Summer and Winter pink-green

The red-green towel was a lot of fun to do. I really liked the effect I was getting. So with this new one, I am just treadling the blocks in a different design but using the same dukagang method and the same tabby order.

I am swapping the two colors when I change blocks. One block has the green as pattern and tabby as pink. When I change to do the other block I am using pink for pattern and green for tabby .




Because of the white warp blending with these two colors, I am getting two shades of green and two shades of pink. I think that is pretty cool. I should have figured out how to put a shot of yellow in there and make the pink block look more like a little flower. Maybe I will add that effect when I get them off the loom.

Summer and Winter red-green

I really like the effect of weaving this in 1-1-1-1 tie-down order. It makes the Christmas colors really pop. This technique is often called the Dukagang method.

Also, it is very important to use the tabby in the correct order throughout or it will be quite noticeable. I am using my tabbies in a-b-a-b order. But you could use a-a-b-b order for your tabbies and get a different background effect.

Since these are small finger tip towels, I think giving this as a gift wrapped around a plate of divinity candy would be fun. But I will need to find someone to make the divinity candy for me first !   ;-)

Summer and Winter -at it again

Back to a little weaving today.  I was able to get the brown finger tip towel finished and start on a new one. I am alternating the two colors from block to block. I think it looks very festive!

I am using red for the pattern and green for the tabby for block A.

For block B I am using green for the pattern and red for the tabby.

The tabby is in a-b-a-b order and the tie down order is 1-1-1-1 for both blocks.

Block A= 1-3-2-3

Block B= 1-4-2-4

BF and Another Pair of Socks

Back home again and ready to tackle the summer and winter finger tip towels I have on the Baby Wolf. Maybe by tomorrow I can get some 'shuttle time' in.

As you can see, my BF Rossanna like the socks I finished. I kept calling them my Pansy socks as the colors remind me of Pansy's.

(BF= best friend)

Huck ?

I am still away from weaving, but wanted to share another photo of yesterday's blanket.

I wonder, could it be three thread Huck?

Side Trip

Life sends us on side trips, but rest assured I will be knitting away on my socks while away from the loom. I hope to be back posting my weaving adventures with the summer and winter soon.

But until then...... 


A cotton blanket to keep you warm. Well used, but comforting.



Socks, once again

You knew it would happen sooner or later, another pair of socks!

This is some sock yarn that I dyed at that Sept 2012 dye workshop. I like how the colors spiral down the sock. I am not sure how I managed to keep the yellow and purple from running together and making brown (and there seems to be a bit of green in there too). As you can tell by my comments, I didn't keep track of what colors or in what order I was doing what. I love to just let the colors land where they want to, so that each pair of socks will end up being one of a kind.



It also helps to have a few Apple-Cinnamon Muffins around while knitting socks! Who is bringing the coffee?