Friday, 7 May 2010

Back to Weaving

The cold winter has kept me out of the shed but I am back again and have started to weave a wrap. I am using my own hand-spun Shetland/BFL wool for both the warp and the weft. I was concerned about using hand-spun in the warp but it hasn't shown any signs of breaking and I am really pleased with the results.

I have also changed the heddles from cotton to texsolv which I think are a little easier to thread but it still took me an age to warp the loom and I had a number of errors to correct - but I suppose it could be described as a learning process : )

Skein Winder


Mr Spinning J has made me a magnificent skein winder. It is adjustable, works amazingly well and will save me a lot of time, and as an added bonus it looks very impressive!