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The final 20 centimetres were woven without the spreader (it’s currently back with the craftsman for a bit of refinement), and once again I was reminded just how quickly we get used to good tools. Without the spreader, progress slowed noticeably. On top of that, …
Two kids, not quite well, but rather energetic, are not exactly helping the weaving process. 😀 Not much more to weave though. 71 cm done, probably around 35-37 cm to weave. Have to go get some more weft thread as I ran out of this …
I’m not sure if the middle rose is just a particularly unlucky motif, or if my mind was simply elsewhere all day yesterday – but I ended up unpicking the same section three times. First, on the last row of petals, the outlines went off …
Now almost 30 cm woven: It’s the names next. Had to unweave a few times to fix mistakes or catch some warp threads that decided to walk on their own. A tiny error remains as I had noticed it too late, but thankfully that one …
16 cm woven at the moment. Based on the first pattern element, the average density of the weaving is about 4,8 rows per cm, which mans that the final band should come to about 117 cm. As can be seen on the photo, the warp …
Over four hours of work spread out across the whole day. 160 doubled warp threads in 40 tablets, plus 15 metres of weft on the shuttle. The most recurring thought of the day? “Why on earth did I get myself into this again?!” 😀 The …
