slowly she turned

Well. Not all the looms. I have a lot of looms!

I am pleased with how the tapestry weather diary is coming along. Last year I purposely started it in a bit of a chaotic design, but this year I have taken what I learned and calmed it down. It is more structured with same and similar weights of weft yarns.

I will begin the second line tomorrow beginning from the right side, and the rectangles will not line up to cut down on the slits being between the same warps on each row. I plan for there to be some interjections of rectangles with lettering referring to events or locations.

At the end of this first row, I wove a dark gray square to reflect the sadness and awfulness of the past week.

There are a few other sections of warp on this frame loom that I expect for a warp thread or two to break. I decided to do these separately for that reason (I had finished warping when I noticed the fraying) and I am using them to play with small leftover bits of color and fibers. If they break, I can cut them off to use for collage or whatever without messing up the diary.

Now, here’s the one I’m really having fun with. It should be finished by the end of the month. My brain has traveled all over the place with it. Right now the tentative title is either “Fuzzy Dreams” or “Fuzzy Chaos.” My friends and I see very different imagery in this. I guess that makes it a successful abstract. I’m happy with it, and that’s good because the original title was “Happiness Encroaches.”

Every time I look at it I see something else. Right now I see Tim in a hammock beside his kayak. That never occured to me before now.