Finally,  I’m weaving!

Weaving on my new loom

After a few months of assembling, reading, putting on heddles, tying up treadles, warping, and putting the warp on, I’m weaving!  Of course I picked an ambitious project as my first effort on my 8 shaft Baby Wolf-a 8 shaft star twill in black and cream. My mentor, Lynn Cosell, exclaimned “black and cream, what were you thinking?” when she first saw my choices.

I’ve learned a lot and it’s been frustrating but fun. I learned to weave in the 80′s and have only used a rigid heddle loom since then. My recent classes have included pre-warped looms and lots of sample weaving but no warping.

So next project-I’ll use colors, maybe only 4 shafts, something not 7 feet long, and a thicker fiber just to gain some miles on my new loom.

Back to the loom….