My daughter was born on Valentine's Day. This was about 30 years ago, when we did not know the sex of the child until they were born. Everyone told me I was going to have a boy, I wanted a girl...I told everyone that I would have a girl on Valentine's Day. Shocking to me, I did have a girl on Valentines...and she continues to surprise me and bring joy to my life.
Here she is in the dress I made for her the month before she was born...I really wanted a girl. By the way the blanket that she is laying on was my weaving.
I made her a princess dress for Halloween one year and she loved it. Now I do less for her and more with her. Happy Birthday Sweetheart.
In my weaving I have been doing more with my rigid heddle loom and playing some with tapestry. Last time you saw the Fall Leaves scarf. This time I needed to demonstrate a random warping process. I mostly used a ball of hand spun that I had left over, then added some small balls of colored yarns to accent it. I even found a tube of grey in my leftovers box, that would work for the weft.
I was happy to use up some small bits of left over yarn and also get another example piece for my teaching. But when I washed the piece, the water really went dark gray...which yarn was giving up that color?
The scarf didn't change that much, but there was sure a lot of color coming out of something.
I also finished weaving a couple of small pillows that I had started several years ago on the rigid heddle loom. Each pillow as a separate warp, after I finished one...everything just got put away and forgotten for along while. So when I put the second warp on, I found that I was short of yarn for the weft. Of course, being several years old, the color was discontinued. I moaned and ranted for a couple of days before I remembered "Ravelry". There is a yarn exchange group on there and when I looked up my yarn and color number, there were more than a few people that had some. One of them came to my rescue, and I was able to finish the piece. (I think that I was packing the weft in more densely that the pattern called for...so not enough yarn.) I even wove the tubes to trim the outside of the pillows.
Now I just need to wash the two pillow fabrics, and the two trim pieces and make the pillows. I think I even have some pillow forms that will fit them...somewhere...!!?
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| She wasn't smiling for me that day |
I made her a princess dress for Halloween one year and she loved it. Now I do less for her and more with her. Happy Birthday Sweetheart.
In my weaving I have been doing more with my rigid heddle loom and playing some with tapestry. Last time you saw the Fall Leaves scarf. This time I needed to demonstrate a random warping process. I mostly used a ball of hand spun that I had left over, then added some small balls of colored yarns to accent it. I even found a tube of grey in my leftovers box, that would work for the weft.
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| The color looks a little intense in this shot. |
The scarf didn't change that much, but there was sure a lot of color coming out of something.
I also finished weaving a couple of small pillows that I had started several years ago on the rigid heddle loom. Each pillow as a separate warp, after I finished one...everything just got put away and forgotten for a
Now I just need to wash the two pillow fabrics, and the two trim pieces and make the pillows. I think I even have some pillow forms that will fit them...somewhere...!!?