{"id":2867,"date":"2015-10-18T16:39:41","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T16:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annetarsia.com\/?p=2867"},"modified":"2015-10-18T16:39:41","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T16:39:41","slug":"weekend-update-weaving-cats-and-deborah-chandler-saves-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/2015\/10\/weekend-update-weaving-cats-and-deborah-chandler-saves-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend update – weaving, cats, and Deborah Chandler saves the day"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am playing with my “new-to-me” Gilmore floor loom this weekend. It has 8 shafts, but I am only using 4.\u00a0 I bought worsted weight Sugar and Cream cotton in a bunch of colors, and warped from back to front, as you are supposed to with a separator beam.\u00a0 I didn’t like it much, there has to be a better way to do this.\u00a0 I put on a Rosepath threading, and used a few treadling tie-ups and drafts to make “pictures”.\u00a0 It was fun, and mildly successful.\u00a0 We will see after washing – when the fibers settle into place.<\/p>\n

I put on a second warp, going from front to back, this time.\u00a0 It came out beautifully!\u00a0 Then I sat down to weave and couldn’t get a proper shed.\u00a0 I checked the tie-ups.\u00a0 I checked the heddles.\u00a0 All OK.\u00a0 So I went to my oracle, Deborah Chandler’s “Learning to Weave”.\u00a0 Under “can’t get a shed” – she says (honest to God) “You forgot to put up the back beam before winding the warp”.\u00a0 I went to the loom to look, and of course that was it.\u00a0 Thank you, Deborah!\u00a0 I had to unwind, put the beam back, and wind it again, so it isn’t as pretty as the first try.\u00a0 But it works.<\/p>\n

The weft is a Muppet yarn that Laura Farson gave me when I started to weave.\u00a0 I am making mats for the loom bench and my piano bench.\u00a0 Jasmine thinks I am making cat beds, and that works for me, too.\u00a0 Anything to get her off the actual loom!<\/p>\n

\"Muppet<\/a>
Muppet yarn for weft, Sugar and cream cotton warp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"I<\/a>
I turn my back, and Jasmine got up on the front beam! Seriously? Is that a comfy spot?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Jasmine<\/a>
Jasmine is supervising as I spread out the 4 yds of cloth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"finishing<\/a>
finishing the warp! First finished cloth from the Gilmore floor loom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The black cotton is Sugar and cream, the gray is scrap boucle. Pattern is Rosepath, and I threw some Plain weave stripes in there, too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"These<\/a>
These are supposed to be tulips. Hmm. We will see, after finishing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"This<\/a>
This is “Lavendar”. I can see this one, if I squint!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Jasmine<\/a>
Jasmine was lying on this, which is the “Daisy” treadling.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"First<\/a>
First warp – done back to front. This is suggested for a separator beam, but I don’t like it as well as front to back.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am playing with my “new-to-me” Gilmore floor loom this weekend. It has 8 shafts, but I am only using 4.\u00a0 I bought worsted weight Sugar and Cream cotton in a bunch of colors, and warped from back to front, as you are supposed to with a separator beam.\u00a0 I didn’t like it much, there […]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,10],"tags":[231,230,64],"class_list":["post-2867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book","category-blog","tag-gilmore-loom","tag-sugar-and-cream","tag-weaving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2867"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2869,"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867\/revisions\/2869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}