I started my Navajo tapestry weaving class today. This is just before my first color change. I am having a wonderful time. I am learning so much. There is a small difference between each of the weaving styles that I have learned. It is easier than I thought.
I wove the last coaster for the year. So after dinner I cleaned off my work table. Packaged all the random yarn into bags by color. Then reorganized the weaving cart. I have 1 3/4 trays filled with bags of yarn. One loom and all the smaller weaving tools on 1/4 of the second tray. The top tray had the larger small loom and the warp. I was told if I put everything thing away in an organized fashion, I would be more productive in the long run
You might remember that before I started this small weaving binge for the mudd rugs aka coasters I had all 3 trays overflowing with small skeins of hand spun yarn. This is a good thing. Coasters are leaving the house as gifts. Well almost all of the coasters. I did fall in love with 2 that I will be keeping.
I also tinked a summer top that I had started. With the rate I was knitting compared to how fast the inches and weight are leaving. It would have been too large to wear before I even finished the back. So after tinking the sweater, I cleaned out the bag. I replaced the yarn with a skein of yarn to make a shawl. I choose a pattern that will look good no mater how much weight I lose. Even losing a few more sizes it will still look good.
So this is how I left my small weaving cart. The small carrier bag is for yarn scraps that will go into future dog pillows. No I have not organized the entire room yet. I project at a time.
Today I played with stripes. The coaster still on the loom was from 1 skein. I just cut off each section of the yarn to get the stripe effect. The 1 on the left was from 3 different skeins of different weights. Since it takes about 18 grams of yarn to make a coaster stripes are a great way to use bits and pieces up. I am having fun with the stripes. This is my Purl & Loop Loom. Check with your local yarn shop for availability. I am using the Navajo style of tightly packing the weft on the loom. My friend Louise taught me. I agree with her that it makes a sturdier fabric.
Besides coasters, these can be sewn in to a larger piece . Although I would personally sew the warp threads to the waft on a sewing machine first.
These were woven today and need a hot soapy bath and trimming before they are finished.
