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A warp of fine linen on the table loom. A header has been woven and a cartoon with the design pinned in place underneath. As this will be woven with the wrong side up, the cartoon is also upside down. (26:03:2016) |
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Weaving in progress. the linen is woven with openings between each shot - sort of like window screen - and then strips of fat yarn (8 ends of a fine shiny yarn) are woven in place to fill in the pattern. Several different strands go into the same row. (03:04:2016) |
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The "fireworks" above the letters require many different colours at once. The table loom is handy because the shafts that are raised are different for different colours. (05:04:2016) |
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Keeping them all straight was a challenge. It sometimes took ten or fifteen minutes to weave one row. (09:04:2016) |
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Weaving the cartoon is complete, the header at the top has been woven and it is ready to be cut off. (10:04:2016) |
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It's off the loom - this is the side that faced me as I was weaving. (10:04:2016) |
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Finally I get to see the right side! But it's not finished yet - all those loose ends have to go and there is some embroidery to do. (10:04:2016) |
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The back side again, after all of the ends were sewn in. (16:04:2016) |
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The fireworks were embellished by embroidering on some explosions! (18:04:2016) |
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And the letters were outlined with a running stitch. Taking pictures always results in an inspector appearing to "help." (24:04:2016) |
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Complete. The frame, of Brazilian Canary Wood, was made by Allan. (25:04:2016) |
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It can't be hung on a wall for the display at the anniversary tea, so Allan made a stand for it to hang from. (25:04:2016) |
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