After moving early last month I have finally been able to get my weaving area semi organized. I'm glad to be on tile now, rather than carpet, and I also have nifty cabinets right next to where Reggie (my loom) sits! The new house we're renting offers much more space than the last area, so I'm hoping this will be conducive to my weaving. Pictured is about half of my yarn sitting snuggle in its new home.
Reggie is a ~26" Macomber, and I'm madly infatuated with her. She's absolutely lovely. As a college student living off of not-very-much money, she is the perfect size while still offering me the many options that come with 8 harnesses and TWO back beams.
When I bought her last year, she came with a 24 (I believe) dent reed...somehow during the moving rustle and bustle, her reed has disappeared. I'm checking with my friend who helped move Reggie (putting her in the back of a UHaul frightened me, so he was kind enough lend his van), but I'm still frustrated. I had started winding back a warp before I noticed the reed was MIA!
Anyway, hopefully this issue will resolve itself soon - I just need to find an affordable 20-30 dent reed online ... there are plenty on EBay and stuff that are 42", the trouble is finding one small enough for Reggie.
On the up-side, this will give me more time to ponder my next project. It's been a few months since I've woven, so I want to use it to get reacquainted with the weaving process.
The warp I'm using is a lovely Cobalt and Persian Red 20/2 tencel (thanks, Marg Coe! You can find it online at coeproduced.com) and I think I'll be weaving it at 24epi. I'm trying to incorporate brighter colors into my work, as it's been pointed out that I mostly use nudes and naturals - not that there's anything wrong with that, I'm just trying to expand my horizons and play with dramatic color mixing. The ends are just alternate colors every other one, so I'm going to have a lot of fun sampling weave structures at the beginning of the warp. I'm considering threading a small portion of it twill, and then the rest just a straight draw. It won't be very wide - only about 8 inches.
I try not to worry too much about money - I know from experience that money troubles always work themselves out. However, I AM frustrated by having to decide whether to buy more books on weaving / Fiber things or loom accessories. Right now I have one shuttle, three bobbins, and NO bobbin winder. My love of books is ever consuming, though - there are so many good books I want to snatch up while they are still available! So many weave structures and influences left to be discovered! My Amazon.com wishlist has grown to 105 items, and I'm guessing about half of those are fiber related books.
I know for certain, though, that my next two purchases will be a reed (if it's not in the back of my friend's van) and "A Weaver's Book of 8 Shaft Patterns" by Strickler. I was lucky enough to find a copy of "the Primary Structures of Fabrics" by Emery when a local bookstore had a huge closing sale, or I'd be hunting around for a copy of that, instead. I've been known to spend my last few dollars on a book rather than groceries, but am making an effort to avoid that. You can't eat paper, unfortunately.
Though my library of fiber related books is pretty small compared to all the other non-fiction and fiction I own, I still already own some really amazing books. I'll have to do a post just on them later!
Reggie is a ~26" Macomber, and I'm madly infatuated with her. She's absolutely lovely. As a college student living off of not-very-much money, she is the perfect size while still offering me the many options that come with 8 harnesses and TWO back beams.
When I bought her last year, she came with a 24 (I believe) dent reed...somehow during the moving rustle and bustle, her reed has disappeared. I'm checking with my friend who helped move Reggie (putting her in the back of a UHaul frightened me, so he was kind enough lend his van), but I'm still frustrated. I had started winding back a warp before I noticed the reed was MIA!
Anyway, hopefully this issue will resolve itself soon - I just need to find an affordable 20-30 dent reed online ... there are plenty on EBay and stuff that are 42", the trouble is finding one small enough for Reggie.
On the up-side, this will give me more time to ponder my next project. It's been a few months since I've woven, so I want to use it to get reacquainted with the weaving process.
The warp I'm using is a lovely Cobalt and Persian Red 20/2 tencel (thanks, Marg Coe! You can find it online at coeproduced.com) and I think I'll be weaving it at 24epi. I'm trying to incorporate brighter colors into my work, as it's been pointed out that I mostly use nudes and naturals - not that there's anything wrong with that, I'm just trying to expand my horizons and play with dramatic color mixing. The ends are just alternate colors every other one, so I'm going to have a lot of fun sampling weave structures at the beginning of the warp. I'm considering threading a small portion of it twill, and then the rest just a straight draw. It won't be very wide - only about 8 inches.
I try not to worry too much about money - I know from experience that money troubles always work themselves out. However, I AM frustrated by having to decide whether to buy more books on weaving / Fiber things or loom accessories. Right now I have one shuttle, three bobbins, and NO bobbin winder. My love of books is ever consuming, though - there are so many good books I want to snatch up while they are still available! So many weave structures and influences left to be discovered! My Amazon.com wishlist has grown to 105 items, and I'm guessing about half of those are fiber related books.
I know for certain, though, that my next two purchases will be a reed (if it's not in the back of my friend's van) and "A Weaver's Book of 8 Shaft Patterns" by Strickler. I was lucky enough to find a copy of "the Primary Structures of Fabrics" by Emery when a local bookstore had a huge closing sale, or I'd be hunting around for a copy of that, instead. I've been known to spend my last few dollars on a book rather than groceries, but am making an effort to avoid that. You can't eat paper, unfortunately.
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