Lots of News!!

Okay, I'm going to try to work through all the craziness so that it makes sense. Go-Go gadget number list!

1) weaving is going well. My green sampler is all washed and finished, waiting to be graded so that I can send it to my Grandma (she sent me her first project from her quilting class, so I'm returning the favor)


These are the colors for my NEW sampler, which is in the icky process of getting everything set up correctly. This one will be twice as wide and a little longer than the green sampler.
I'm tying onto the remnants of the last project, but since it's wider there are 60 strings on either side of the original that are longer. It's confusing and it makes my brain hurt.
2) The person who the baby quilt is for had their baby on Monday! Apparently I had a skewed time line in my brain so I am sewing like a fiend trying to get the blanket done soon. I have finished: W for Watch, T for Toothbrush, and U for Umbrella. I am working on X for X-Ray and I still have to do: Y for Yarn, and Z for Zipper. This all equals unparalleled insanity.






And of course on top of the crazy crafting I have all of my school and personal life stuff too - I think I might explode before spring break...

Progress!

I have been making progress on my quilt! I promise I have, even though I've been bad about updating! So far I have completed S for Ship and V for Vine, I am currently working on W for Watch. I have been sneaking some more sewing time in by sewing in one of my classes. One of my teachers always shows up late - so my deal with myself is that if he is more than 5 minutes late to class I sew during his lecture. Teachers showing up late to their own classes is one of my biggest pet peeves.



I had a lot of fun doing the vine because I could just let it wanter around. I used split stitch instead of plain backstitch so that it would give a little more 3-d quality to it and it's easier to make things go over and under convincingly.

And Another!

I just need to wash my sampler and then it will be all done and fancy! I also need to trim the fringe so that it is even on both sides, I'm not sure if I want to do that before or after I wash it. Because me and my Mom finished our first samplers so early we get to make a second one! Our teacher doesn't want us starting the next project until after spring break. I have chosen four different weaving patterns for mine: cord weave, pebble weave, a pebble variation, and something called bed ticking which is basically what they use to make old school mattresses out of. I am making mine wider and longer to be used like a shawl. The first sampler is 10" by 36" this one is going to be 20" by 48" when it's finished. I've chosen a really nice orange and a soft muted brown that really makes the orange pop. :)

Almost Finished!

My very first weaving project is off the loom! Super duper woo-hoo! I have lots and lots of pictures and yet none of the project actually off the loom (weird I know, I got too excited). So here they are!
Here's the start, everything's tied up and I've started with plain weave. The weird colored stuff at the bottom is called 'header' and it's just junk that you weave in to even out all the warp threads (up and down bits) and you take it out when you're all done.Up close plain weave or tabbyTabby on the bottom and 1/3 or 1/4 twill on top ( I don't remember which it is)

Twill
Twill and (incorrect) basket weave
This is the twill and the mistake basket weave which I had to undo and re-do correctly. This is actually called double plain weave/tabby I think, I actually really like it. It makes me think of fish scales, like koi. I might want to do an experiment with that with some white and orange.

Twill and correct basket weave
twill and correct basket weave
basket weave and 2/2 twill
basket weave and 2/2 twill
basket weave and 2/2 twill
2/2 twill and herringbone
2/2 twill and herringbone. I actually quite like them next to each other like this since they are related. If you want me to get into the down and dirty of HOW they are related just let me know and I'll try to explain it.
This is so exciting! I love the wood color of the loom with the greens.
herringbone and rib
herringbone and rib
This is the last picture I have (I told you it was a lot!). I'll take some more on Wednesday and I might even post some of my mom's sampler (she cut her's off today too!)

R for Rainbow

Is finally done! It looks pretty wonky and I'm not sure I'm entirely happy with it. But I can always redo it if I really want to. Right now I've moved on to S for Ship and that should be done tomorrow and then I move onto V for Vine, which I have really been looking forward to. I also have some weaving pictures to share (probably tomorrow) but they're on my boyfriend's camera because I forgot mine when I went to the studio today. I hope everyone's doing well!

wooo! progress!

I went into the lab yesterday and got some work done so now I'm all caught up (yay!). This won't mean much to most people, I'll finish the whole thing with a version that kind of makes sense. So I have finished: sleying the reed, threading the heddles, tying onto the back beam, and winding the warp. I am in the process of: tying onto the front beam and fixing the mistakes that I made while sleying the reed. AKA: I have gotten all my threads through the important bits and I only have a little way to go until I get to start weaving :)

Here are some pictures:





All of the threads are 100% cotton and I really like my colors :) I think the two greens will look really nice together.

It is finished!

So I finished the 'scrap scarf' today! I like the way it looks, I still need to wash it though. I took a bunch of pictures!




This is the part that reminded me of quilt squares- the darker purple is 9 square with a little extra ;)


And the fringe! Bonnie helped me out with taking it off the loom. Now that I'm done with this I am WAY behind on the first project so I'm going to try to go in tomorrow afternoon and get the next project started. Hopefully that will get me pretty close to the rest of the class.

I'm am oddly surprised by how sore weaving makes me! My lower back is a little sore now so it will be hell tomorrow and it makes my legs a little sore - my teachers warned me and I didn't believe them, but they were right!