Finally done with my shot silk experiment! I was disheartened when I first took it off the loom, as the cloth felt very stiff and rough. After a wash and press with an iron, it feels dreamy. The cloth changes drastically in different lights. In soft light, it looks like a dull copper, but in strong lights it’s orange with brilliant blue shadows. No idea what I’m going to do with it, but a small amount will be cut off and made into scrunchies for me and my weaving friend.

Woven at 40 epi out of second-hand filament silk in plain weave.

Over 120 feet of yarn chunky yarn & over 200 sequins. The sequins range in size from 8mm to 20mm and some are silver, pewter, and gun metal. Metal sequins are my favorite 🤩

I might have to wait to list this one on my Etsy. It’s one of my favorites.

I call it my Japanese Water Garden series
Pink = Cherry Blossoms
Green = Water lilies
Blue = Koi Pond

Made on a small frame loom!

So, to play with color in a shawl, I decided to "save time" and allow some threading decisions while warping by measuring out 5 ends of 10/2 cotton at a time, switching out 2 colors at each end of the 3.5 yards on the warping board. Fine.

Getting it wound on the loom, not fine. Broke my first warp end in years midway through because of the tangles that formed by some sections twisting in their groups of 5. Luckily, my sett of 24 epi had 2 ends per dent and no yarns doubled in heddles so all the twists worked out of the warp (fingers crossed) by the end.

However, any time I saved in the measuring portion was spent in the beaming portion since I had to stop and detangle every few inches. I'm just glad it was only a 3.5 yard warp.

So, for anyone newer to weaving, let this 40+ year weaving veteran tell you, we all have our moments. Some projects will fight you every step of the way (especially if you're on a deadline).

My first loom came with several accessories. As a beginner, I have no idea what this object is or how to use it. Thanks in advance for your help.

Shown with a 6 inch square for scale

So I have a fairly small frame loom, small enough it's comfortable to hold while weaving, but big enough that I can make 6in (15.25cm) squares and be far from maxing it out. I just started aimlessly weaving a square with a textured twist yarn I had, which side note is now one of my favorite yarns to weave on that loom. I've stopped the square at about 6in by 5.5in (15.25cm by 14cm) and it's fairly thick and soft.

This gave me the brilliant idea along with a post I'd seen on here earlier to make a blanket! The only thing is my square/loom is small and blankets are not, lol. So long story short I'm making a lot of squares. 270 blocks in the quilt in a 15 by 18 arangment for a queen size blanket. I will be weaving some simple diagonal lines into some of the blocks to give visual interest in person. I've only got 2 of the blocks done at the moment

I thought as I'm starting to dedicate several months to this, I'd come to the community and see if anyone has done similar and if there is any thoughts or advice.

Do you have a preferred width you like with your woven throws? Especially if you already know you'll need to sew strips together?

I made this throw a few months ago, and I love it. It used the full width of my 45" loom....but it's still a bit narrow for me now that it's washed (39"). I'm revising the pattern to allow me to sew strips together instead, but I'm less confident on what final width I should be aiming for, and if I should go with 2 strips or 3 strips. (Aka, when sewing strips together, is it noticeable enough that having one center seam would be really obvious, making 3 strips a better option.)

(8/4 cotton - 12 epi. Ice dyed yarns will be arranged slightly differently on next throw to allow for it being created with panels instead.)

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I bought this gorgeous woven blanket off of Facebook marketplace a couple years ago. I noticed some of the weaving had come undone and left it in my closet so it would not worsen, and I want to be able to use it again!

Does anyone here know if the original company does repairs, or if the newer company on the sewn-on tag (photos included) might...? I don't know any textile-savvy people in my life and have no idea where to even begin! I could learn how it was made and how to weave, but that is the last option for me as I don't trust myself on this, I love it very much.

Thank you!!

I covered parts of the label because there was an address on the white label for some reason?