My third warp came off great and I would the yarn for the final warp of shawls. Again, I tried to get the correct number of warps, and again I was wrong. This time I had about 16 extra warps.
I don't know what my problem has been with this dummy warp (a bit of a dummy myself?), but I was careful and did not cut this bunch of yarn, I was able to wind it back up on bobbins and used it for the weft. (There is another tale, 5 yards of warp on the floor and me walking back and forth trying to save it.)
This fawn, alpaca and silk yarn is wonderful. It weaves up easily and it looks great.
The family took a couple of days to go to St. George in Southern Utah. The reason for the trip was a photo taken by my DS was accepted in the National Parks show down there. It is a beautiful picture of the Madison River in Yellowstone. I was so proud of him. There were no pictures allowed in the museum, I tried to sneak one...but my DH was not pleased so...no picture.
The next morning my DS went out before dawn to get pictures of Snow Canyon. He came back and after breakfast and checkout, we headed up there for a look. We managed one short hike in the shade (temperatures were up to 102 degrees--about 39C) so it was a short hike.
I think "Auto-correct" upped the color a little too much, but that area is beautiful and it restored my soul to be in the Red Rock country.
A student told me about the upper section of the canyon, up there the sandstone is the white Navajo layer and very different. There is a large amphitheater, but it was about a mile walk and in the heat...only my son went out.
When my son came back, he said it was beautiful, but the heat reflecting up from the white rock was hotter than the sun beating down on him. But he said we MUST come back in the fall or spring when the temperatures are cooler and we will all get to see it.
Back home on the loom, I decided to re-thread the dummy warp to a straight draw and make it narrower for the warps of scarves. I have been wanting to do pinwheels since I took a workshop and I decided that I would do it on the first warp for scarves. Since it is faster to wind two threads at a time on the warping board, and I need the same number of black and white warp ends...I just wound them double.
When I tied the warp ends to the dummy warp, I pulled the first eight black threads out of the cross and tied them on. That left eight white threads ready to tie next.
I did a second pinwheel using the fawn with the white and got a very different look, the last scarf was a black twill stripe. Sorry I did not get pictures of these on the loom.
Then I took another little break from the loom. My sibs and I were responsible for the Family Reunion with my Dad's family. We spent some time getting addresses and email addresses for extended family members and I hope we contacted most of the local family to attend. It was great to see the family and to hear family stories about my Dad and his brothers.
Mom and my Aunt were the only two left from Dad's generation (Mom is 90 and her sister-in-law will be turning 91),
We set up a photo space and provided some "props" to liven up the pictures.
We even had the "Sawdust Scramble." This is a big pile of sawdust with candy and quarters thrown in for the kids to "scramble" and find it. I remember doing this one when I was a child...our family has been doing this for a long time. I even heard the same remarks that I made as a child..."I got sawdust in my eyes." We do prevent any throwing of sawdust so there is not many complaints and all the kids (big and small) got their share. The organizer set up time limits for the various age groups so it was a big success.
I think it was a great day and I really enjoyed seeing the family. I still want to get a few more email addresses to be able to pass on the list to the group doing the next reunion.
Back home on the loom I measured the next warp. YEAH! I managed to count correctly on this warp and I feel better about my math skills.
This second warp is a simple stripe with that wonderful fawn colored yarn. I want to try a couple of eight shaft twill patterns on it.
I started with the eight cones of yarn that are currently my heading picture. I have been using them pretty evenly, but with this warp I emptied the third cone. This is great, I am getting closer to the end of this commission.
Oh, and I finished the rugs that I was warping on the last post, that is for this commission also. I will need to get a picture of them. I still need to stitch and hem them.
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| Extra ends from miscounting |
This fawn, alpaca and silk yarn is wonderful. It weaves up easily and it looks great.
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| Beautiful Huck Lace Pattern |
The family took a couple of days to go to St. George in Southern Utah. The reason for the trip was a photo taken by my DS was accepted in the National Parks show down there. It is a beautiful picture of the Madison River in Yellowstone. I was so proud of him. There were no pictures allowed in the museum, I tried to sneak one...but my DH was not pleased so...no picture.
The next morning my DS went out before dawn to get pictures of Snow Canyon. He came back and after breakfast and checkout, we headed up there for a look. We managed one short hike in the shade (temperatures were up to 102 degrees--about 39C) so it was a short hike.
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| Reading the Pioneer Inscription |
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| And I love taking pictures of my children. |
A student told me about the upper section of the canyon, up there the sandstone is the white Navajo layer and very different. There is a large amphitheater, but it was about a mile walk and in the heat...only my son went out.
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| The amphitheater is on the right, |
Back home on the loom, I decided to re-thread the dummy warp to a straight draw and make it narrower for the warps of scarves. I have been wanting to do pinwheels since I took a workshop and I decided that I would do it on the first warp for scarves. Since it is faster to wind two threads at a time on the warping board, and I need the same number of black and white warp ends...I just wound them double.
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| Two threads at a time cut the time in half! |
When I tied the warp ends to the dummy warp, I pulled the first eight black threads out of the cross and tied them on. That left eight white threads ready to tie next.
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| Tie on 8 black, then 8 white across the warp. |
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| This gave me a striped warp. |
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| And, wow, those pinwheels are dramatic. |
Then I took another little break from the loom. My sibs and I were responsible for the Family Reunion with my Dad's family. We spent some time getting addresses and email addresses for extended family members and I hope we contacted most of the local family to attend. It was great to see the family and to hear family stories about my Dad and his brothers.
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| Here is Mom and her five children |
We set up a photo space and provided some "props" to liven up the pictures.
We even had the "Sawdust Scramble." This is a big pile of sawdust with candy and quarters thrown in for the kids to "scramble" and find it. I remember doing this one when I was a child...our family has been doing this for a long time. I even heard the same remarks that I made as a child..."I got sawdust in my eyes." We do prevent any throwing of sawdust so there is not many complaints and all the kids (big and small) got their share. The organizer set up time limits for the various age groups so it was a big success.
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| Final scramble with all ages included. |
I think it was a great day and I really enjoyed seeing the family. I still want to get a few more email addresses to be able to pass on the list to the group doing the next reunion.
Back home on the loom I measured the next warp. YEAH! I managed to count correctly on this warp and I feel better about my math skills.
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| Second scarf warp |
I started with the eight cones of yarn that are currently my heading picture. I have been using them pretty evenly, but with this warp I emptied the third cone. This is great, I am getting closer to the end of this commission.
Oh, and I finished the rugs that I was warping on the last post, that is for this commission also. I will need to get a picture of them. I still need to stitch and hem them.
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