At Meg’s suggestion I have just taken the following photos of my looms, or rather of the two looms that are actually visible to the naked eye at the moment. Here is the back of the Delta, where … more →
t'katchwrote 5 days ago: At Meg’s suggestion I have just taken the following photos of my looms, or rather of the two l … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Suplementary weft: to add in weft separate from or in addition to the given weft. As you can see, in … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Another scarf! This one is a fairly traditional-looking point draft, but made much more interesting … more →
wrote 4 months ago: In a comment on my last post, Meg wonders whether I know the difference between echo weave and shado … more →
wrote 6 months ago: It’s off the loom! I have finally reached the end of my sample warp, and the samples themselv … more →
wrote 8 months ago: I learned something new this weekend. Having dithered for ages about how to approach the tie-up for … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Back to the crib sheet. In my first post I described (or tried to describe) the lift logic for weav … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Now that her berriness has safely reached her destination (a few scary days there while she was in t … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Or maybe there is. Don’t know. Anyway, it is good news for me that – just as I decided … more →
wrote 1 year ago: …of structure and colour has really made my day. Life is sweet on the Riviera scarf, where th … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Here’s the warp: And here’s a close-up of the weaving in progress: A more traditional pa … more →
wrote 1 year ago: My second attempt on the corduroy was carried out last night and the chief ingredient was an awful l … more →
wrote 1 year ago: As well as my loom-based (mis)adventures I am still engaged in my off-loom attempts at triaxial weav … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Thanks to everyone who has stopped by over the last 24 hours to share their thoughts about unfortuna … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The language of weaving gives you two names for your sets of threads: they can be warp or they can b … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Now, about that threading… I have only used a dornik twill threading once before, in one of my … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I finally ran out of warp on Thursday night and had to cut my samples off the loom. They had a quick … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Thanks to everyone who is taking an interest in my weft-clasping experiments – you are keeping … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Now here’s an idea. I have some multi-coloured warp left from the have-a-go loom and I fancy u … more →