My first 'real' project off of the loom last night is a plaid scarf I designed myself. Ya'll have seen it before while on the loom but here it is, all done, ends cut, fringe trimmed all that hoopla.
The new scarf will now Vogue for you:
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Saturday, May 01, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Yarny Things
Lots of Yarn play this week. I finished spinning 'Captain Planet' from the PhatFiber box...here is the roving:
and the yarn:
Then I spun up the 'Pool of Tears' Bamboo also from the Phat box. Again the roving:
On the spindle:
and the yarn:
I finished knitting the handspun alpaca lace scarf:
Now I just need to block it...can't wait for it to be all done (so I can fold it up and put it away until I need it...scarf weather is pretty much over).
and the yarn:Then I spun up the 'Pool of Tears' Bamboo also from the Phat box. Again the roving:On the spindle:and the yarn:I finished knitting the handspun alpaca lace scarf:Now I just need to block it...can't wait for it to be all done (so I can fold it up and put it away until I need it...scarf weather is pretty much over). Also I have been playing on the loom some more. After some fiddling on graph paper I had my desing pretty much figured out. I decided I wanted to try warping the loom 'directly' by using the single post method. I started by setting up a post:
That post aligned with the loom so I could go from the warping bar/dowel to the heddle to the post and back.
The yarn on a makeshift TinkerToy 'lazy kate' of sorts so that it would unwind easier while pulling it from the cone to the loom:
After the warping was all done I started weaving - here is my very first plaid, designed by me! 
The pattern is quite simple and easily memorized. I did warp the edges with yellow when, if following the pattern, it should have been grey but I wanted a nice defined edge so hopefully it's the right call.
Next in line for the loom: Placemats!
That post aligned with the loom so I could go from the warping bar/dowel to the heddle to the post and back.The yarn on a makeshift TinkerToy 'lazy kate' of sorts so that it would unwind easier while pulling it from the cone to the loom:After the warping was all done I started weaving - here is my very first plaid, designed by me! The pattern is quite simple and easily memorized. I did warp the edges with yellow when, if following the pattern, it should have been grey but I wanted a nice defined edge so hopefully it's the right call.Next in line for the loom: Placemats!
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