#weaving project

[situpontheground]

My wife just finished this MASTERPIECE of a weaving project

It's all woven on our 8-shaft loom, designed and woven to represent the patterns of wood grain. There are four colors in the warp and one in the weft. The warp has an echo threading over eight shafts as described in Weaving with Echo and Iris by Marian Stubenitsky. All of the yarn is 8/2 cotton sett at 24 epi on the loom. There is no repetition in the treadling pattern, which helps create that dynamic and natural look.

Isn't she brilliant?! It looks JUST like wood, and if you're a weaver, you know how difficult it can be to get an organic look without a jacquard loom.

Detail pics below:

[julochka365]

26/5.2026 - I did it! 16 tea towels in about a month! Now to weave two more sets of straps and hem them up.

[kolibri-herz]

I finished my first weaving project! A bookmark in ace colors. Had to take out and redo two whole sections but I'm very happy with the end result.

[iplaywithstring]

I'm finally weaving the last of my warp from the overshot weaving class I took on January. This last bit has been such a slog for lots of reasons

- I used colours I don't typically work with (to get out of my comfort zone)

- I did the full project instead of the samples (because I figured more practice is better)

- I won't use the finished project (even if I had used different colours, anything on the table becomes a cat bed, so table linens aren't ideal)

- I couldn't decide if I wanted to do a runner or more placemats (because it wasn't going to be used either way)

Mostly though, the problem was that the whole point of doing this warp wasn't to have finished items, it was to learn new things. Once the things were learned, my motivation went to zero.

Also, the selvedges are awful. Partly because using a different method than I'm used to, partly because of the wrist braces, and partly because I didn't fix a thing early on because I didn't think it would matter (it did). Maybe they'll be less awful once wet finished?

Star fashion (ABCD) top and bottom

Rose fashion top and bottom (DCBA)

Alternate rose top and bottom (CBAD)

I've got about 1/4 of the last one done. I debated just cuttong off after 4, but I think I'll give these to my grandmother and I figured the lesson in discipline isn't the worst.

[julochka365]

25/5.2026 - determined to finish these, I spent the day at the loom. Now I've done all 15! There's a bit of warp left, so I'm switching back to green to redo one of the green ones, since I had a lot of issues with the lefthand edge of that one.

[julochka365]

8/5.2026 - someone is "helping" me with my weaving

[julochka365]

28/5.2026 - finished up my tea towels for our annual meeting and 3DaysofDesign

[julochka365]

4/5.2026 (2) - more learning from the difficulty, though again, I'm not sure what to learn. Thankfully, I have someone that will help me with that bit. But for now, a good nights' sleep.