It's always enjoyable having our daughter-in-law Rebecca come up with Edwin. She is always interested in learning something new. The last few times, we have gone out to the studio and I have shown her some simple weaving. This time, she is working on the Atwater-Bronson lace pick-up. After about 4 picks of needing to beat harder, she caught right on.
I showed her how to read the pattern for the pick-up, on the clipboard next to her, and then showed her how the pattern works. It didn't take her long at all to memorize the treadling.
She has finished over half of the four rows of blocks!
While Rebecca was weaving, I finished all the hems on the three towels and dishrag. I like how they turned out. To me, they have a vintage look to them, especially with the colors, and the one that has the small border.
Here is a close-up of the details of my variations. Click the picture to make it bigger. The dishrag was just woven with a straight 2/2 twill. The colors are pretty true in these photos.
It's nice to have an extra day off tomorrow. Maybe I will finish hemming one of my lace towels, and work on my fabric.
I would like to start planning some more yardage, wool, to make Teddy bears. I'm debating using up some ugly yellow colored estate sale yarn in my stash. I'm debating whether to dye it a better bear color before warping the loom. I think I will do some calculations for warp length and width and wind the warp first, and then decide whether to dye it. That way, I'll know for sure I have enought yarn dyed.
That's a lovely loom!
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