slowly she turned

I suspect that I will weave more today or at least warp a loom, but I want to go ahead and post.

One of the questions that tapestry weavers (and probably all weavers) often get asked is “How long did/does it take you to do that?” Most of us don’t like that question, because most of us don’t chart our time per square inch, so we don’t have an answer. There are SO MANY FACTORS in how much time it takes to weave tapestry – size, warp sett, complexity, techniques, style of the weaver, not to mention design time, drawing a cartoon, and warping the loom.

So today, I wove on one of my little Jorge the Beautiful Mexican Beetle tapestries for exactly one hour. Jorge was the little friend I met in San Miguel de Allende, and when I took MJ Lord’s “Birds, Bugs, and Butterflies” tapestry design class in early June, I used a photo I took of him for inspiration.

I took a photo before and after. The weaving is five inches wide and sett at ten warps per inch.

And here’s a photo of Jorge. As you can see, I took liberties with his look!

Anyway, it’s a fun exercise.

I picked up and cleaned my studio up a bit, although it needs more work. I picked up a perfectly good metal lamp that my neighbor put out at the curb. Hey, I was good – he put out about five of them. I’ve considered the things I need to make this room more inviting. One of those things is better light, so I put the scavenged lamp with a decorative light bulb in the corner and moved the work light over to my tapestry work table.

Yes, this is where the sausage is made. What a mess!