Spinning!
Today’s spinning so far. I got off to a bit of a slow start, but I’m hoping to get another bobbin of this completed tonight. noooo idea how many yards this is til I ply, but it’s about 1.5 oz of fairly fine single.
Moar Spinning!
Ok, here is where I am with my current spinning project. It’s about a pound and a half. I have one batt spun into a skein and labelled. The second bat has been broken into thirds, and I want to finish the first bobbin of this second batt today. I might finish spinning and ply
Runny Yarn
Grrr. Valley Yarns “Charlemont” in the color “Mulberry” ran so badly in the wash that it completely muted out the contrast threads in my latest shawl. *pissed*
Macomber Love Revisited
Loving my Mac so much. It just works. Compared to my AVL everything is so cleanly designed and easy to use. The AVL is for going fast and making a ton of yardage. The Mac is for the sheer pleasure of weaving.
Loom Love
Loving my Mac so much. It just works. Compared to my AVL everything is so cleanly designed and easy to use. The AVL is for going fast and making a ton of yardage. The Mac is for the sheer pleasure of weaving.
Shredding warp
This warp is sadly unweavable. I thought the Poem Sock was spun tightly enough to stand up to the abrasion of the reed, but no dice. I think I am going to try cutting out the offensive warp, threading a replacement onto the second warp beam of this loom in its place, and tensioning the
Strickler 728
I’m setting up to weave a couple shawls in Strickler’s 728, and just realized the threading doesn’t allow for tabby/plainweave to make a ground for hemstitching the ends. How do folks handle this? Draft included for reference.
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