Monday, January 23, 2012

All Is right with the Loom (today:o)

Front view of the loom , warp all tied up :o)
All is well that ends well, or should I say all my ends are well :o)  (just being a smart A**
It took me all of yesterday and most of the evening ..to get it this way. Plus finishing up this morning after starting off with Laundry..Don't sometimes you hate doing laundry :o(
Even with more than enough mentionables, it has to be done. Thank goodness for the machines of today..I don't know what I would do if I had to boil water and wash outside in those iron pots..no wonder
people had B.O in those days.
Back of loom all neatly tied in..this is what it's supposed to look like , and the new method wasn't too bad , just had to double up on the sleying the reed..( Robin, that means putting the yarn ends into the slots (in the front of the loom) then tying it to the front beam ( Robin, where you see it tied :o).
This view shows the back beam ,,(yarn ends all going through the heddles onto the Back beam) Monday and all so far is well :o) and I'm feeling better and the loom looks good.:o)
   






UPDATE: 
I just had to stop, show and thank Laura Fry
for her suggestion on getting started without
using the toilet paper or rags .. Here is the 
 results of paying attention..:o) I'm smiling from ear to ear  ...I hate using rags and toilet paper..it takes so long to get it where you can start to weave even, and wastes so much of your beginning weave.

8 comments:

Mrs.Pickles said...

looking good!

Melodye said...

I knew you'd conquer it!

Connie said...

It looks great, Ginny! I'm glad to hear all is well at your house. :-)

Gingerbreadshouse7 said...

Mrs Pickles
thanks

Melodye
it was a good fight I won! :o)

Daisy
all is well here so far...tomorrow always comes :o)

cyndy said...

Woot! That is an inviting sight! Warped and ready to weave!

Good JOb!

Gingerbreadshouse7 said...

Cyndy,
thanks for the praise :o) I had a time with this one, All in all I had to make up my own draft for the towel that I saw and couldn't get the pattern :o( figured out the warp now to figure out the weft and how I will weave it Onward :o)

Leigh said...

Lookin' good. I'm excited about your ginger. Will you post your results?

Gingerbreadshouse7 said...

Leigh,
yes, I'll be happy to post about it..hope I'm successful :o)