This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar. Total project after eight days of weaving. Yesterday didn't go so well. I wove, I un-wove, and I wove again. Sometimes these things happen.
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Day 4. I recently found out my Native American animal sign is the bear. Who knew? As it turns out, I have had a lot of "bear" things in my house for quite some time now. Maybe there's a connection. I also recently bought a cookie cutter for a lady who does ceramics to make me some glazed bears, so I traced it, reduced it and made a cartoon for today's weaving. The bear is woven in lace weight yarn (tripled) and the red wool came from an Etsy grab bag. This is my favorite, so far. Since I have a prominent spider theme going on around here, both inside and outside, I decided to start the new tapestry by weaving a "spider" from the book, Tapestry 101. Clearly, I need more practice to make this look good, but I'm hoping as the squares fill in around it, it will not look so bad. :-) Three apple green dots on lower left border indicate the month of March; there are 12 dots on the lower right-hand side for the year. Fiber content will vary, as will texture, for this piece. If you look closely, you can see the bulky orange boucle in the border -- it pokes out here and there. My tapestry skills are pretty weak, so I'm focusing on improving them, a little at a time. The Mirrix Zach arrived on Tuesday, mostly assembled, so it was just a matter of following the instructions online and watching a video to get it warped. I think I'm going to love this loom. I have ready-made heddles on order, along with a replacement plastic screw which was broken on arrival. This first warp (8/4 cotton rug warp) will be the foundation for the March tapestry diary, which will be woven in shades of red and orange. That is the plan anyway! This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar.
_After seeing various forms of tapestry diaries online, I couldn't help but give this project a try. I had been thinking about it late last year, and decided that on January 1, 2012, I would start a daily weaving devotional of sorts on the leftover warp from a Rio Grande weaving class. This is the result. Having undergone a bit of stress towards the end of the month, I can see that my weaving became a bit tighter, and therefore narrower, towards the top (the end of the month). Loom: Schacht Cricket loom Yarn: Brown Sheep Top of the Lamb worsted EPI: 8 Tapestry weaving is clearly not my strength at this point in time, but I really enjoyed the daily weaving of a shape representing the day. The "X" was woven twice on day 10, because I was not at all happy with the first attempt. Color order was random. Having enjoyed the process immensely, on February 4th, I ordered myself a Mirrix Zach loom. On March 1st, I will start the next diary, all in reds and oranges. Thank you, Tommye Scanlin, for your inspiration and encouragement! |
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Lydia Kendrick, Fiber Artist, self-employed, home studio business in San Marcos, Texas Archives
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