{"id":46,"date":"2013-05-14T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T17:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/?p=46"},"modified":"2013-10-27T18:44:02","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T01:44:02","slug":"one-down-well-almost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/?p=46","title":{"rendered":"One Down (well, almost)"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you so rightly point out, Lynn, it’s May. \u00a0The good news is that this means we’re smack in the middle of Q2 and I’m not yet totally hosed when it comes to getting things done. \u00a0And, with the added revelation that my two article pieces aren’t due until July 1st, I’m breathing a big sigh of relief.<\/p>\n

I’m going to go ahead and put the project notes for Ply here, with a mind toward keeping a virtual record and having a link to which to point people if they end up asking about it once the magazine comes out. \u00a0And, here’s a picture of the finished piece:<\/p>\n

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Ha! \u00a0Fooled you, didn’t I? \u00a0I’m such a stinker that way. \u00a0On the other hand, I can show you a picture of this:<\/p>\n

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an empty loom. \u00a0I cut the finished piece off yesterday morning before heading in and the only thing left to do before finishing it is twisting the fringe. \u00a0Initial plan was to borrow the fringe twister from the shop yesterday but I forgot it – so that’s on the list for tonight. \u00a0I did, however, wash the sample and I couldn’t be happier. \u00a0It feels magnificent and I think it’s just lovely. \u00a0So, for posterity, here are the details:<\/p>\n

Yarn: \u00a02-ply point-of-twist-spun English BFL combed top
Colors: \u00a0Warp left natural, weft dyed light turquoise to match the “mood board”
Grist: \u00a0approx. 5,000 ypp (roughly 18\/2)
Sett: \u00a030 epi, three ends per dent in a 10 dent reed
Beat: \u00a030 ppi (as much as possible!)
Warp Length: \u00a03 yards
Warp Width: \u00a0200 ends, 6 2\/3″ in the reed
Woven Width: \u00a06.25″ on the loom, 6″ off the loom (unfinished)
Woven Length: \u00a072″ on the loom 69.5″ off the loom (unfinished)<\/p>\n

Sample post-finishing: \u00a05 3\/4 – 5 7\/8″ width. \u00a0I think 5 3\/4″ is where the FO will end up.<\/p>\n

Pattern is a 4-harness “Fancy Twill” that is a mixture of Network and Advancing Point twills. \u00a0Treadling is all Advancing Point twill. \u00a0I’ll be supplying a .WIF along with the article text. \u00a0The design was a compromise – but I still wanted to give 4-harness weavers a nudge. \u00a0Jeane called the design “sophisticated”; I’m mentally transferring that to “complicated”, but I don’t think that’s true. \u00a0We’ll see how it goes.<\/p>\n

Separately, Jagger called me back this morning (still processing a lovely female voice attached to the name “Chuck”) and they’re popping yarn in the mail today for the vest. \u00a0I’m going to say a bit more about it here because it’s not finalized (colors are, but still) and the planning stage is important! \u00a0We’ve settled on an 8-harness plaited twill from A Weaver’s Book of 8-Shaft Patterns<\/a>. \u00a0There are a few that are related to crepe weave and that should yield a good fabric for sewing. \u00a0I’ll do a short sample warp to make sure I’m happy with sett and then off to weave. \u00a0A test-drive in Fiberworks gives this:<\/p>\n

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I’ll most likely turn the draft once I settle on a fabric because I want something that’ll be quick to weave off and not prone to mistakes. \u00a0A complicated threading is fine; but straight treadling makes for quick work! \u00a0The warp will be two colors, wound together and threaded semi-random.<\/p>\n

If I get the fabric done quickly, I’ll head down to Palm Springs for a weekend with Jeane and we’ll sew together. \u00a0She gave me high marks on the first vest, and a few tips for improving the finishing, but they require pattern modification and I’m a bit loathe to do that on a piece that has a deadline. \u00a0I’m totally happy to just make what I’ve already made, with a minor improvement in execution, but it’d be nice to update the pattern in general.<\/p>\n

So, that’s where things sit. \u00a0This week will be weaving off that loooooooooooooong towel warp so that I can reclaim the Gilmore and, hopefully, put on a cotton warp for an origami shirt. \u00a0I need to make that so that I can test-drive for my Summer Project.<\/p>\n

All this weaving has made me\u00a0deliriously happy. \u00a0I can see real improvements over where I was even six months ago – and that is chalked up to actually making stuff. \u00a0Don’t tell Sara, but I think she’s right. \u00a0Even if it’s not perfect, it needs to get finished. \u00a0Because that’s when we really start to learn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As you so rightly point out, Lynn, it’s May. \u00a0The good news is that this means we’re smack in the middle of Q2 and I’m not yet totally hosed when it comes to getting things done. \u00a0And, with the added … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weaving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234,"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}