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Eight or nine hours of obsessive weaving has produced this second “take”. The photos, alas, do not do justice to the depth and saturation of the colors – they’re deep jewel shades that practically glow. But here they are: And here are the closeups: I like this a LOT better. For this variation, I eliminated [...]
I was so eager to see the finished shawl that I stayed home last night, skipping my guild meeting (three months in a row – what WILL they think of me??) and weaving like a maniac, then hemstitching the shawl, cutting it off, and…. TA-DAA! And here are some closeups: Now for my critique: First, [...]
I came home from work yesterday and started weaving like a madwoman – not sure what got into me! At the end of two hours I had woven another 27″, and this morning I wove another 20″, bringing my total up to 66 inches. The shawl will be about 84″ long (which is on the [...]
After several more unfruitful repair attempts, I called AVL yesterday. I talked to one of their technicians and within fifteen seconds he told me the cause and the solution. I moved out the end caps on shafts 22-24 a little bit and voila! problem fixed. Like magic. So I have been merrily weaving away, and [...]
I wove up a few more samples, and wet-finished the first one. Here is the front of the first sample, wet-finished: And here is the back: You can see the long floats where I had problems with shaft #24. But more on that later… I then decided to see what the color progression would look [...]
