Comments on: New Garbage Day Project post & Weaving

By: kkrullrobart

kkrullrobart — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:20:20 +0000

Love the weaving, Virginia! Has a nice landscape feel to it, and the textures are marvelous. Dad did a great job making the loom, also. I might have to put Bill to work on making something similar for me.

By: yarngoddess

yarngoddess — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:43:24 +0000

Your frame weaving shows a lot of potential! :-}
I would suggest that if you *want* to maintain an even width throughout, you lay the weft yarns in by bubbling it or laying it at an angle, then squeeze them down into place with a fork. Weft yarns need a surprising amount of length to do the “over/under” thing without drawing in the selvedges.
Of couse, you can say, it’s woven exactly the way you intended. I can accept that, too!
:Diane

By: admin

admin — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:35:19 +0000

Karen - Thank you and I will pass along your compliment to my Dad. He can build or fix anything - wood or metal.

Diane - I will try your bubbling technique (thank you!), but “of course” this is exactly the look I wanted

When I saw that I was in trouble with the width, I reversed ends and worked toward the middle. Not knowing the rules is so freeing.

Thank you for writing,
Virginia