Baby Blanket
I wove 36 six inch squares on the 6" Multi Loom and crocheted them together. I finished the blanket in the washer on gentle and in the drier until just damp, then finished drying it on the bed to 'block'. It turned out well, soft and a little fluffy, & did not shrink. More info on my blog.
Water slide Baby Afghan
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BERNAT Baby Boucle' is a Bulky yarn. The skein was 10.5 ounces and approximately 546 yards. It is 97% acrylic and 3% polyester. The warp is 100% cotton. I think this should wash & wear very nicely. The color is "water slide" and it looks like water in the Caribbean somewhere. Nice shades of blue, hint of purple and green. It is beautiful and looks like you're on the beach somewhere.
I originally put about 30 yards of warp on the loom. I've made dishtowels, a rug, and now this baby blanket. I'm about to the end and then I can change warp, yeah! I've probably got enough warp to do one more blanket or rug on it so I'm not sure how much longer this blanket will be on the loom but it is finished except for cutting and fringe twisting the ends. I love my fringe twister.
In my Handwoven magazine this month they are talking about double weaving. You can actually weave twice the width on your loom. I'm excited about trying that. Has anyone else tried it? How did it go for you?
This baby blanket is finally off the loom and measures 33" x 38". I am asking $40 for it. It turned out lovely.
Baby Blanket
I made this for my granddaughter. I started it before a move from one side of the county from the dream home we built 5 years earlier to 26 acres in a very modest home so that we could raise alpacas. I warped the loom in the home we moved from and finished the blanket in the new home. It was so beautiful. I can't wait for our alpacas to arrive now so I can make one out of their fiber. She said after it was washed it fluffed out very nicely. I fringe twisted the ends. I liked it so well, I made one for my niece for a baby shower gift and now have another one on my loom.
Blooming Baby
I wanted to use the colors from a favorite kilim rug for a baby blanket - fushia, chocolate brown, pink and red. I used an 8-shaft adaptation of the traditional blooming leaf overshot pattern. I still haven't got the pattern squared, but I'll keep trying. I added tassels (favorites of my kids and my nieces when they were babies/toddlers and referred to as "snoots").
Valentine
I finished weaving a variation on the traditional blooming leaf overshot pattern on 8 shafts. It is for a baby named Valentine hence the rose/pink palette. Washed, hemmed and it is very soft and sweet. I had a bit of a problem using my new end-feed shuttles. The tabby picks would fairly frequently loop at the edges and be pulled into the selvedges by the pattern shot. Would tightening the tension on the tabby shuttle prevent this? I wonder.
baby blanket Ashlyn Yarrow Inouye
Ashlyn Yarrow Inouye is my oldest grandchild and recently celebrated her fifth birthday. Her middle name is a family name on Chandra's side and also the name of a flower and the name of a river in Scotland. This "yarrow blanket" was popular when Ashlyn was little. Yarrow is not an easy flower to weave! I studied drawings and photographs and wove individual florets and whole plants with flower heads. I hope it helps her to learn about flowers. The structure is turned summer and winter. For a baby blanket, both sides need to be functional.
baby blanket Cedric McLean Inouye
Inouye is a Japanese name written with two characters. Japanese is written in vertical bands. The bamboo motifs come from our Japanese crest. Both Fox and McLean are family names in the twins' mother's family. Gregory is my maiden name. My younger son, Kevin, and his wife, Chandra, studied Japanese in college and spent some time in Japan. The boys are fraternal twins, the first in my family as far as I know, but Chandra's mother's family includes twins. The weave structure is turned summer and winter. The fox and Inouye blankets were woven on the same warp, roughly 48" wide on a 60" loom with a flyshuttle.
