After working on a black and white scarf for a few weeks I really need some color in my life right now. So for television knitting I am doing a Stash Dive Scarf by Summer Lee Designs, the pattern is on Ravelry. I am really diving deep for this on with all the bright and pastel colors I can find. I am also using a bunch of small skeins really bits and pieces. It will be going to a teenager in Northern Arizona next winter.
I am also doing a bit of weaving. Today I started a shades of Blue Mudd Rug with yarn left over from a cowl that I knit for myself.
The Monet inspired miniature tapestry is coming along very slowly. I worked on it for 2 hours today and only got 3 row’s finished. I have some very over plyed yarn that I am wrapping around each warp thread by hand. I am picking up the warp threads individually for each weaving stitch. I still have to finish the green grass. Then the yellow and purple flowers will be added on top. The sky and clouds will follow. Then and only then will I add the embellishments of bottoms, beads, and embroidery. I will sew the edges before I take it off the loom. Then I will have to figure out how to mount it so I do not lose the depths that I have created. I have not taken a class on this project. This is all from my creative side. I like that I am finally relaxed enough to let the creativity flow.
I some how find that the tapestry is easier to weave from let to right. The yarn just seems to flow into place. I really have to think about my weaving when going from right to left. Can anyone explain this to me? Maybe if I would have taken a class I would know the answer then again maybe this piece would not be a piece in progress. I am sad that I can’t show the finished piece to my friend Kathy. I hope she likes what see sees from heaven.
