The Urge To Weave

The weather outside is icky. Cold, rainy.

But there is plenty of wool inside to keep me busy. And warm.

I was doing some organizing up in the wool room recently and came upon some deep stash that seemed well suited to a small weaving project-

This lovely Norwegian wool in two shades of yellow-green was a thoughtful gift from a former boss many years ago. I originally thought that it wanted to be argyle socks, but that project stalled. And so most of the 4 skeins has been biding it’s time with my commercial yarn stash.

But no longer– Behold, the stripey warp!

Yep, I’m going to get the loom dressed again. It has been sitting nekkid for a bit, and I’d been using it recently as a kind of yarn winding station.

Now I just have to get my materials together and refresh my memory on the sequence of procedures.

I just revisited my post from the last time I warped (almost two years ago!), and am reminded that pre-sleying the reed off the loom seems like a good way to go.

I’m thinking that the weft will be comprised of the remaining Finullgarn plus white handspun of a compatible weight. Not sure yet if that will be Esther or Felix.

I’m so glad to be putting this lovely yarn to use, and am excited to see the resulting fabric!