Looms arrive at last!

At last the first two table looms (Louet Jane 8 and 16) have arrived. The two smaller Harmony looms are still pending. It took a day to assemble the pair and another half day to build my own stands for each. The Louet stands cost 268 euros each, mine cost 29 euros and are sturdier!

The first course, a trial run with Susie and Ruby starts tomorrow!

The Megado upstairs is now ready to start weaving two shawls in wool, linen and silk.

 

Double width overshot

The blanket is underway. In the video below I explain how the floating selvedges are managed. Because I've added alternate picks of tabby to the pattern, which requires two shuttles, it is easier to do two picks of pattern followed by two picks tabby. As the blanket is woven folded, the two picks equate to one pick across the entire width of the unfolded cloth.

Photo below is straight off the loom, because the cloth is folded I'll have to hemstitch after removing it. The second half of the warp is on the loom for blanket number 2.

 

Fishing line removed, the crease should go after wet finishing

Two more wraps

Two more colourways for my "swirl" design. The combination of lighter colours has made for a subtle pattern, whilst the "less lustrous than silk" tencel, which is also slightly thicker, has altered the design slightly.

The blue and yellow, evokes the "seashore" imagery in the design. The all yellow is less successful.