Blanket

The last month has been myself working on a blanket amongst other weavings and knitting and Christmas etc. I have woven about 6-8 now and enjoy the use of mixing colour and yarns from different brands. To say I will use 8ply yarns has brought about a decision on what do I want to knit with and that to weave. I have given one away (see previous blog) and kept one for myself for I realised that I should treat myself as an important part of enjoying my creating rather than giving away all the time.




The blanket has had a few delays - sourcing the colours -creams and browns then the rod I use to hold the yarn on the back before the apron broke on the end of previous weaving, which made things hairy till finished, then since we live 45 minutes one way, from the hardware store that I knew we could get replacement that took time. Once all fixed and warp having been prepared earlier (sounds like cooking) I was off and sampling again, a bit overboard but choice is good. Once the pattern was chosen it was off to the loom and weaving away at all chances. I will be showing you a picture soon of it only needing washing etc. To give you an idea of size in the loom reed 134cm wide and 200cm long plus fringes.

Here is some pictures of my sample.

The first is the cream weft options and patterns.

I have picked the second from the bottom as it shows the cream up more on one side while the stripes on the other.

Thank you