but I put more warp on there than I thought. I have found a few small pieces of fabric, maybe I will do some more ReFabrications and make some vests.
I had a warp for a double weave scarf. the edges and single layer and you have a section in the middle that goes in and out. Ugh, this means weaving with two shuttles. My version of Hell. This warp has been hanging on my peg rack for almost 8 years. One day it hit me. I could use one shuttle and only weave the top layer, still alternating the middle section and when I washed it the unwoven layer would shrink up and the middle would crinkle which leaves the outside to kind of flair out. I will post pictures.
For my little loom I am working on a solid white heavy chenille scarf. I am hoping that I have enough to finish the warp. I swear that I did the math, but halfway through I am not certain. Oh well, I will figure it out. I may be weaving it with an off white weft. This is for an order for a customer. I will run a thread of irredescent white with the chenille weft. Always exciting when I am trying something new.
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