Loaded Looms and Loaded Shuttles!

I love it when I have most of my looms loaded and ready to weave.  I have just to sit down and weave, that is, if I have the shuttles loaded as well.

 That could mean, several things, for example, to weave on the rugs that I am doing right now on the Reed Cambridge 4 harness, I need to have t-shirts cut apart, sewn and cut in strips to load on the rag shuttles.  Placemats that are on the no name 8 harness need cloth strips cut and  loaded  onto rag shuttles too. 

To weave on the little Leclerc Alice, Napkins and Hand Towels, or the Bigger Leclerc, Bread Cloths, I have dozens of Pirns that I wind and have on hand for each project.

 

To weave on the Over shot Baby Blankets, I load up the bobbins that fit in my boat shuttles.  I use the 4 inch bobbins in the double shuttle for the pattern, and the 6 inch bobbins in my larger boat shuttle for the tabby.

(I have recently come up with a way to keep track of how many pattern repeats I have done.  I place this black clip right beside the last pattern repeat I have counted on my tally sheet.  That way I can weave 2 or 3 repeats, add them to my total and then move the clip.  Now I won't have to unwind the cloth beam to make sure I have enough repeats!)

So far this week I have woven 8 Hand Towels, 2 Bread Cloths and almost finished a Baby blanket, I have also cut 25 t-shirts apart, ready to sew the sleeves together and strip for the rugs.  A really productive week for me!  I hope I can keep it up all summer!

With most of my looms loaded, and the shuttles at the ready, I just have to decided what I need to weave on first!  I want to see full cloth beams on all of the looms before Summer finally gets here.  I want to have a much fuller inventory for the 2 Fall shows I participate in, also, I need a few new items for my Etsy shop!  It has been pretty much neglected these past few months.  In fact, I think I still have it on vacation mode, even though I have returned from my long trip! 

Until next time, Happy Weaving, Tina