Tag Archives: network drafted jacket/shawl project

Weaving like a madwoman, I finished, cut off, and wet-finished, pressed, etc. the garnet-weft shawl tonight: (do take a closer look; the pattern is beautiful.) It’s not fully dry yet, so I expect the colors to be somewhat lighter/glossier once it’s fully dry.  It is lovely, though.  And I was right – the garnet red/gold [...]

I had forgotten that I had some garnet-glass-with-gold-leaf beads sitting in my stash!  I had bought them in a burst of enthusiasm after seeing some in a bead store (along with some green ones that I have yet to use).  They will go perfectly, I think: (Sorry about the blurriness; I didn’t like the effect [...]

In a moment (okay, more like forty-five minutes) of desperation, I managed to get away from all the other stuff I was supposed to be doing today for long enough to weave a two-stick header and get the goldenrod shawl off the loom: It’s not bad, though I think the pattern looks a little like [...]