slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Category: weaveeverydaychallenge
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I cannot truthfully say that I have woven every day this week, but I’ve enjoyed some good sessions weaving the tapestry of Rascal and Sissy. My intention was to make this more of a graphic geometric abstract, but just look at Miss Sissy’s ear. It just yells out for attention to detail. I decided that…
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I’m going to start posting these updates on Instagram unless I have something substantial or photo-worthy to share. Maybe only a weekly post here. During the last couple of days I’ve finished Jorge the Beautiful Mexican Beetle II and worked a little on threading the reed on my floor loom. (I hate warping – it…
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Finished Jorge I, after playing chicken with the very last of that old kelly green Paternayan crewel yarn from a needlepoint project in the 70s that I saved from my mother’s house when we cleaned it out. Part of my designing for this class was to try to use up some of this stuff. It’s…
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Almost finished weaving the little Jorge tapestries. I decided that I didn’t like how different his back leg was on the top side so I ignored the cartoon. Picked up where I left off about a year ago when I started warping up my floor loom. For what? Rag rug or fabric, I guess.
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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…
slowly she turned 