"Let us be in a position so we are able to not only feed ourselves through the home production and storage, but others as well." (President Ezra Taft Benson)
At the time of this writing it is Christmas Day and I imagining you are all having a terrific Christmas, some of you may even have a white Christmas. In Central Iowa there's no snow but lots of sunshine.
No snow equals NO shoveling so I am happy.
You will get this post a few weeks after Christmas and hopefully your are rested and destressed.
Running up to Christmas, I finished the mats I had on the loom.
I will cut these apart. I learned a lot.
Then I put the next project on the loom it took days...
This is way harder than it looks in the pictures but I was able to get it done before Christmas which was my goal.
I pushed myself through and am amazed I was able to do this - a real learning thing for me. It was a ton of work though. I never put on so much warp. These will be dishtowels. It was so surprising I took three colors and got the threads in order and soooooo very many threads - 362 in all.
This is what they should look like in the end.
Amazing I say!
It was hard to get this ready. But I took it and broke it into steps, the next time I do such a big warping, I will even break those steps down more...a lot more steps
I also put a new spin on the spinning wheel.
It will be a pretty spin.
About the time you get this, it will soon be my birthday and my plans are to dye some wool for future spinning, this too will be a learning thing for me to dye fiber by myself in winter as well but that is my goal.
What are your plans for this new year??
Missy and Gus are enjoying what they got for Christmas...
They say enjoy the year to come!
And I say sorry for the mess they made on the floor but I had to take the picture as Missy is usually a blur, I did pick it up after said picture was taken.
May we all have a much better year ahead.
Wow that is a lot to keep track of! My old eyes get things mixed up these days after too much looking. Absolutely looking forward to better days!
ReplyDeleteSo do mine plus warping a loom is hard physical work it was hard three eight hour days I still haven't even started working on the loom after warping it truly is pretty all warped glad to have the warping done
DeleteHAPPY NEW YEAR BECKY, QUE TENGAS UN BENDECIDO AÑO. ME PARECE QUE HAS TEIDO MUCHO MUCHO TRABAJO Y PARECE MUY DIFICIL, ESPERO QUE PUEDAS TEJER MUCHAS COSAS EN TU TELAR. AQUI HACE MUCHO CALOR, HEMOS LLEGADO A TENER HASTA 37 C, ¿QUE LOCURA NO? ES TERRIBLE EL VERANO AQUI EN BUENOS AIRES, TRATO DE SOPORTARLO LO MEJOR QUE PUEDO. ¿HAS PASADO POR MI BLOG? HICE 8 CANASTAS DE TELAS PARA PONER PAN O GALLETAS Y TAMBIEN HICE 8 FRASCOS DECORADOS CON ZANAHORIAS Y FRUTILLAS DE TELA, QUEDARON MUY LINDOS, ESPERO QUE LOS VEAS, AHORA ESTOY TEJIENDO ROPA DE BEBE YA QUE PARA EL 20 DE ABRIL, NACERA MI NUEVO NIETO POR CESAREA, ESTOY MUY EMOCIONADA. TE ENVIO UN ABRAZO Y SIGUE HACIENDO HERMOSOS TRABAJOS, ERES UNA INSPIRACION.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness those are all very wonderful you really are talented for sure. I always wanted to weave dish towels and I look forward to working them up.
DeleteYou are so talented, and I bet working on a loom you have to be so careful and patient! That wouldn’t be the craft for me lol. Do Gus and Missy mess with your yarn while you are weaving?
ReplyDeleteThey don't thank goodness I make sure their toys do not look like yarn or string I think that has helped if you look under the loom in the first picture you see those white cords those are what ties up the treadles you don't use all at once they just hang under there I thought those might be a temptation but they haven't bothered them I think their favorite is when I am attached to the end of what ever toy oh and anything with catnip and gus likes to watch you tube especially if I put on a nature thing for cats. It use to be in the beginning he was afraid of it he was a stray so was Missy gus picked up on computer skills real fast I have a touch screen and the pad on his feet is just right for swiping the screen which he does he puts his foot out and spreads his toes the swipes very fast. I think it is more physical work then patience on the loom it hurts this fibro lady alot. One lady said she charged 350.00 to warp looms for people that was years back I can tell you it isn't worth that amt but way more and even then I couldn't be that person once it is warped which now it is I can take my time and enjoy working on it.
DeleteHappy new year! My friend just got a small loom, and she said it takes a long time to set up.
ReplyDeletehappy new year to you as well....yes it takes a lot of time but then just enjoy after that in the weaving.
DeleteMy head is exploding looking at that large loom and the warping! I bet the finished product will be beautiful!
ReplyDeleteit was a lot of work but so far they look like the pictures
Delete