Photogenic Placemats
As I was weaving, I found the my post-it note I was using to keep my place in the pattern wasn't sticking too long. So I got an iPad mount for Rey so I could see where I was at all times. It clamps to the castle and holds the iPad really securely as well. I have an app I use for kniting called Goodreader that allows me to draw a line on a pattern, especially a lace or cabled pattern so I can keep track of where I am in the knitting pattern. I turned the image of the zig zags into a pdf and brought it into the app to do the same. I can also make notes on a pdf in this app, so I'm able to keep track of how many repeats of the pattern I've done so I can make sure the placemats are all the same length.
(please excuse the mess, since we haven't had any guests due to COVID this bed has become a bit of a weaving catch all)
Most of the rest of the weaving of the placemats went rather smoothly once I'd internalized the repeats of the pattern. I didn't think I'd have an issue finishing the weaving by the end of this week...until Wednesday night and this happened: (you'll want your sound on for this)
That's the sound of the engine of the bobbin winder dyig. I gave it another go on Thursday night and it sort of worked for a bit, but then made the same noise and stopped turning the bobbin. I only had one more placemat to go! So I got crafty (pun intended) and used my husband's drill to wind the last couple of bobbins. (sound option on all this one!)
So I was back in business!
Except that the next time I advanced the warp the ends on the left didn't advance as much as the ends on the right. I'm not sure exactly what happend, but I got a shuttle and a c-clamp and stuck it under the apron beam on the right side to remove some slack which helped to get the apron beam to the same width.
Once I "fixed" that issue, I found a warp thread had broken. All of this literally happened in a half hour of weaving, by the way. Thankfully, I had thought this was going to happen at least once, I subscribe to Gist Yarn's e-newsletter and earlier this week they sent a link to a blog post about how to fix a broken warp thread. So I followed the steps to fix the broken warp thread (and promptly forgot where I was in the pattern and to move the line on the aforementioned pattern on my app, so I started the repeat all over again, creating a mess in the pattern of that last placemat). At least all of these issues are all in one placemat instead of throughout the whole fabric, I guess.
I've loved taking pictures of this project while it's on the loom. I even shared a few photos with my guild today and got some great feedback. Its been incredibly photogenic. Here are a couple of my favorites:
So I still have to weave in that broken warp end and see if there are any skipped threads that I have to figure out a way to fix. Then I'll wash it and hem them on my mom's sewing machine before I gift tehm in a couple of weeks.
(please excuse the mess, since we haven't had any guests due to COVID this bed has become a bit of a weaving catch all)
Most of the rest of the weaving of the placemats went rather smoothly once I'd internalized the repeats of the pattern. I didn't think I'd have an issue finishing the weaving by the end of this week...until Wednesday night and this happened: (you'll want your sound on for this)
That's the sound of the engine of the bobbin winder dyig. I gave it another go on Thursday night and it sort of worked for a bit, but then made the same noise and stopped turning the bobbin. I only had one more placemat to go! So I got crafty (pun intended) and used my husband's drill to wind the last couple of bobbins. (sound option on all this one!)
So I was back in business!
Except that the next time I advanced the warp the ends on the left didn't advance as much as the ends on the right. I'm not sure exactly what happend, but I got a shuttle and a c-clamp and stuck it under the apron beam on the right side to remove some slack which helped to get the apron beam to the same width.
Once I "fixed" that issue, I found a warp thread had broken. All of this literally happened in a half hour of weaving, by the way. Thankfully, I had thought this was going to happen at least once, I subscribe to Gist Yarn's e-newsletter and earlier this week they sent a link to a blog post about how to fix a broken warp thread. So I followed the steps to fix the broken warp thread (and promptly forgot where I was in the pattern and to move the line on the aforementioned pattern on my app, so I started the repeat all over again, creating a mess in the pattern of that last placemat). At least all of these issues are all in one placemat instead of throughout the whole fabric, I guess.
I've loved taking pictures of this project while it's on the loom. I even shared a few photos with my guild today and got some great feedback. Its been incredibly photogenic. Here are a couple of my favorites:
So I still have to weave in that broken warp end and see if there are any skipped threads that I have to figure out a way to fix. Then I'll wash it and hem them on my mom's sewing machine before I gift tehm in a couple of weeks.
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