More Weaving!

More progress on the little gamp, and photos this time! Although since I took them all at the beginning of weaving, they don't really show what I worked on last night. Oh well. My desire for a real floor loom has been keenly brought back to life already.

So so pretty. I kept stopping to just stare at the cloth in awe. There's at least one super-visible error here, but I'm still delighted with it. The white and purple warps are threaded for tabby; yellow is a straight-draw twill, orange is not-straight-draw but also twill, and red is even-less-straight-than-before twill. I don't know what they're called, but I like them both!

Close-up of the first night's weaving! This actually disguises the error really well...

Also, I adore the electric blue/purple at the top edge. It's reeled silk and I chose it for a weft-faced treadling pattern, and it's so smooth and shimmery. Probably my favorite weft so far; the pink linen in the middle (third block, it looks remarkably orange in photos) was the most recalcitrant.

And from the other angle, with a touch more weaving done (then dinner happened, and then I was too excited by the yay! weaving! to pause and take pictures).

And just to keep track of things, since I can't quite read weaving yet...first block is 1:3 twill treadling, second block is 2:2, and third block is 3:1. Fourth block is treadled according to the orange threading pattern one shaft at a time, fifth is two shafts at a time, and sixth (not even pictured yet!) is three at a time.

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