Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Catching up with the big one...
I'm still weaving away on the large tapestry that's been on the loom since late November. It has been a really hard one to weave. Not difficult to weave, just hard to find (make) time to do it! Distractions, what-ifs, and multiple other things have kept me from putting myself at the loom bench and weaving. But my resolution now is ... DO IT!
Here's where I left it last night:
I hope to have a few more inches woven by the end of the day. If those pesky what-ifs will leave me alone for awhile.
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Tommye what loom are you using and what is your favorite yarn to use?
ReplyDeleteLinda
Linda,
ReplyDeleteThe loom that this piece is being woven on is a Ruthie loom, made by Crisp Woodworking back in the 1980s (?). The loom isn't made any longer but sometimes one comes up used and that's how I got this one nine or ten years ago.
I use mostly Vevgarn, a wool/spelsau yarn from Norway that I get through Sidsel Moreb who has Norsk Fjord Fiber. I also use ALV from Kathe Todd-Hooker. It's also from Norway.
I am beginning to use other fibers (linen and hemp, especially) blended with the wools. I was fortunate to be able to receive quite a lot of Silvia Heyden's yarns, particularly linens, after she passed away and have tried to incorporate some of those in all of my tapestries I've made since then.