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The future is warped


I was listening to the Knit Wits podcast a couple of weeks ago and Karen mentioned that she has been weaving, which reminded me that I own a table loom. In fact, it was given to me as a birthday present, perhaps for my 16th birthday, and has been sitting at my parents place, waiting for the right time I've thought about weaving before and even discussed doing the Guilds weaving course but essentially I'm too lazy to actually attend a class across town. But I did find a Crafty course that I'm watching that seems to explain things quite well.

So, on Tuesday my loom came home to me! I THINK it's in working order, although it's hard to tell, what with my lack of knowledge and all. I think I'll have to buy a warping board, because I can't work out how to warp without one, but other than that I hope it's good to go. I'm pretty excited. The Craftsy class shows how to make cushion covers, and after that I want to make some table mats. We'll see how it goes though, because right now the act of warping the loom still seems rather scary and mysterious. I guess I'll spend some more time with Craftsy this weekend, and hopefully all will become clear(er).
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  1. Rosalind Aymes26 March, 2014

    I want to weave tooooo!

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    1. Sharondoubleknit27 March, 2014

      Well, I'm a LONG way from actually weaving, as this point.

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