Overkill

I've put the big trapeze from the Glimakra on this tiny old LeClerc, it's a bit ridiculous looking, not to mention tippy, but it worked. The warp went on beautifully. 

Warp Chains

I'm going to make this blanket in panels, so I can fit it on the little loom (that I've had for over 30 years) since the big one still has the linen.  The outside panels will be the 'limestone' and the center the 'light'.  It's interesting, after spending most of my life working with limestone to be trying to interpret it in wool. It's like the two big creative forces in my life converging.

Thinking

I'm ruminating on the blanket.. here are some of the yarns, and a palette starting to develop.

Guild Design Challenge

Another Guild project this fall is a design challenge. We're using some photos my brother took, as inspirational jumping off points. I'm still, um, ensnared by all my white linen, so I wove a small piece based on La Luz. Hopefully a blanket will also materialize.

Remember all that white linen?

I put up 10 yards of half-bleached 8/1 linen this summer, and am slowly weaving my way through it. I've pulled the first 3 towels off. These are very rustic towels, sort of pleasantly coarse and scratchy. The blue weft is a singles linen I've had in my stash since the early 80's and a big reason why I put the warp up. I wove 2 towels with it about 20 years ago, and had yarn left over. They're really sauna towels, but I like them as hand towels.

Guild Color Study-- The Black and White Warp

Here is the second of the Guild color studies- this one is a warp that is half white and half black. I"m using mostly cottolin for the weft, and some natural linen. I ended up taking out the lime green, it just didn't work, but the close-up is nice :) There is also a shades of grey warp, and a poly-chrome crackle-weave warp coming. I'll post those as they get here.

Guild Color Study-- The Rainbow Warp

One of the things keeping me busy this fall was our the WSSA guild color group-- we warped several looms, I've lost track of how many. The first warp to come my way was a rainbow colored one