last night, i finished weaving the square footage needed for the mini golf hole! it was more exciting and relieving than i could have predicted, even though we still have a lot of work to do making hazards and pulling the whole piece together. nevertheless, i poured myself a nice, cold, new belgium mothership wit [...]
Posts Tagged ‘shot’
29 May
weaving the bedrock+ water hazard
i’m using a diamond twill for the bedrock: here it is wrapping up on the front beam: the warp has four colors: i’m using an extended herringbone twill + random warp for the water hazard. the orange cord you see below is used for the first few shots to spread out the warp (when you [...]
22 May
how to warp an earthy loom from front to back, abridged
1. tie the bouts you’ve measured to the front beam. 2. sley the reed. 3. thread your heddles: 4. as you’re threading your heddles, tie every ten ends with a knot: 5. tie your knotted ends to the back apron rod. 6. beam your warp (wind it up on the back beam). make sure you [...]
18 May
the herringbone grass
my second strip of grass is going to be woven in a herringbone twill with a color-graduated warp. here’s the first bout (first 150 ends of the 300 ends i need) measured out on the warping board: the high-tech little method below is what i use to keep track of the count. for every 10 [...]
