Inch By Inch
and row by row, small things are happening.
Some silk yardage is on the loom:
30/2 silk sett at 48, 1100 ends, woven with 30/2. Just starting out: I had to stop and order more heddles, luckily I caught the shortage before I started sleying. I've had the loom for over 25 years, and apparently never needed more than 1000 heddles (until now). I now have 1500. It may be another 25 years before I need them all, but I'm prepared.
The silk fabric has a (very) subtle texture: there are 20/2 silk threads spaced randomly across the warp, which I think you can just barely see here:
They will be more evident after finishing, as of now I live on hope.
Also inch-by-inching along on a cotton pickup band for the CNCH demo:
A Latvian design, done in somewhat untraditional colors, the red is classic, but the remainder not so much.
In hunting for something else, I found a long lost, thought-never-to-be-found-again small silk band:
This is a sample, I still have the larger band. I used to take this around in my class stuff, but it went missing about 3 years ago. As small and as light as it is (about 5 inches long), I just assumed it had gotten thrown away, or attached itself to someone's clothing and was never to be seen again.
I was happy to see it, and it inspired a desire to do more of the same, fine threads and all. So more silk spinning is the result:
inch by inch.
I've been distracted too:
Mojo. Who apparently likes to sing along with the blues. He is prowling and getting used to his new home, not quite sure yet. I haven't had a cat in the house for about 30 years: cats outside, and barn cats, and garage cats, but not house cats. The things I have to put away in a safe place are legion :-).
Some silk yardage is on the loom:
30/2 silk sett at 48, 1100 ends, woven with 30/2. Just starting out: I had to stop and order more heddles, luckily I caught the shortage before I started sleying. I've had the loom for over 25 years, and apparently never needed more than 1000 heddles (until now). I now have 1500. It may be another 25 years before I need them all, but I'm prepared.
The silk fabric has a (very) subtle texture: there are 20/2 silk threads spaced randomly across the warp, which I think you can just barely see here:
They will be more evident after finishing, as of now I live on hope.
Also inch-by-inching along on a cotton pickup band for the CNCH demo:
A Latvian design, done in somewhat untraditional colors, the red is classic, but the remainder not so much.
In hunting for something else, I found a long lost, thought-never-to-be-found-again small silk band:
This is a sample, I still have the larger band. I used to take this around in my class stuff, but it went missing about 3 years ago. As small and as light as it is (about 5 inches long), I just assumed it had gotten thrown away, or attached itself to someone's clothing and was never to be seen again.
I was happy to see it, and it inspired a desire to do more of the same, fine threads and all. So more silk spinning is the result:
inch by inch.
I've been distracted too:
Mojo. Who apparently likes to sing along with the blues. He is prowling and getting used to his new home, not quite sure yet. I haven't had a cat in the house for about 30 years: cats outside, and barn cats, and garage cats, but not house cats. The things I have to put away in a safe place are legion :-).
posted by Sara at 7:26 AM
7 Comments:
Where did that handsome creature come from? You did know that cats like to use a warped loom as a hammock, didn't you?
All that white silk?! I feel a dyeing post coming on....
Mojo! Great name. So many possibilities!
The wedding fabric. What pattern? I am now nursing a headache I didn't have until I projected myself into your yurt threading and sleying your loom. Amazing eyes. Amazing woman.
Is this the same cat who found you? If it is, it seems you've tamed him enough to let you put a collar on him/her.
I need the Mojo story. In coloring, he/she looks positively Igor-esque.
You are very busy and I bet that suddenly will see completion on several fronts! Mojo is quite stunning, but I understand about house cats, having foregone them a long time around here as well.
Welcome to the new member of your family! I'd love to see a post about his story. :) The silk fabric is gorgeous. What is the intended use? Thank you for being so generous with your talent - I get so inspired by your work. :)
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