Another thing I was never going to do
But, I'm doing it. Weaving, that is. About a year ago, I vehemently proclaimed I would never spin - there was just too much pretty yarn out there I could knit, why would I want to spend my time spinning? I sort of have eaten humble pie on that statement as I love spinning. I think I like it more than knitting. (Yes, that is a sacriligeous statement, but true.) However, until a few months ago - June in fact - I still insisted that I wouldn't be interested in weaving. Well, bring on the humble pie, and serve me a big piece.
Last Monday, Lynn and I trundled off to Barry's Bay for our first weaving lesson at Hummingbird Weaving Studio. We learned a lot of new words like heddle and weft and...well other words I can't remember at this time of the morning. We chose our colours for the sampler table runner we are making (surprisingly enough I choose pink and orange), Lynn sensibly chose sage green and linen. And we learned how to wrap a warp.
Actually, we got the hang of the whole over under over back and forth pretty quickly. If we could just learn to count to ten, we probably would have finished much sooner wrapping the warp. This week, I can't even guess what we're going to do, but I think it might be threading the loom - all 210 little wirey things that I think might be called heddles. But small hangy down wirey things with holes that slide along a bar describes them about a well as I can.
This is one of the looms I own - a Leclerc Bergere 24 inch rigid heddle loom. This one was given to me by Suzanne last year, and I sorta kinda was thinking I might want to figure out this weaving thing.
The Leclerc came complete with a partially woven project on it - Purrl has spent many happy hours sleeping on it. I must remember to get a photo of her and the loom soon.
I also have a Schacht Cricket loom, also known as a knitter's loom as it happily uses thicker yarns such as we knitters have in abundance in our stashes. I bought this one at TNNA in June when the weaving bug bit.
The difference between these two looms is the Leclerc is 24 inches wide and the Schacht is 10 inches (perfect for weaving scarves!)
Last Monday, Lynn and I trundled off to Barry's Bay for our first weaving lesson at Hummingbird Weaving Studio. We learned a lot of new words like heddle and weft and...well other words I can't remember at this time of the morning. We chose our colours for the sampler table runner we are making (surprisingly enough I choose pink and orange), Lynn sensibly chose sage green and linen. And we learned how to wrap a warp.
Actually, we got the hang of the whole over under over back and forth pretty quickly. If we could just learn to count to ten, we probably would have finished much sooner wrapping the warp. This week, I can't even guess what we're going to do, but I think it might be threading the loom - all 210 little wirey things that I think might be called heddles. But small hangy down wirey things with holes that slide along a bar describes them about a well as I can.
This is one of the looms I own - a Leclerc Bergere 24 inch rigid heddle loom. This one was given to me by Suzanne last year, and I sorta kinda was thinking I might want to figure out this weaving thing.
The Leclerc came complete with a partially woven project on it - Purrl has spent many happy hours sleeping on it. I must remember to get a photo of her and the loom soon.
I also have a Schacht Cricket loom, also known as a knitter's loom as it happily uses thicker yarns such as we knitters have in abundance in our stashes. I bought this one at TNNA in June when the weaving bug bit.
The difference between these two looms is the Leclerc is 24 inches wide and the Schacht is 10 inches (perfect for weaving scarves!)
So, all I can say is I shouldn't say never. What a wonderful thing it is being a woman, being able to change my mind like I change my shoes.
Shoes! Did I mention I got new shoes? Now, that's a story for another day. 
But the shoes are pink and beige and I love them. I'd never heard of Jambu shoes before, but I will be looking for them next time I need new shoes. These shoes are so comfortable - and quiet. I can sneak up and scare Mr Knits so easily now! Makes for a lot of fun at work.
But the shoes are pink and beige and I love them. I'd never heard of Jambu shoes before, but I will be looking for them next time I need new shoes. These shoes are so comfortable - and quiet. I can sneak up and scare Mr Knits so easily now! Makes for a lot of fun at work.Now I have to knit some more socks that coordinate with them. My red tweed socks just don't cut it.
Be sure to come back on Wednesday for my interview with Amy Polcyn. I'm stop 3 on the blog tour promoting her new book Knit a Dozen Plus Slippers.
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