Category: place mats
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Mundane
Mundane: of this world, worldly; of the universe, cosmic; dull; routine I was on a panel at a conference once and referred to my weaving as mundane – to a chorus of groans from the audience. But I didn’t mean that my work was dull; rather I meant that my intention is to make something…
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Leaning Tower
Part of the challenge of weaving for an income is just how much work it actually is when done on a ‘large’ scale. Weaving aside, because the actual shuttle throwing is only a very small part of the process, there is a great deal that is required once the threads are interlaced. While I may…
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Second Verse…
…same as the first… Turns out this warp is the same length as the last, so the last one was also about 14 meters. And, since I was able to nurse it through to the end, I won’t bother cutting off mid way and re-tying, I will just nurse this one through to the end,…
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Another One Bites the Dust
Since taking the photo, the tall gold/beige cone has been emptied. The mat warp is about half way woven and there is enough warp left to finish the gold/beige bobbins and hopefully start on the darker beige waiting in the wings. From the size of that cone, it will probably take two more warps to…
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Tangles
2/8 natural cotton looped over the apron rod. There is enough twist in this yarn that once let off tension it will tend to pigtail or twist back on itself, causing a rather distressing looking mess. However…. in spite of the warp looking rather nasty at the lease sticks, it took about 5 minutes at…
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A Sunny Day
at last! I got up this morning determined to deal with the critical deadlines and by dint of fierce focus, managed to get everything done – except for one thing and that was because the website I needed wasn’t up due to maintenance. Oh well. I did my part! But I’m getting mighty fed up…
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More on Studio Fair
A little better look at the booth. I pay extra for a corner booth which gives good visual exposure and flow through traffic. We bought a new mirror this year – I was tired of the ‘fun house’ effect of my old mirror – which was not free standing and a pain to try and…
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Photographic Evidence
In spite of spending most of the day getting stuff organized for while I’m away and packing, I did manage to squeeze in enough time to finish getting the loom dressed and even weave one mat. In years gone by we made place mats and table runners on a production basis. Each warp was 40…
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Something Simple
After cutting the cottolin warp off the AVL I really felt like I needed something that I didn’t have to fight with and, since I am woefully short of inventory of place mats, decided to toss a quick and easy place mat warp onto the Leclerc Fanny. Got the loom dressed last night and jumped…
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Before or After?
Finished place mats removed from the loom ready for serging. So, are you supposed to cut and serge/zig-zag before or after wet finishing? Well, that depends. When I had my old Maytag washing machine, I would simply take the entire length of weaving and toss it into the tub and dryer and cut the place…