Weaving and Cheese
Oct. 16th, 2011 06:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
affrecaForgot about the trial run for the cheesecast, so was summoned from the tub to BS for an hour over Skype. And ordered cheese!
Started weaving. First I played around with packing. I ended up putting 10 marks per inch on my weaving tape (a length of twill with measurements so I weave the correct length and weft per inch). Found out that the reed and my homespun wool yarn did not agree when I found a bunch of pills behind the reed causing uneven tension. Thought about it for a while and decided I needed a comb. And ended up checking my spare tools bin and finding a tapestry beater. It worked much better, though I ended up patching two weft threads that had taken to much damage already. Well, I wanted a learning project. And it looks handmade. I have to remember to use the first length as the back gusset.
Don't want to go to work. The good news is I suspect Friday will be a short day. Bad news is that Monday, Tuesday and Thursday probably won't be.
Dyeing the singles with woad two weeks ago
My weaving so far
And bonus cat in box (or most of cat in box)
Started weaving. First I played around with packing. I ended up putting 10 marks per inch on my weaving tape (a length of twill with measurements so I weave the correct length and weft per inch). Found out that the reed and my homespun wool yarn did not agree when I found a bunch of pills behind the reed causing uneven tension. Thought about it for a while and decided I needed a comb. And ended up checking my spare tools bin and finding a tapestry beater. It worked much better, though I ended up patching two weft threads that had taken to much damage already. Well, I wanted a learning project. And it looks handmade. I have to remember to use the first length as the back gusset.
Don't want to go to work. The good news is I suspect Friday will be a short day. Bad news is that Monday, Tuesday and Thursday probably won't be.
Dyeing the singles with woad two weeks ago
My weaving so far
And bonus cat in box (or most of cat in box)
