Nancy's Fiber Blog: May 2020

Saturday, May 9, 2020

Blazing Shuttles Nightshade Warp

Warp is 10/2 mercerized cotton “Nightshade” painted by Blazing Shuttles (Katherin Weber) while weft is 2/20 silk in "Diva Blue" from Webs. Sett is 28 Ends Per Inch (EPI) in a 14 Dent Per Inch (DPI) reed. The AVL geared auto-advance is set to 28 Picks Per Inch (PPI) on my 40 shaft AVL Loom To reduce thrums I first beamed 3 yards of plain 10/2 & threaded & dented, then I tied the Nightshade ends to the plain warp & beamed the Nightshade front to back.

400 ends of Nightshade in the center & 10 ends of deep purple on each edge

36 shaft pattern & 4 shaft basket weave edges

Derived from an Oelsner draft - Handweaving.net #34287

Weaving & Watching Wildlife in New Hampshire

My husband & I worked & lived for many years on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island. We started retirement planning as our kids finished college. We bought a "handyman special" on 50 acres of forest land in Hillsboro, New Hampshire. By the time we retired in January, 2018, the house had heat and running water, fewer holes in the walls, and there were no longer saplings growing right up to the house.

Prior to retirement, we also set up my "dream loom" in a pretty room on the top floor. I retired to weave on a 40-shaft AVL. My 60" 16-shaft AVL is still in RI waiting to move to NH.