Spent Sunday winding the red warp for the overlaps and collar, yesterday putting it on the loom and actually got about 1 1/2 hours weaving time. Today got to the Brush at 9:30 a.m. and took this off the loom at 4:00 in the afternoon. Probably spent at least 5 of those hours weaving. Total of 9 yards. I’ve decided I should have had people pay me to weave. It would have cost them less than going to a gym. Since my loom is an AVL, it only has two treddles, one to raise the harness and the other to advance the computer to the next pattern line. So it’s like a stair master but I’m not standing so it’s not quite as intense. It’s a motrin night as my arms and legs got quite the workout but I was determined to finish this today. Good thing I run or ride the bike to nowhere in the basement or I wouldn’t have lasted. Brought it home and washed it. The picture makes it look a little darker red than it is because it’s damp. This is a great fabric. Used 60/2 silk, kind of an orange-red for the warp and a red for the weft to give it some movement.
So tomorrow it is sewing time. All the fabric is washed and ready to go. I passed out chocolate to those working in their studios at the Brush when I finished this as a celebration. Thanked them for the weeks of listening to the loom banging and promised them a few weeks of quiet. Sewing this week and next week off to Florida. Then I have to start my piece for the Artists Show going up as soon as the Kimono show comes down. Nice thing about weaving, it gives me time to think and I am excited about what I want to do for that show. Theme is Fluidity. I can tell you that even though blues are my favorite color, I will not be weaving in those colors. I guess looking at the 4 panels of mostly blue I’ve just finished. Thinking more of browns and greens so may have to call my piece the Mucky Chucky after the Charles River or something after the Merrimack. Will deal with that later, one project at a time.
