We are tweedy.
If you’ve been reading over here long enough, you might remember a couplafew summers ago I took a weaving class at a local Pittsburgh Art Center.
The fabric on the loom.
The following January, I don’t think I told the blog about this, I bought a loom. A great deal came up, and even though I am not passionate about weaving like I am knitting, spinning, and dyeing, I could not pass it up. I am a fiber artist, after all. A women who had owned it for years and years and hadn’t really used it, except a couple of times, had just moved, and wanted to finally sell it. It is a Schacht Baby Wolf and she was asking less than a third of the buy it brand new price, so I went to check it out, and cut a check right then and there.
Threaded Heddles.
I’ve only used it a couple of times, but recently I’ve been thinking about it, folded away in my closet, and then I saw this, which really got me started thinking, and then, Brandt said he could really use a scarf, and that totally pushed me over the edge.
I had been wanting to use Harrisville Tweeds for a long time now, and this was such a perfect opportunity. I had ordered color cards from them awhile back, (they’re not on the sight, but you can call and order them, they were $15, which is discounted off your first purchase) so I got them out, set them in front of Brandt, and asked him to choose a main color. This is a man who has an opinion, and usually voices it, but I always make sure when I make him something, he is involved from start to finish, which ensures a perfect end product, and will be something he will wear alot.
Warp and Boat Shuttle (my fav)
I got online before Thanksgiving, and ordered a few cones from webs, they got here the Monday after, and I immediately calculated for the warp, and warped the loom. At that point it was late, so I didn’t start weaving, but oh did I want to. As luck would have it, I woke up with a headache on Tuesday, and despite all the asprin and water, got worse as the afternoon went on. So. I took the day off and wove. That night I had a beautiful tweedy plaid scarf. I blocked it in hot soapy water, and I roughed it up alot so that it would full and get soft and a bit fuzzy. The difference between the unblocked and blocked scarf was amazing.
Hello, I am unblocked.
I am very happy with this, and want to weave a million more. I could too, I ordered 5 cones of this yarn in 5 different colors. Each cone is 8oz (half a pound) that’s 40oz total. The finished scarf? It weighs 4.5 oz. The scarf + the waste yarn? It weighs about 7oz. So I have SO. MUCH. left. Darn.
Success!!
It’s beautiful! 🙂 I’d like to try my hand at weaving, if only once. I keep seeing a bunch of knitters taking up weaving recently. *jealous!*
I love it! The difference after blocking is astounding. It blooms and softens in color like noro silk garden. I think I’ll fool around with my loom this week.
I think Dave’s blog inspires all of us to want to weave!
ohmygoodness–love it!
Love it. Does that mean we should put together our own sheep to shawl team? 🙂
Awesome weaving skillz!
Beautiful!!!
Arrrrggghhh…why does it seem that all knitters/crocheters/spinners around me are learning to weave?! I can’t take on another hobby.
Love it!
Awesome! You can make me one if you want:)
It’s beautiful, Julia! It’s making me want to take a road trip to Pittsburgh so you can teach me how to do it 🙂
That’s fantastic!
cool! i love the plaid pattern. there is something about weaving, i could see getting really into it. someday when I have room for a loom..
Fantastic pictures! Makes me want to learn how to weave. Brant picked out some beautiful colors, and ended up with a handsome plaid scarf! Darn, you do have lots of yarn left over! Is your loom wide enough to make a lap blanket? Cause that would be awesome to have at a football game!
that is such beautiful fabric! good job, such wonderful color choices.
you are seriously making me reconsider this whole weaving thing.
I’m with CQ on the sheep to shawl thing. Maybe Brandt could take up sheep shearing as a hobby. 🙂
Wow! The scarf is gorgeous! Great colors. You are making me want to learn how to weave big time. 🙂
This has done absolutely nothing in helping me tame my longing for a loom! Thanks 🙂 It is beautiful though – and thanks…that’s where Dave went.
wow!!
That looks great! I love the colors. They work so well together!