No, not the athletic kind. I finished the Big Weaving Project of a Thanksgiving table runner. This was a stretch for me since I’ve never tried overshot weaving before. It sounded complicated (and the threading draft was downright scary), but the wonderful woman at the Yarn Barn, where I purchased the pattern, encouraged me and explained the process in a way that sounded doable. Here are a few shots of the process:
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- Warp chains tied to breast beam (front of loom) and sleyed in the reed
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- Close-up of threads sleyed in the reed (8/2 tencel, 2 per dent in a 12 dent reed)
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- Threading the heddles
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- Checking the tension at the front apron
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- Correcting tension (the first picks of a heavy yarn reveal uneven tension)
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- Weaving begun
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- Done!
November 8, 2009 at 10:53 am
It’s beautiful! And you certainly seem to be having fun with the weaving. When do you find the time?
November 15, 2009 at 5:42 pm
That looks incredibly complicated. I’m impressed! and the weaving is beautiful.
November 15, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Amazingly, it wasn’t nearly as complicated as I had feared when I took it on. Threading the warp threads took the most time (it usually does) and a huge amount of attention. But once I got the hang of weaving two patterns (one extremely simple) at the same time, the weaving itself just sailed along. It was really fun!