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Not as Organized As I Thought
Oct. 9th, 2011 06:46 pmI swear I had gotten a second reed and leese sticks with the tabletop loom. I can't find either, so either I didn't or I've lost them. But I can weave twelve epi on a fifteen dent reed by skipping every fifth slot, and improvise leese sticks with a shoelace (thanks to a Yarn Barn class). Drattedness.
I am proud of my hack for to fix the twist of my warp yarns. Putting tension on the skein wasn't enough. So I measured out the 3 yards on my warping board, then stretched the length between two mobile pegs on opposite ends of the picnic table/plastic table and poured boiling water along the length. Much less wavyness.
I also set up the dye pot with woad and redyed the weft. Much more consistent color. Also, tried to overdye some other handspun*, but didn't get enough color. Last weekend's roving also got a bit more blue. Trying the last of the woad this evening.
*some of this summer's light blue woad dyed and some of last year's walnut dyed. If I have time, I'll make some card woven trim for the hood with this and some of last year's goldenrod dyed.
I am proud of my hack for to fix the twist of my warp yarns. Putting tension on the skein wasn't enough. So I measured out the 3 yards on my warping board, then stretched the length between two mobile pegs on opposite ends of the picnic table/plastic table and poured boiling water along the length. Much less wavyness.
I also set up the dye pot with woad and redyed the weft. Much more consistent color. Also, tried to overdye some other handspun*, but didn't get enough color. Last weekend's roving also got a bit more blue. Trying the last of the woad this evening.
*some of this summer's light blue woad dyed and some of last year's walnut dyed. If I have time, I'll make some card woven trim for the hood with this and some of last year's goldenrod dyed.
