Finished. What can I say? Not too happy. Will probably not use acrylic again. Good learning experience. This was my second project, and the first time I did a wet finish. Which I new nothing about. A little bit of googling, and I decided to was it on gentle, warm in my washing machine. Dry … More baby blanket
As I mentioned, I have a new, old loom sitting in my studio (ha!). This was my first project, using some of the stash yarn I bought for knitting long time ago. Warp was white cotton, which I ran out of while measuring the warp, so I added some green cotton yarn. Then I used … More a few coasters
2nd project. Almost finished. Funny, dressing the loom seems almost impossible the first time you learn about it, the first time you try it. But, it really is not that bad. Might I say, enjoyable even. And then once you start weaving, it goes quite fast. I would say – less labor intensive than quilting. … More Just about to be taken off the loom.
photo by flekka on Flickr. One day, out of the blue I search Craig’s List for “floor loom”. I wasn’t really looking. Did it once long time ago, realized I couldn’t afford even a used one. And where would I put it? But then this one pops up. $200. Plus a rental truck. I had … More A new toy that’s kept me busy
From far away these look like hearts. Not my intention.
‘nuf said. There were many reasons I was away but I am not going to go into details. The important thing is – I am back. And I have been working on… stuff. FIrst… these Economy Blocks. Because everybody is making them now.
I finished it since I took this, and photographed it. But my computer died and I have no way of transferring photos to my iPad, so the final post for this quilt will have to wait.
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