Weaving - An Update

Hallo Friends, hope you had a wonderful weekend! Mine was pretty busy, but very nice. The only thing that put me a bit of kilter was the time change. I really dislike that time change, as I feel like I am off for a week or more. Wish they would do away with it.

On to other things. Well I finally finished my four place mats on the Weaver. They are made out of cotton thread, woven, washed and sewn. The colors I picked to correspond with my coca-cola collection in red, white and black. I think they came out pretty good for my first attempt.

Forgive the pictures. They are not as good as I would like. Living in an apartment has its limitations and I also don't have a big dinning room table, so a little one I have had to do.

I think they might also look better with white dishes.

What do you think?

Also made a little dishcloth with the same colors,

but instead of weaving with the black thread

I wove with the red.

Isn't it interesting how different something can look?

A bit of greenery can add a little 

touch as well.

And finally after a week of Ice and Snow,

we can see some Spring arriving around here as well.

The first flowers are popping their 

little heads out of the ground.

What a lovely site.

Wishing you all a lovely day from

my neck of the woods!

Till next time....

Place-mats Weaving

     As today was a very yucky rainy day outdoors, it was the perfect day to sit on a big weaving loom and make something pretty for my household. Many of you know that I am an avid coca-cola collector and that my house is somewhat decorated around that, especially color wise with the red, white and black. So it will come as no surprise that these place mats are also in those colors.

     The weaving loom does not belong to me, but my friend Gena is so nice to share it with her friends to learn and/or to make their own projects. I also did not do the hard work of actually stringing this weaving loom. That would probably take me a month of Sunday's to learn. Just to show you a view of the setup:

     All I can say is wowwww........that's a lot of string. Thanks Gena for doing all the hard work for me.

     I am planning on making four place mats, but today I managed to only do one. It does take a bit of time to work on it. Admittedly I was also busy talking to my friend at the same time, which slows me down some, but without would be a lot less fun. Just another excuse to have another little get together with said friend and what could be better than that?

     That's how it looks at the beginning

Work in progress

A little close up

One last view

     Now all the place mats stay on the frame until all 4 are made and maybe also a dishtowel to go with it. Than they will be taken of the frame, hemmed and washed before brightening up my house. Looking forward to seeing them on my table all finished. Will share with you when they are all done.

     Thanks for stopping by today to share in my little weaving adventure. Until soon I wish you a wonderful weekend !

     

Happy New Year 2013

My Dear Friends!

A New Year has started and with it, we hope, many new adventures into the crafting world!

With my trusty cup of coffee in hand, I have been enjoying a quiet morning browsing through everybody's blogs and enjoying all the crafty goodness and eye candy.

Secondly I have been contemplating what kinds of crafting I would like to plan for the new year. As I have signed up for a couple of craft shows over the next few month, I know I need to get busy. Hope you come along for this crafty ride.

I had planned on showing you and posting about a wonderful afternoon I spend weaving with my friend Ms. G before the end of the last year, but never did get around to it. Ms. G has this great big weaving loom on which she makes place mats, towels, rugs and more. I have always been curious about it, but I didn't think I could do it. It looked very complicated to me. So she decided to let me have a go at it. Now I have to say, she had already set up the loom with it's many strings. From what she tells me, it is the hardest part of the job, and I can see why.

Sadly you can't see all the strings on this pictures as it was to dark in the room

You have to watch yourself after every row to keep the same tightness

Here you can see some of the many strings involved in the process

This is the end of my place mat. She later took it of the loom and finished it off for me. 

Will try and get another pictures for you all later of the finished product.

At was a fun afternoon making this, but I got to say I was a bit on the sore side the next day. You do move your upper body (arms & shoulders) a lot. Also my legs hurt a bit from moving the paddle at the bottom of the loom to change the direction of the string.

But I am so HAPPY with the outcome!

This is where I will close for today, but hope to see you on the flip side. Enjoy your first day of a fresh new year!