It is that time again, The Tuesday Weavers participate in 2 shows annually, the Museum of Appalachia's "Homecoming" is not even 2 weeks away. That means that I have a dozen irons in the fire and not nearly enough time to do everything! It is time to concentrate on a couple of things and get them done and then move on to the next couple of things.
Today, I set my timer for 30 minutes and worked on project #1 until the timer went off. When it went off, I stopped what I was doing and moved on to project #2, once again I set the timer for 30 minutes and worked without stopping until the timer went off. Then it was time for a bit of break which included lunch.
After my break I went back upstairs and set to work on project #3, setting the timer for 30 minutes once again. I don't get as much time in the studio as I would like, but yesterday I happened to have a couple of extra hours free that I put to good use. I was able to get the floor loom with the new inserted eye heddles, warped and ready to go with the hand spun Romney Lamb/Alpaca shawl warp! I was so thrilled and I even managed to weave just a little bit before my time was up.
The shawl is project #3 today, my first 30 minutes on this project, I ended up having to unweave a little bit. Weaving with wool is entirely different than weaving with cotton. I have almost no tension on the warp and I have to barely lay the weft in with the beater to get the cloth that I want. The weft is hand spun Corriedale, not as soft as I would like but a good match for the warp just the same.
Today, I set my timer for 30 minutes and worked on project #1 until the timer went off. When it went off, I stopped what I was doing and moved on to project #2, once again I set the timer for 30 minutes and worked without stopping until the timer went off. Then it was time for a bit of break which included lunch.
After my break I went back upstairs and set to work on project #3, setting the timer for 30 minutes once again. I don't get as much time in the studio as I would like, but yesterday I happened to have a couple of extra hours free that I put to good use. I was able to get the floor loom with the new inserted eye heddles, warped and ready to go with the hand spun Romney Lamb/Alpaca shawl warp! I was so thrilled and I even managed to weave just a little bit before my time was up.
The shawl is project #3 today, my first 30 minutes on this project, I ended up having to unweave a little bit. Weaving with wool is entirely different than weaving with cotton. I have almost no tension on the warp and I have to barely lay the weft in with the beater to get the cloth that I want. The weft is hand spun Corriedale, not as soft as I would like but a good match for the warp just the same.
The second 30 minutes on the shawl, I managed to weave 14 inches before the timer went off, this gives me an idea just how long it is going to take me to finish the 96 inches that I am shooting for. If I can speed it up to 20 in 30 minutes, it will take no time at all.
The other 2 projects are: #1, Jacobs batts for fleece rugs (new product), and #2 is 100 souvenir (tiny) packets of clean fleece from the Museum's "Sheep Shearing Day". This is another new product for me, kids are always wanting bits of my fleece, so I thought if I package it up and charge a little bit for it, maybe they will stop asking me for it, and I will make a penny or two. Who knows!
I got through my rotation 2 times this afternoon, and would have gone longer but it was time to work on dinner. I hope to be able to work a good bit tomorrow morning, to finish at least the "Bits of fleece" packages. I have a few other things to label and inventory as well, that will become one of the rotation as soon as I finish up something.
Working on three things at a time, three different activities, three different movements does several things, it keeps me on task, keeps me from getting bored and keeps me from being so caught up on a project that I ignore the rest. I still have a lot of projects to do, but I am taking stock and saving a few of them to work on after the "Homecoming" as they will be more suited for the Foothills Craft Guild show in November.
Until next time, Happy Weaving, Tina
1 comment:
I'm getting my timer set right now....off to the studio!!!! You're getting a bunch done!
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