Saturday, October 07, 2006

Indecent Exposure

Except for the boundweave sampler warp that I casually draped over the castle, the loom has remained dressed in only its birthday suit for about two months. With cool weather blowing in this weekend I decided to wind a warp for a blanket in warm autumn colors.



It will be 2" blocks woven double width (10 epi, sleyed 20 epi). 40 ends green (the yarn in the foreground is more green than it shows in the photo), 40 ends gold, 40 ends brown, 5 times, then 20 ends green at the fold. I wanted to do a plaid but it was taking me too long to figure out how to do it in doubleweave so I went with something easier. I'm still trying to work out the plaid, there's plenty of this yarn left.

So, what do you think this is?



Give up? It's polar fleece lined with flannel and this cool elasticized fold-over binding around the face opening. 1" elastic around the bottom holds it over the car seat. All that and it's reversible too. After I get some feedback from the new mom, this may end up being my default new baby present. I'm Wallaby'd out and this little gem only takes about an hour from start to finish.

7 comments:

  1. The colors in your weaving plan are SUCH a surprise.

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  2. oh my (but cute!).
    Must be cold back there where you live :-).
    And a warning: the term *birthday suit* seems to bring an awful lot of blog hits :-).

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  3. Lovely yarn and colors! I think after you weave the first one, you'll see clearly how to do a plaid doublewoven. It isn't that hard and it's nice to have the fold at a color change in the warp so that it really blends in. I love autumn colors and tweeds.

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  4. looking forward to seeing your weaving, the colors are lovely!

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  5. As everyone else has said, lovely colour combination...can't wait to see the finished project!

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  6. Oh the fall colors are just gorgeous, delicious... can't wait to see what pattern you will weave with it. Is it wool?

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  7. Love the colours of your blanket! Have you made a double weave blanket before? I had been thinking about making one was worried that the fold area would be noticible because of draw in.

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