Exhileration

[vaneramos]

After lunch I finished warping the loom and began weaving the first "Garden diamonds" scarf. That's what I call this pattern because it sets off the silky glow of the variegated Noro Silk Garden weft so nicely. I posted samples a couple weeks ago.

I am so in love with this project, with weaving, with this old loom and with the whole process. I spent weeks designing the draft, weaving samples, wavering over what yarns to use, working out how big I wanted the scarf to be and how much material was needed, and in the end decided it would make sense to make three scarves on the same warp. The actual weaving goes so quickly it's economical timewise to make multiples, so I can give extras away or maybe start an etsy store if they turn out nicely.

I'm not normally a fastidious or fussy person. When I find something that inspires me to obsess over details, it's a rare experience and I absolutely love it. Many weavers just throw a warp on the loom without measuring, but I have already learned that weaving rewards good planning. Just making those samples taught me so much about so many things (colour, patterns, different kinds of fibre), I can hardly contain it.

I do love to plan; came by that honestly from my mother, who was so concerned with planning she never really learned to live in the moment until she met cancer, the Teacher.

Once you warp the loom, the weaving goes quickly. It took me about an hour today to get 3/8 of the way through the first of the three scarves. Many people who love planning have trouble finishing things (raising hand timidly), but not so for me with weaving. And it helps to work with some pretty thing like Noro that enchants you as you go.

By next week I should be finished and begin shaping threads of the experience into a new idea.

Comments

[apel.livejournal.com]

That's beautiful, Van.

[tinywarrior.livejournal.com]

Wow! Really lovely and amazing!

[vaysha.livejournal.com]

It's beautiful Van!
I am so impressed and so happy you have found something else creative to feel passionately about.:)

[missprune.livejournal.com]

What a joyful thing to find something you love this much! And the work is spectacularly beautiful.

[(Anonymous)]

Beautiful weaving, Van. Reminds me of one of my favorite patterns; I wove some fabric in it to make a cape for my sister, using a pale goldenrod tweed. - Joe-in Wyoming