Fiber Monday - Weaving Update

I sat here for a few minutes trying to decide what to write. It took me a while to realize it was Monday, so I didn't have to think about it, I just needed to take a few pictures. This will be short both because I don't have much to show and because we had been invited to dinner and got back late. 

My sole accomplishment for the week fiber-wise was finishing the gamp I have been weaving on my floor loom. 


This is the end of it. I just need to hemstitch the top. Showing you this probably doesn't seem any different from the other photos I've shared of this project. Though it's fairly large, I can't take it off the loom yet. Here is the finished yardage all rolled onto the cloth beam.


The main reason, other than the hemstitching, that I can't take it off yet is that I still have quite a bit of warp left. I spent hours putting the warp on the loom, I'm not going to waste any of it. You can see how much I have left by looking at how many times the paper is wrapped around the warp beam. (The paper separates the warp.)


I decided to get some other colors and play around with those for the rest of the warp. I'm possibly thinking about using those experiments as cloth and turning them into little zippered pouches. We'll see. That's my first idea. A lot depends on how the cloth actually turns out. Here are the colors that I chose to experiment with.


It will be interesting to see how they work with the yellow of the warp. 

One other arts related item. On June 11 is the Fox River Arts Ramble and Fine Line Creative Arts Festival. Even if you just come to Fine Line, it looks really fun and interesting. There will be artists selling various products, other artists demonstrating glass blowing, blacksmithing, ceramics, weaving, and more. There will be food trucks and live music. I will be demonstrating weaving in the afternoon. If you're local, put it on your calendar because it looks like a lot of fun! (And stop by the weaving to and say hi.)

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