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You spin me right ’round, baby, right ’round!

The 80’s music references just pop up at unexpected times! And how do you argue with Dead or Alive! (I had to look up the band name- so don’t be too impressed!) Time to wind the yarn onto the loom!...

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Parting is such sweet sorrow…

I’m at the end of the project! It’s time to cut the fabric from the loom! Here goes nothing! When I cut the yarn, I make sure I leave a nice big tail so I have no trouble with making a knot. Then, I...

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Look what I can do!

Do remember watching “Stuart” on Mad TV? So funny! One of his famous lines was, “Look what I can do!” which was usually followed by a funny little jump or crazy pose – mostly hysterical because of the...

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Goldenrod

The loom has rods in it and the project includes lots of gold colors… That’s the best I’ve got! I’m up for other “gold” related titles! Send me your brilliant ideas! And we’re winding, and winding, and...

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Wind me up!

We’ve traveled so far! There was measuring the project at the warping board, sleying the reed at the table, threading the heddles at the loom, and now, we’ll wind the whole project on! But first, I...

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The end is in sight!

Hello friends! Let’s wrap this up today, shall we? Moving right along! Coming around the bend! The knots are coming up quickly, signaling the end of the fabric! I started the project with lots of...

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All wound up!

It’s time to do some winding, my friends! The view from the front! Lots of yarn ready to move! I find that winding the loom is a deceptively difficult part of the process. On the surface, it seems...

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All Wound Up

In today’s episode of A Handwoven Experience, the goal is to get you all wound up! Or at least, to get your project safely wound on to the loom. For the overall enjoyment of the weaving process, it is...

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