Homestead Journal at Fat Turkey Farm

Finished Weaving

I finally finished weaving what was on my little two harness loom this week.  It came out fairly good I think, although my edges sure need some work!

Here is a close up of it.

It made a pretty nice table runner for my dining room, even though there is no pink in my dining room.  I did rewarp the loom with a linen warp (AARRGG 5 hours of warping!) and am weaving with the left over warp.  The attempt is to make some napkins, but I'm not too sure how they will turn out since the weave looks really loose.  That may be due to the fact that the linen is quite stiff and it might just suprise me when I wash them after it's done and "fill in" more.  I'll have to wait and see. 

Kind of hard to see it in that picture.

In other weaving news, Bertha the big loom is looking for a new home.  I am the recipient of a "new" loom that is in working order.  I was never able to put the time into repairing Bertha.  I need the space in the living room for the new one.  A weaver is coming to look at Bertha today.  The new one is a 4 harness 45" wide loom that will be coming to live here in about 2 weeks.  Best of all, the new loom is FREE!!!  Can't wait to try my hand at some overshot weaving! 

Gotta run!  Bye!

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{ 08:08, January 26, 2008 } { Posted by homesteadmama4 }

That is beautful.

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{ 09:20, January 28, 2008 } { Posted by gabbie427 }

Beautiful!!! Great job. Boy does this bring back memories of the loom that my grandmother used to have and how she would let me help run the pedals sometimes. I still have some of her hand loomed rugs even though she died almost 14 years ago. Man I wish I had that loom now!

God's Blessings,
Amy Jo