Weaving Update

   Happy Friday everyone, although today feels like a Saturday to me. I woke up with bad allergies do to all the strong winds I am thinking. Walking around with a head that feels like I drank too much wine lol

   I was determined to weave and get the pattern set up in my head with a few changes.

   I figured I would have a threading mistake-which doesn't show up til you weave-I had started the threading, then didn't get back to this again for 5 years. A major project to  un weave, and then un tie in the front and re do over half the threading-I really do not want to do that, although since this is a gift I want it to be nice but then I remembered that the Navajo weavings always put in a mistake in their weaving as their thoughts are that no person is perfect. This is really a project that just needs to get woven so I can go on to the next.

                        Can you spot the errors? to the left there are two threads the same and also to the right. This of course will carry through the entire weave.  If I was up to it I Would probably take this apart but in the end I think it would cause more problems with threads breaking redoing it all

  And then I ran into this issue, each of the three shuttles had breakage in spots-don't know why this happened-breakage from being on the shuttles too long, a mouse perhaps? although there was no sign of mice in the yarns or bag  Hoping the balls of alpaca will be fine.

    

I did 4 inches of plain weave will be on both ends, originally this was for making cuffs when I sewed this into a wrap but my friend has gained allot of weight so am leaving this as a shawl instead-decided to still weave this as a design feature. Not totally sure if I like it though. Thoughts?

  Below is where I am stopping for the day. I wanted to get the pattern into the green and will repeat this to the end. 

This is the first time using this style of shuttle, its a boat or ski shuttle I think it is called.  I usually just use the sticks. I must have picked this up at a resale shop as new these are very expensive and I don't buy much in weaving supplies like this.

I do love the textures of this organic cotton yarn

I am still using this old milk can that I painted up back in the late 70's. I never could afford to buy a weaving bench. I had wove the fabric and made several of these pillows for my Mom probably back in the early 90's, for her living room. I brought them back home with me when we settled her estate. Surprised they were still in such good shape.

Thoughts???-would you take this weaving apart and re thread the pattern? also not sure I like the two different colors the blue and the green, but that was the plan all along as there is not enough of either one color

Here is a photo of me with this weaving pattern I had wove,  turned into a wrap. I had it up for sale in my etsy shop for a couple years, I may put it back on there again  Some of you may remember this photo.  This was woven with the same organic cotton warp and I believe it had grey mohair and wool for the weft.  I thought perhaps this is no longer in style and that is why it didn't sell ? 

 I am not a fashion person haha

Have a good weekend all we are to be warming up again.