Weaving Project 000

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NAME: First Sampler Ever
DATES: 11/1/2020 - 1/18/2021
YARNS USED: No idea! Both yarns were unlabelled from Grandma's stash when I got the loom. It feels like the beige is wool and I think there's at least a little linen in the green one.
PATTERN: 3" tabby balanced, 3" tabby for weft (with a hard beat), 3" tabby for warp (with a light beat), 3" 2x2 twill balanced, 3" 2x2 twill for weft (with a hard beat), 3" 2x2 twill for warp (with a light beat). The rest I just played around with.
SOURCE: Learning to Weave
LENGTH OF WARP: 2 yards
WIDTH OF WARP: 10"
SETT (ENDS PER INCH): 12
DIMENSIONS AFTER WASHING: 8 1/2" x 42 1/2"
LENGTH OF WASTE WARP: 19 1/2" - 21"
GOAL OF PROJECT: learn all of the things
WAS GOAL MET? oh yes...
DISCOVERIES:
  • I met the step block
  • I learned more or less how the loom worked
  • I learned why it's important for the tension to be around the same for all ends
  • I learned how to dress and undress the loom
  • I learned what it looks like to beat for a warp and weft
  • I learned that I need to wrap the yarn around the edge warps or change the direction of the shuttle in a twill and when I bring other colors from earlier on in the warp up
  • I learned how to do a hem stitch
    • Hemstitching on the loom
  • I learned that while I'm still not a huge fan of warping the loom that I can do it without screwing up and that it might be meditative once I get used to it
  • I learned just how helpful this electric bobbin winder is going to be and that it's just old and that smell does not mean it will burn the building down


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