The weaving project is starting to take on a life of its own. The yarn is saying what it wants to be. This is always a good thing. Yesterday I warped the loom and put in the header. That alone took 2 hours.
Today I started on the design. This skein of very over plyed art yarn just popped up in my search through the spindle spun yarn and art yarn basket. The basket is about the size of a large laundry basket. I made a lot of little skeins. The section of orange yarn wanted to be twisted, turned and wrapped around individual threads of the progress was very slow. The small section of orange and the few green leafs took 2 hours of work. Although I do love the very dramatic effect it has on the project so far. The up side is that I am so in love with it so far. The art work and the loom. The down side, sorry that there is none. I am having so much fun. Tomorrow I might add a river bank and stream I have the yarn picked out
I did not sketch out the design ahead of time. I want this to be a very organic piece. I want a piece that brings me joy to create. Joy to look at. And joy for other people. I also did not want this to be a flat tapestry, lots of people do those. I also know that the weaving and spinning purest are going to hate it. That’s fine with me. This is my art on my terms.
