I was supposed to be tidying! We moved our compost bin mid summer and accidentally grew tomatoes, so I had lots of green ones to try to ripen. I gave up and now have a bits and pieces chutney for winter.
Pattern 3 from #applesiesandfoxnoses and you can see where I forgot to pass the weft on the reverse of the pattern. I saw it quite quickly but decided to leave it as a memory of my development #TabletWeaving
A moment of sublime beauty - a dozen sparrows bathing in our bird baths, splashing and whirring their wings in the morning sunshine. Balm after a disturbed sleep last night with a vivid nightmare about middle Eastern conflicts
Pattern 2 straight off the loom. One of the benefits and drawbacks of this little keel loom is that bands can be quite short. Great for sampling and learning, but not so good for experimenting with fishing swivels and tautline hitches #inkleweaving#tabletweaving#applesiesandfoxnoses
Something seems to be going in at last. I warped up pattern 2 from #applesiesandfoxnoses and even had roughly the same colours, which made things easier. No mistakes in the warping order or the card orientation - wahoo! Next to tackle, maintaining a consistent width #inkleweaving#tabletweaving
Getting a little more familiar with #TabletWeaving and loving how my little keel loom lets me play and use up thrums. This is the first pattern in #applesiesandfoxnoses , without the added turns I'd been making in my newbie carelessness. Thrums are from hand dyed linen I wove into tea towels
I couldn't find the name for my wheel. I had tried every feminine name, but none worked. Only when I got the sibling loom, immediately known as Eric the Yarneater, did I realise my wheel was his brother Derek
What a lovely day, visiting New Mills to see my work in an exhibition. I even bumped into @fieldstofabricontheroad, who organised our exhibit. I say our, as this is all work from the online weaving group that I'm a member of. Awesome contributions to be alongside.
We visited family yesterday, including our adorable young great niece. A terrible journey back, but at least we didn't have to stop at the services - I'd forgotten that she'd adorned me with shiny letter stickers.
I have a small piece in this exhibition alongside beautiful work from fellow members of the group. Can you guess which one is mine? www.threads.com/@fibreandthr...
Another step taken with #TabletWeaving . Lots of experimentation, including controlling twist. I had to use lobster clasp swivel clips as I Itemporarily couldn't find the fishing swivels I bought mumble years ago.
How right she was. I tried using quick clamps and backstrap approaches but have realised that I'm currently most comfortable with the inkle loom. Baby steps will get me to where I want
A kind friend reminded me that I had the Candace Crockett #TabletWeaving book and that it might be a good idea to work through that before diving into the excitement of Applesies and Foxnoses. 1/2
I think I got the card slants right. I couldn't work out which way the printed front of the cards faced. Mine are all facing left and A-D lettering goes clockwise #tabletweaving#applesiesandfoxnoses 2/2
I am paging more experienced tablet weavers as I'm doing something wrong, and I am too green to pinpoint it without help.
This is my wonky first try at the first pattern in Applesies and Foxnoses. The front kind of looks like the pattern, but the back is nothing like the photo in the book. 1/2
Blimey, I actually finished something today! I've backed my #krokbragd sample with a pvc table covering remnant to make a sit mat, ready for visits to my favourite nature reserve
