Baby Blankets 2013
Starting in February, finished....
First warp on the Baby Wolf loom since 2007

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The warp is spread in the raddle to wind on. See the big fat knots.
The warp is wound on, heddles threaded, the reed sleyed and tied on. Big knots here too.
This warp has double the usual number of threads so the blanket will end up twice a wide as the loom. It will be woven "folded" in two layers.

Lesson #1 - never wind a warp when your head is fuzzy with a bad cold. It needed lots of threads, but had 1/3 too many. Oops! Luckily the Baby Wolf has two back beams, so here I am at the back after taking out every third thread, spreading them in the raddle again to wind onto the extra beam at the same time as the rest of the warp is pulled to the front. You can never have too many clamps!
The "extra" warp all ready for winding backwards while the blanket warp goes forward.

The main warp has been rethreaded in the heddles, re sleyed in the reed and tied on - ready to begin weaving.

Weaving is under way.

A peek at the blanket underneath the loom as it goes to the cloth beam.

Another view of the weaving in progress. There are two layers here, with a fold at the edge next the tape measure.
Because of taking out 1/3 of the warp, tension problems arose as I wove. This assortment of "weights" resolved the problem until the first blanket was finished.

Blanket #1 is finished and is being cut off. The baby it is for has already been born.
Fresh off the loom the fold in the middle is obvious.

After a trip through the washer and dryer the center fold has vanished.

Four days after this photo was taken we received an offer to purchase the house!
Nearly a month later - binding has been applied and the blanket is ready for delivery to baby Colin McGee. Note that one side looks more blue, the other side more beige.

The loom has been folded with the rest of the warp in place and weaving will not resume until after we have moved to Courtenay.

All of the fringe ends had to be twisted and knoted before finshing.
Ta Daa! Here is a vanity shot of the second blanket, all finished, on August 22. Instead of binding it with satin the ends have fringes so it can be used as an adult lap blanket or throw.

A closer look. The structure causes one side to be mostly blue, the other side has more of the gray fleck. Twisting the fringes took longer than the time spent weaving this blanket.
The "extra" warp is still on the second beam of the loom, waiting for me to decide what to do with it.