4 Shaft Beginning Basics

I'm having a blast in my weaving class.  In the first class, we learned how to warp our table looms, which they let us take home for the duration of the class.  So far, I've made an extremely ugly sampler, a scarf, and a twill sampler.  I'm not sharing my extremely ugly sampler, so here's the scarf, warts and all.

First Project

 

The warping board

Oh dear, I don't think that's how we did it in class.

 

The cross looks okay -

let's give it a try.

 

To the loom!

Sley the reed!

Thread those heddles!

 

Drat!

Look at that mess in the middle!

Why it's...

the much-dreaded crossed threads!

 

source:  Peggy Osterkamp's Weaving Blog

 

This must be fixed before proceeding!

 

At last, I'm weaving.

It's just plain weave - over, under, over, under

The warp is a variegated tencel,

and the weft is tencel in a solid teal color.

 

 

Ta-da-

 

The ridges are just from folding.

 

Tencel was a good choice.

It's very soft and drapes well.

 

Of course I made my first project for David,

who's been doing my chores without complaint

while I merrily go to class.