More Yarn!
10 Dec 2020 08:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ursulas_alcoveAs we go through things and clean, I keep finding more yarn. Today I wound a bit of yarn and released my special order for purchase. The sun was so bright that picture-taking could not really happen. I wound about 3200 yards. I still need to label a bunch of balls.
More ideas for shawls are bouncing through my head. I found some rayon that goes with my existing palette. I think I can get another rectangular shawl out of it.
Today I finished crocheting the edges of the brown/cranberry shawl. All the ends are stitched in. It needs to be washed and blocked next. Then I turned the loom upright and started a new shawl. All the yarn got weighed as well for record keeping. I keep a book so I know how much I used and the patterns in case I want to do them again. So here's what is looks like:
The 18" loom was fussing yesterday. I found a tapestry needle and fixed my handspun that frayed. It's hard to use handspun as warp on a rigid heddle. My weaving goal was to finish all the weft on one shuttle. I achieved that and wound more yarn so tomorrow will run smooth. I didn't measure how much I wove, somewhere between 5 and 10".
The goal is to weave at least an hour a day and wind up to a pound of yarn but the 40/2 linen has so many yards, I can't physically wind that much by hand. All in all, I think I'm doing good, meeting my goals.
Covid numbers are way to high to actually go to a store at this point. Pittsburgh had over 1200 new cases today alone. I'll be poking online to look for a new computer. I may also have a chat with some friends to see what they recommend. Meanwhile, Chronographia ran into trouble with Weebly. Her site won't take payments. She has no idea why. Tech support did not get back to her. Square's tech support did get back to her but they can't fix Weebly. So, perhaps my website launch will be a little rocky. My biggest concern is getting all the pictures I need taken in good lighting, natural light, not too bright. Tomorrow it will hit 60 degrees so maybe I can get some outside. Fingers crossed.
More ideas for shawls are bouncing through my head. I found some rayon that goes with my existing palette. I think I can get another rectangular shawl out of it.
Today I finished crocheting the edges of the brown/cranberry shawl. All the ends are stitched in. It needs to be washed and blocked next. Then I turned the loom upright and started a new shawl. All the yarn got weighed as well for record keeping. I keep a book so I know how much I used and the patterns in case I want to do them again. So here's what is looks like:
The 18" loom was fussing yesterday. I found a tapestry needle and fixed my handspun that frayed. It's hard to use handspun as warp on a rigid heddle. My weaving goal was to finish all the weft on one shuttle. I achieved that and wound more yarn so tomorrow will run smooth. I didn't measure how much I wove, somewhere between 5 and 10".
The goal is to weave at least an hour a day and wind up to a pound of yarn but the 40/2 linen has so many yards, I can't physically wind that much by hand. All in all, I think I'm doing good, meeting my goals.
Covid numbers are way to high to actually go to a store at this point. Pittsburgh had over 1200 new cases today alone. I'll be poking online to look for a new computer. I may also have a chat with some friends to see what they recommend. Meanwhile, Chronographia ran into trouble with Weebly. Her site won't take payments. She has no idea why. Tech support did not get back to her. Square's tech support did get back to her but they can't fix Weebly. So, perhaps my website launch will be a little rocky. My biggest concern is getting all the pictures I need taken in good lighting, natural light, not too bright. Tomorrow it will hit 60 degrees so maybe I can get some outside. Fingers crossed.
