(Here in mid-2017 I am catching up with posting about weaving that I did in November and December of 2016.)
The last project was a felting experiment in the fall of 2015. Since then, I’ve seen changes in my life. I went on a long freighter trip. I got separated, and left Phoenix. When this new weaving begins, I find myself in an apartment in Portland, Oregon, with a divorce in progress.
I thought, contrary to thoughts I had earlier, that making a few scarves as gifts might just be a wintertime activity that would be good for me. That notion proved to be good. I had fun weaving Christmas presents, and I think (I hope!) that the recipients enjoyed them. I got better at it. I met some nice people at the wool store.
This is the first of several posts about Christmas present scarves. You’ll see glimpses of my apartment. The last of these posts is a birthday present for my Dad, in June of 2017, and you’ll see glimpses of my condominium. I moved there in April 2017.
Okay, enough preamble.
This scarf used some leftover red yarn from Weaving 002 – First scarf on my own loom. The warp is mostly a speckled blue yarn, 75% acrylic 25% wool. I don’t have a pic of the yarn labels for this one. The weft is mostly a speckled grey yarn, same material as the blue. Since I had a lot of red yarn, in addition to one red stripe I decided to make the tips of the scarf with red weft.
Warping the loom, including a thin red stripe with the overall blue warp:
The loom is now warped, and also loaded onto the warp beam (the roller from which the warp is moved into place). Those cardboard slats folded in with the yarn on the warp beam help to keep the yarn flat and smooth and evenly tensed.
Another view of the loom, with the warp going through the heddle.
Now I’ve started to weave, using a red weft first, to make the red tips. Just starting to wind some completed work onto the take-up beam.
Now we’ve switched from red weft to grey weft for the bulk of the middle of the scarf.
Another view of the work in progress. Note that a lot of yarn is now on the take-up beam.
Done with the weaving! There’s still some trimming to do.
On the floor, laid out after drying, but before trimming.
