Well, I took the plunge and decided to give this a try. Terrified at first, I just tried a small 2" section of cloth in a plain weave to see how the process of threading the loom worked.
Here are those results...
Now, many people would probably just try a slightly bigger section and then work their way up to a larger project. But that's not really how I like to play.
I found this really great weaving book at the local library and decided to try one of the patterns.
I warped the loom with a 5 yard warp that is 25 inches wide!
Stats:
Number of ends (individual threads) - 400
Hours to thread the loom - 12
Total finished width - 23 inches
Total finished length - 4 yards (yes, there is a whole yard of waste :-( )
And here is the beautiful work in progress!
I'm in LOVE with weaving! I grabbed my mom and showed her the work. Her response was "well, you have wanted a loom since you were 8!" :-)
What do you think?
4 comments:
I think it's absolutely beautiful and it's hard to believe this is your first attempt! Wow! Impressive!
Thanks Ms Vera! :-D I'm pretty happy with it too! I just kept praying that all those little ends wouldn't get tangled!
That is amazing! A loom is now being added to my wishlist (already want a spinning wheel....)
I have about 10 yards of finished cloth in this pattern! 3 in purple (I switched to purple right after taking this picture!) and then another 7 in red. I looooooove the red! I'm going to make a Christmas bedspread with it - This on one side, white on the other and do some embroidery on the backside! I can't wait to finish it!
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