I Am Bound To Be Weaving

Finished my boundweave tote. It was a lot of fun weaving. I didn't follow any set color order, I just played around. The treadling order never changed, but I had free reign on the color choices. I used four colors of wool on a linen warp. A nice trick was to hide a linen thread inside the braid handle. This was to give additional support so the wool would not stretch if your bag was full.

I found this as a kit from Yarn Barn of Kansas. But as we all know, I have to follow my own path instead of the kits directions. A great place to start if you are new to boundweave. Maybe someday I will go to Yarn Barn and see what else they have!

I also ran across this small boundweave wall hanging I had made years ago. I used graph paper to help me with that one. I was going for a farmer, his wife, daughter and some sheep. Two fun projects.

Boundweave on 4 shafts

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

I have had fun playing with boundweave, but I should have done it on a heaver loom. Or added weight to this loom. I used a linen warp and wool weft. Hopefully it will snug up once I wet set it. I played around with the treadling just to see what I could do. I think I got some interesting motifs.

As you can see, if you look back at yesterdays post,  I was weaving upside down! I call this my "public side."

Bound To Weave

Boundweave has been on this Baby Wolf for so long that my linen is breaking! I guess I should not have this loom right beside the heater vent!! I am using a damp cloth to keep the breakage down. Next time I will not wait so long to weave this off!

No rhyme or reason, just weaving for fun.