weaving marigold

I am weaving with the natural marigold dyed 10/2 weight cotton from this post. I really am glad I got this little loom, for I will be able to weave up my few experimental dyed balls of cotton into something beautiful and useful, at the very least a scarf. Another very wonderful thing is that finally I can use the boat shuttle I bought nearly a year ago, but never could make it work right as it would dive down through the shed in the wider warps on the other looms. But this little loom having a maximum width of only 16 inches, I can place the shuttle into the shed with one hand and guide it under an inch, when my other hand greets the shuttle as it reaches the other side. And it is so easy it is to change out colors in a boat shuttle, especially for a random unmeasured pattern like this weaving, just switch out the quill bobbins with the three different colors when I feel like it . . . improvising and enjoying.

Additionally the breast board I rigged in this post which rests on, and in front of, the cloth beam, and held in position from the warp tension, is working wonders giving me more weaving room, especially as the temple occupies a substantial proportion of surface area, and brings the weaving edge up a couple of inches, so by using this board I can place the temple back beyond what is possible had I not been using the board, so it seems that I gain back the 2 inches that is lost. This really is maximum weaving enjoyment with minimum space, and yarn!

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    • Thank you and hello Wen! So nice to have you pop in for a visit, you’ve been missed. 🙂 xx

      ps. I am tardy in my last letter to you, wondering how you’re doing and all the excitement of your move, etc… I shall write you soon.

    • Thank you so much! I just augmented the text and added a photo , some things I forgot to bring into the post. The silken texture is probably the mercerized cotton, which is shiny, and really does mimic silk in my opinion, for a fraction of the cost, and is a lovely! xx

        • Thank you, but really, it is the tools, I swear! The temple for instance, makes or breaks a neat edge, and this new board thing I invented, really evens things out providing that stabilizing support. With these tools in place, I can really crank the tension, and everything just looks meticulous in the photos. 🙂

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