YAYAYAYAYYAY! My site seems to be back up and running, weeeee! I am sooo excited. I’ve updated wordpress and I am working on choosing a new theme and creating a new banner. I think I might even change it up quarterly, to keep things fresh. WordPress will now handle all those pesky spam comments, and I even get email notifications when I get real comments. I’ve gotten 5 already! Rosa, your “people behind the people” comment had me cracking up.
Little known fact: not only am I an inspiration junkie, but I’m a comment junkie as well :)
So, Erin gave me this garage sale loom a long time ago and I’ve never used it before. I never took weaving in college, it was one of the few that slipped through my fingers. I’ve never had any instruction, other than what was written on the inside of the lid of the box this loom came in. I’ve been wanting to break it out for a while, but it was a few pictures of woven ties and scarves from Intertwined, that finally made me break the box out.
I am such a nooooooooooob.
Yeah, the warp is a crap acrylic yarn, while the weft is a beautiful handspun yarn, and yeah, I just threw around weaving terms like I know what I’m talking about, and not like I had to actually look them up on the back of the box that this loom came in, lol. It’s no amazing piece of work, but not too shabby for a first try. I can’t seem to get it real tight and solid, but I think that has more to do with the junk yarn that I used.
Geez–what DON’T you do?! And yeah, I totally knew what weft was waaaaaay before reading this. I mean, who doesn’t weft these days?
-Tanya
(And while you may be a comment junkie I am an absolute comment dork. I worry that the sarcasm isn’t obvious and I start to edit my comment. What a nerd.)
I’m a comment dork too as I think I jsut submitted a blank box. You can delete that. Anyway, glad to hear you’re back in business with your site.
Maybe you could take a weaving class at Esther’s Place sometime if you find you enjoy it.
Am I missing something? Weaving is easy. Put the warp on the loom and weave in the weft. Am I right? Doesn’t seem like something you’d need to take a class for.
Unless you were teaching someone how to weave using kittens to hold the warp instead of a loom… that would be cool, and a lot more fun to watch.
YAY! You are back! And sweetcheese is right – she is a total nerd. It’s what makes her lovable.
A class would just be for fun and the opportunity to use the giant kitten-free looms they have. That’s all.
Oh….weaving…I did this with the Chicago Park District when a was a kid…
and you are so right- good yarn will absolutely make an ordinary piece extraordinary.
oh…and yeah to having comments again!
Oh, and I am a nob because when you said “weft” I though you were explaining your process in an Elmer Fudd voice. SO, ten points or you, penalty on me.