First piece on the new loom

[angharad_gam]

I finished my first test piece on the new loom about a week ago. I thought I would post some pictures of the process. Of course I completely forgot to take any when I was winding the warp, but I was doing that the same boring way I used for the last scarf I made on the smaller loom (winding the yarn out on the clothes airer basically). The new loom is supposed to have a funky, quick way of doing this, which is difficult to explain without pictures, but I couldn't get it to work for me. Of course, once I had warped up this piece, I figured it out. I have now tried this method with the next piece I am working on, so more on that later.

Anyway, here is all the yarn, tied onto the back beam of the loom.



There sure is a lot of yarn....


And now the warp is tied onto the front of the loom and tensioned nicely. At this point it is ready to weave. Getting to this point was about six hours work.



The first few inches woven:



And here it is just about finished and ready to take off the loom. The weaving was really quick - maybe six - seven hours all up for a piece that is about 2m long (including fringes).



And this is the finished piece, with all the ends knotted. The tension is a bit uneven, but I am rather impressed. I am also impressed with how easy this new loom made it and how quickly the weaving went (once I got the warp sorted out).

Comments

[irreparable.livejournal.com]

That is fantastic. Seriously so impressed. Only in the real close up shots can I see any of the (very small) tension changes, but honestly, I've seen stuff done by long time weavers that weren't as neat, taut or even.

So what are you making next and with what yarn?

(Plus good tip re the air dryer--I'll use that myself now.)

[angharad-gam.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I still think I haven't gotten the hang of edges yet. The air drier was a bit of a brain wave. The neat thing is that you can easily get different length warps by winding it around different combinations of rails.

The next project is a scarf in a bulky acrylic/cotton yarn in which I am attempting a version of twill weave. Technically you need a 4 shaft loom or a second heddle to do this properly, but I found a shortcut on Ravelry, so I am going to try this out.

[reverancepavane.livejournal.com]

There must be something wrong at your end. I couldn't hear a note of your first piece. Are you sure the microphone was on?

[irreparable.livejournal.com]

Yes, that was the thing that made me have an "ah-ha!" moment, because it would make figuring out how much you need of x colour or y colour so much easier.

Oh that sounds interesting. I'm keen to see your progress pics on that.