I was bowled over by the lovely comments and support of my fellow fibre fans. I was encouraged to cut the work off the loom and knot a fringe - do you want to see how it looked? If not - too late!
Sally wanted us to play with colour and texture - I think I gave it a good go. I discovered I'm not keen on eyelash yarn or yarns with ends sticking out, but I love the effect of slubby yarns in the weave. Plies of different colours tend to give a diagonal stripe effect as do random dyes.
Here's the weaving before it came off the loom
and here I am wearing it. I'm going to wait until I've showed this to Sally before weaving in the ends so she can see the variety of yarns that went into it. I've steamed it and will trim the fringe to even it up. Is there anything else I should do?
I'm still pondering what loom. Do I get something simple to start and then aim for something more for my big birthday next year? Hubby asked me what I intended to do with whatever I wove, as he knows I like the things I produce to have a purpose. I think that's a great question. What do you use your own woven cloth for?
Maybe I need a course or a play day - suggestions for those would be great too and I'd be willing to travel for a weekend away
