One of my motivations for weaving is to have the opportunity of working with my sister, who is a creative and talented fashion designer.
“Sisters” is a gift for her birthday, as well as an invitation to this collaboration. It is a two color belt made with some contrasting stashed yarns. I used mostly red and blue yarns from Cascade warped on a weft of dark and grey, and a few threads of a beautiful bright red silk from Thailand.`
I am quite proud of my third project, which is a bright yellow and purple scarf.
For warp I used a Malabrigo Arroyo, in a beautifull Candombe colorway, and chose a yellow merinos from Abuelita Yarns for weft.
Because I was afraid to see the beautiful variegated color of the arroyo being killed by this shining weft – and also because I’m quickly bored by simple patterns – I tried to create some constrast during the weaving process.
So I decided to improvise an herringbone pattern, and to vary the weft yarns.
What I learned :
Pénélope is my weaving loom. It’s a so-called “Knitters Loom” from Ashford Handicrafts, and it is my new best friend. Coming from New Zealand, Pénélope has entered my life a few weeks ago. I found it on a french popular website while searching new stuff for another object of my addiction to yarn: knitting. I never thought to weave before that, but I had a look on some works on http://www.ravelry.com, and found it amazing.
Then, I decided to buy myself a loom and to have a lot of fun with a lot of yarns. I must confess that I am a trained-by-web knitter and I first spontaneously thought that I would be able learn to weave on Youtube. Actually informations and resources seems to be hardier to find.
That is one of the reasons why I would like to share my experiences as a newbie in basic weaving technics on a simple loom.
A Game of Threads 