Cutting Off the Macomber

I finished the warp that was on the 10 shaft Macomber. Maybe people shouldn't try to weave during the holidays with going here and there and company and such...... My clasp weft scarf is only 36" long.... I guess I looked at the wrong notes and thought I had woven 72". Oh well, it was an experiment anyway.

The plain weave scarf is the right size, but the part where I did the pattern work doesn't really show that much. But I will go ahead and twist the fringe anyway. Who knows, it might wash up and be really something. Again, another experiment.

Before I cut this warp off the Macomber, I took my camera to see what this yarn looks like really up close. You think your yarn is really slick, but maybe not! Maybe this is why this Bambu is so soft?

What's on the Macomber?

What's on the Macomber is the gold bambu warp on whick I have just finished the clasp weft scarf.

You can see it from under the loom here. If you look real close you can see that each pick is two thicknesses of the threads. I sure hope it looks a lot better after it is washed.

I have some ideas on what to do next, but haven't gotten them (the ideas) all squared away in the old brain. It will be something with the MidWest Weavers conference yarn, but don't know what yet!

I am still working on the Weaver Rose overshot on the Baby Wolf too.

And a snow storm is coming tonight, maybe I will be snowed in tomorrow and will be able to weave all day. I know I have plenty of projects to keep me busy for a while.

Clasp Weft Scarf

While winding warp for Weaver Rose, I can also weave on the big Macomber loom. While I cannot do both at the same time, I can go back and forth. I call it multi-tasking!

Here is that plain weave gold Bambu warp I have on the loom. I am using black Bambu and the clasp weft technique for another quick scarf. When you do this technique, you are free to design as you go. You could work out a design if you wanted to, but I love the freedom of 'going with the flow'!