Hi,

Waht are you working on with your rh loom?

I will post pictures soon,  am working on a variegated gray/white/beige wool warp with a matching mohair weft.  I'm being very gentle placing the weft and planning on fulling it when it's done.  I have warped the entire width of the Harp, 24" and armed with my new books, Peggy Osterkamp, have it on the loom very firmly. 

 

Comments

Mon, 06/15/2009 - 21:00

Cheekyredhead (not verified)

This is what's currently on my 24" RH loom.  I'm using an 8 dent reed the just few sents shy of the full width of the loom.  I bought some superwash merino fiber from my friend Jess (Zarzuelafibers on Etsy).  She called the colorway Cloudy Day so I'm sticking with that name.  I love to navajo (chain) ply my yarns which is what I did here.  As you can see when you weave this type of yarn back onto its self you get a fabric that looks sort of plaid.  I'll be sure to post pictures of the finished shawl.

 

Mon, 06/15/2009 - 23:45

claudia (not verified)

That's gorgeous.  On second thoughts, I'm leaving out my pictures until my stuff gets a little better. 

I love the plaid look.  I'll have to try navajo plying next time.  I have some lovely hand dyed merino I am spinning now, hadn't thought about the plying part yet because I just started spinning. 

I think I'd call your piece, blue skies are coming rather than Cloudy Day (hehe)

Claudia

Tue, 06/16/2009 - 00:15

Cheekyredhead (not verified)

Thanks Claudia!  Don't leave your pictures out.  Really we want to see them.  Even if you can pick out every little flaw we can't and won't!  Every effort in weaving shoud be celebrated!  So let us celebrate you and your efforts.

Wed, 06/17/2009 - 04:13

DreamHope (not verified)

On my Ashford Rigid Heddle, I've got the warp for the second half of my biggest project to date: a wool cloak based on the pattern in "The Ashford Book of Rigid Heddle Weaving". I think I've got the weaver's equivalent of "second sock syndrome": the first half of the cloak is woven and done, but I can't seem to motivate myself to start weaving the second half. I'll get there... especially since I've got lots of other projects I want to do, but only one loom to do them on.

Wed, 06/17/2009 - 15:03

davewhiz (not verified)

Soft 3 layer baby blanket

Soft "≡3 ≡layer baby blanket, acrilic yarn, using 2 heddles with 4 row repeating pattern:
(1) summer & winter (2) both colors in bottom shed (3) summer & winter (4) both colors in top shed.
My loom is 16" so I am making two panels and will join them with the invisible stitch (warp end to warp end).
The first panel is already completed and I am working on the second one.

For my next project I will be working with inlaid designs, but I have to finish this project first (I only have one loom).

 Soft 3 layer Baby Blanket

Wed, 06/17/2009 - 23:33

2and4 (not verified)

Wow; some neat stuff going on here in rh-land! I am working on a doubleweave pick-up sampler on my Schacht rh loom with Harrisville Shetland wool and two 10-dent heddles. I am utterly besotted with this weave structure (now that I've figured out how to do it on the rh) and am spending every waking hour I can spare figuring out the nuances. Really. It is THAT cool. I'll post a picture soon...

Thu, 06/18/2009 - 00:38

Cheekyredhead (not verified)

Oooo!  Sounds wonderful.  I hope you'll let me pick your brain about double weave on an RHL.  I'm dreaming of someday weaving a bloanket in double weave on my 32" RHL as a present for my Hubby.

Thu, 06/18/2009 - 12:35

claudia (not verified)

That is one project I think we all want to see pictures of and hear more about.  Keep weaving and let us know how it goes.  I am still working with one heddle and learning more about the options with that.  I know you can do doubleweave with 2 heddles and I'm looking forward to trying it next year when our local weaving study group is studying double weave.

Happy weaving,

Claudia

Tue, 06/23/2009 - 14:54

2and4 (not verified)

Hi Dave,

I'm curious: are you using two heddles because they are required by your pattern/structure, or because of the sett of your yarn? It looks from the photo like a very thick and textured weave structure, almost like waffle weave, or is it just the colors that make it look that way?

Cindy

Tue, 06/23/2009 - 15:31

davewhiz (not verified)

I was experimenting with two heddles will all different combinations in the sheds and discovered this pattern.  It is a thick "cushy" weave that has depth and springiness to it.  I'm still working on it with a strip that will run down the middle of the blanket with inlaid text (my first grandson's name).  I'll post more pictures, and how I did the text soon.

Sat, 06/27/2009 - 17:22

ingamarie

I just put a warp on my Emilia with silk wrapped steel from Habu that I scored a few years ago. It should be... interesting.. I'm working up the skills/courage to try it on the big loom. Pictures as soon as there is something to show.... marie

Tue, 07/21/2009 - 23:27

djfiberarts (not verified)

This is coming out really pretty. I love the clean line and colors.

DJ

Sun, 08/09/2009 - 00:26

tapestryinterest (not verified)

Great! I am particularly interested in text on the RH. Please post as much information as you are willing to share!

Sat, 08/15/2009 - 10:48

Thumper70 (not verified)

right now I'm finishing a rug - pics available on my project page and here at my blog I'm planning to do a bag next.

Sun, 08/16/2009 - 13:20

claudia (not verified)

My study group is covering double weave this year.  I would love to do it on the rh loom and be able to bring it along to meetings.  I can't wait to see your project.  Please send pictures in process if you can.  It would be great to see it in action.

Thanks,

Claudia

Mon, 08/17/2009 - 17:05

davewhiz (not verified)

I'd like to learn more on this myself.  I tried Tablet Weaving, which is great and very versatile, but much too bulky because it is always four threads thick.  I tried charting my lettering and using Floats, but the floats were too long and would be too prone to snagging.  I need to perfect Summer & Winter weaving, but I find it very difficult to work in the narrow sheds.  So after all is said and done I wove the letting through the threads in the fabric by hand with a tapestry needle.  I am happy with how it turned out, but I would like to perfect my skills in actually weaving the lettering into the fabric.  I could keep switching colors on the weft (tapestry style), which is probably what I need to do.

 

Mon, 09/07/2009 - 18:33

Loominaria (not verified)

 Rolling in pastels over here, and getting a tad weary of baby colours and acrylic pills.  Seen here is the second of two baby blankets on this warp.  This one has a thinner yellow weft, with a doubled pick regularly spaced to keep me awake.  The first blanket, hidden on the fabric beam, has a white weft, all plain weave, which nicely softened the variegated panels.  The middle panel is of a thinner yarn than the variegated and is threaded 2 x 2 x 1 x 1, which gives a bit of vertical texture to the solid colour, running parallel to the variegated striping.  As usual, I didn't sample, so it's great that most of the surprises are pleasant ones.  If I did it over, I would mix up the variegated and solid green all across.  As it is, the central panel isn't winding onto the fabric beam at exactly the same speed as the variegated sides, and I'm a bit nervous to see what effect that may have once it's off the loom.

Mon, 09/21/2009 - 22:57

djfiberarts (not verified)

Nice oceany colors :)

Wed, 09/23/2009 - 03:36

sandeleh (not verified)

I don't think I'd worry too much about it.  Acrylic is very self-adjusting in the finishing wash and everything should even out, specially as your warp comes off tension. 

What a nice weaving space you have!  Heh- my house is so full of stashed yarns, fleeces, rovings and other goodies that I have little room left over to actually weave or spin!

Sande in Fresno, CA, USA

Sun, 09/27/2009 - 00:20

Loominaria (not verified)

 You're not seeing the floor-to-ceiling boxes in the hallway and the other rooms with folded looms, books, and frame looms hanging from the wall.

The blankets did even out fairly well in the wash.  I added a couple of pictures of the little recipient of one of the blankets in my projects area.

Kurt

Sun, 09/27/2009 - 09:44

sandeleh (not verified)

You must be very disciplined, Kurt, to have even one room free of clutter so that you have space for your loom.  Back in my "studio" where the floor looms live there is no room to unfold either of them, nor space in any other room to set them up.  I have floor-to-ceiling boxes and bins of yarns and rovings in every other room ('cept the bathroom) of the house, so to use my rigid heddle loom I have to stack its stand on top of my spinning wheel!! 

I have moved all the stuff from inside my 8-shaft table loom into big bags stacked in the wool room, but I still need to move the stacks of magazines on the loom's castle so that I can finish assembing the harnesses and cords attached to the levers so the loom will work.  <sigh>  So much *stuff* to do when all I want to do is sit and knit, crochet, or weave.  :)

Sande in Fresno, CA, USA

P.S.   I'm glad to hear that the blankets did even out in the wash.  I'm off now to look at your photos.

Mon, 06/15/2009 - 21:00

Cheekyredhead (not verified)

This is what's currently on my 24" RH loom.  I'm using an 8 dent reed the just few sents shy of the full width of the loom.  I bought some superwash merino fiber from my friend Jess (Zarzuelafibers on Etsy).  She called the colorway Cloudy Day so I'm sticking with that name.  I love to navajo (chain) ply my yarns which is what I did here.  As you can see when you weave this type of yarn back onto its self you get a fabric that looks sort of plaid.  I'll be sure to post pictures of the finished shawl.

 

Mon, 06/15/2009 - 23:45

claudia (not verified)

That's gorgeous.  On second thoughts, I'm leaving out my pictures until my stuff gets a little better. 

I love the plaid look.  I'll have to try navajo plying next time.  I have some lovely hand dyed merino I am spinning now, hadn't thought about the plying part yet because I just started spinning. 

I think I'd call your piece, blue skies are coming rather than Cloudy Day (hehe)

Claudia

Tue, 06/16/2009 - 00:15

Cheekyredhead (not verified)

Thanks Claudia!  Don't leave your pictures out.  Really we want to see them.  Even if you can pick out every little flaw we can't and won't!  Every effort in weaving shoud be celebrated!  So let us celebrate you and your efforts.

Wed, 06/17/2009 - 04:13

DreamHope (not verified)

On my Ashford Rigid Heddle, I've got the warp for the second half of my biggest project to date: a wool cloak based on the pattern in "The Ashford Book of Rigid Heddle Weaving". I think I've got the weaver's equivalent of "second sock syndrome": the first half of the cloak is woven and done, but I can't seem to motivate myself to start weaving the second half. I'll get there... especially since I've got lots of other projects I want to do, but only one loom to do them on.

Wed, 06/17/2009 - 15:03

davewhiz (not verified)

Soft 3 layer baby blanket

Soft "≡3 ≡layer baby blanket, acrilic yarn, using 2 heddles with 4 row repeating pattern:
(1) summer & winter (2) both colors in bottom shed (3) summer & winter (4) both colors in top shed.
My loom is 16" so I am making two panels and will join them with the invisible stitch (warp end to warp end).
The first panel is already completed and I am working on the second one.

For my next project I will be working with inlaid designs, but I have to finish this project first (I only have one loom).

 Soft 3 layer Baby Blanket

Wed, 06/17/2009 - 23:33

2and4 (not verified)

Wow; some neat stuff going on here in rh-land! I am working on a doubleweave pick-up sampler on my Schacht rh loom with Harrisville Shetland wool and two 10-dent heddles. I am utterly besotted with this weave structure (now that I've figured out how to do it on the rh) and am spending every waking hour I can spare figuring out the nuances. Really. It is THAT cool. I'll post a picture soon...

Thu, 06/18/2009 - 00:38

Cheekyredhead (not verified)

Oooo!  Sounds wonderful.  I hope you'll let me pick your brain about double weave on an RHL.  I'm dreaming of someday weaving a bloanket in double weave on my 32" RHL as a present for my Hubby.

Thu, 06/18/2009 - 12:35

claudia (not verified)

That is one project I think we all want to see pictures of and hear more about.  Keep weaving and let us know how it goes.  I am still working with one heddle and learning more about the options with that.  I know you can do doubleweave with 2 heddles and I'm looking forward to trying it next year when our local weaving study group is studying double weave.

Happy weaving,

Claudia

Tue, 06/23/2009 - 14:54

2and4 (not verified)

Hi Dave,

I'm curious: are you using two heddles because they are required by your pattern/structure, or because of the sett of your yarn? It looks from the photo like a very thick and textured weave structure, almost like waffle weave, or is it just the colors that make it look that way?

Cindy

Tue, 06/23/2009 - 15:31

davewhiz (not verified)

I was experimenting with two heddles will all different combinations in the sheds and discovered this pattern.  It is a thick "cushy" weave that has depth and springiness to it.  I'm still working on it with a strip that will run down the middle of the blanket with inlaid text (my first grandson's name).  I'll post more pictures, and how I did the text soon.

Sat, 06/27/2009 - 17:22

ingamarie

I just put a warp on my Emilia with silk wrapped steel from Habu that I scored a few years ago. It should be... interesting.. I'm working up the skills/courage to try it on the big loom. Pictures as soon as there is something to show.... marie

Tue, 07/21/2009 - 23:27

djfiberarts (not verified)

This is coming out really pretty. I love the clean line and colors.

DJ

Sun, 08/09/2009 - 00:26

tapestryinterest (not verified)

Great! I am particularly interested in text on the RH. Please post as much information as you are willing to share!

Sat, 08/15/2009 - 10:48

Thumper70 (not verified)

right now I'm finishing a rug - pics available on my project page and here at my blog I'm planning to do a bag next.

Sun, 08/16/2009 - 13:20

claudia (not verified)

My study group is covering double weave this year.  I would love to do it on the rh loom and be able to bring it along to meetings.  I can't wait to see your project.  Please send pictures in process if you can.  It would be great to see it in action.

Thanks,

Claudia

Mon, 08/17/2009 - 17:05

davewhiz (not verified)

I'd like to learn more on this myself.  I tried Tablet Weaving, which is great and very versatile, but much too bulky because it is always four threads thick.  I tried charting my lettering and using Floats, but the floats were too long and would be too prone to snagging.  I need to perfect Summer & Winter weaving, but I find it very difficult to work in the narrow sheds.  So after all is said and done I wove the letting through the threads in the fabric by hand with a tapestry needle.  I am happy with how it turned out, but I would like to perfect my skills in actually weaving the lettering into the fabric.  I could keep switching colors on the weft (tapestry style), which is probably what I need to do.

 

Mon, 09/07/2009 - 18:33

Loominaria (not verified)

 Rolling in pastels over here, and getting a tad weary of baby colours and acrylic pills.  Seen here is the second of two baby blankets on this warp.  This one has a thinner yellow weft, with a doubled pick regularly spaced to keep me awake.  The first blanket, hidden on the fabric beam, has a white weft, all plain weave, which nicely softened the variegated panels.  The middle panel is of a thinner yarn than the variegated and is threaded 2 x 2 x 1 x 1, which gives a bit of vertical texture to the solid colour, running parallel to the variegated striping.  As usual, I didn't sample, so it's great that most of the surprises are pleasant ones.  If I did it over, I would mix up the variegated and solid green all across.  As it is, the central panel isn't winding onto the fabric beam at exactly the same speed as the variegated sides, and I'm a bit nervous to see what effect that may have once it's off the loom.

Mon, 09/21/2009 - 22:57

djfiberarts (not verified)

Nice oceany colors :)

Wed, 09/23/2009 - 03:36

sandeleh (not verified)

I don't think I'd worry too much about it.  Acrylic is very self-adjusting in the finishing wash and everything should even out, specially as your warp comes off tension. 

What a nice weaving space you have!  Heh- my house is so full of stashed yarns, fleeces, rovings and other goodies that I have little room left over to actually weave or spin!

Sande in Fresno, CA, USA

Sun, 09/27/2009 - 00:20

Loominaria (not verified)

 You're not seeing the floor-to-ceiling boxes in the hallway and the other rooms with folded looms, books, and frame looms hanging from the wall.

The blankets did even out fairly well in the wash.  I added a couple of pictures of the little recipient of one of the blankets in my projects area.

Kurt

Sun, 09/27/2009 - 09:44

sandeleh (not verified)

You must be very disciplined, Kurt, to have even one room free of clutter so that you have space for your loom.  Back in my "studio" where the floor looms live there is no room to unfold either of them, nor space in any other room to set them up.  I have floor-to-ceiling boxes and bins of yarns and rovings in every other room ('cept the bathroom) of the house, so to use my rigid heddle loom I have to stack its stand on top of my spinning wheel!! 

I have moved all the stuff from inside my 8-shaft table loom into big bags stacked in the wool room, but I still need to move the stacks of magazines on the loom's castle so that I can finish assembing the harnesses and cords attached to the levers so the loom will work.  <sigh>  So much *stuff* to do when all I want to do is sit and knit, crochet, or weave.  :)

Sande in Fresno, CA, USA

P.S.   I'm glad to hear that the blankets did even out in the wash.  I'm off now to look at your photos.