I am ridiculously pleased with this week's weave-a-thon project! I was originally planning to do a roving tapestry, but then a chart from the Imagined Landscapes current gnome mystery knit along caught my eye, and I decided to change direction. I double warped my Hello Hydrangea large loom with some Caron Simply Soft and then did a long-ish tapestry of plain weave. Then I cross-stitched the gnome chart onto the plain background. Here are the process photos:
The loom, all warped up:
My son "helping" with the weaving:
The plain weave is done and I have started the cross-stitch with some blue Caron yarn:
And then the finished piece again. Notice that a friend let me use some fluffy white novelty yarn for cross-stitching the beard!
The next project involves my Purl & Loop Swatchmaker 3-in-1 loom. Right now I'm thinking of using some leftover sock yarn and warping it at 10 epi, then playing with some color-and-weave for a bit, but we'll see what mood strikes me once I get going!
I'm loving this weave-a-thon. I'm getting a chance to try out all my new looms, and I'm getting to use up some leftover stash yarn while trying out different techniques. It's so much fun! What a nice thing to brighten up the cold, dark ending of this year.
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