Learning Process
It turns out that weaving is pretty rad. And fast. So fast it’s like magic. All told, it took me about 3 days to finish this scarf.
I hope everyone I know is prepared to get a woven scarf as presents for the rest of time.
I think it turned out pretty well! Especially for a first project. I still get a skittles vibe from it so the “Skittles Scarf” it shall remain. I still need to block it - or whatever the weaving equivalent of blocking is. In one of the youtube videos I watched she called it a “wet finish”. Then I can also cut the ends and it will be fully done. The weaving tutorials I found the most useful were from The Violet Unicorn Weaving Tutorials on YouTube.
I started a new project. This time I was able to clamp the loom on a bookshelf which meant that I didn’t have to bend over super far which saved my back. Before, I was using the coffee table and I would have to bend over all the time to do the warp and my already fucked up back was not pleased. But having it at almost eye level really helped.
Dark Grey yarn is Berroco Vintage in Cracked Pepper
Purple yarn is Cascade 220 in color #1947
This time, I’m going for a houndstooth pattern (learned how to set that up from this youtube video). I got it all warped up and started the weaving process and ran into some trouble. I’m having problems keeping my tension consistent and the yarn at each end tends to be WAY tighter than the rest of the yarn. Like, so tight I’m worried the yarn will snap. I think it’s because the paper I’m using when rolling up the warp (I should learn terminology at some point) wasn’t wide enough so it was rolling unevenly. Or something. I don’t know. I wish I had weaving friends. Or the ability to go places and have someone take a look.
So I’m un-weaving what I’ve woven and ordered some craft paper that is wide enough so I can try to re-roll the warp with a consistent tension and try again. It’s a bit disappointing to undo the work (and a lot harder to undo than knitting. Ripping out is way faster) but at least I decided to do it now instead of after I was much further. As the Knitmore Girls say - if I don’t like it now, I won’t like it 10 rows from now.
