This is the 15th year of continuous daily publication for 365Caws. All things considered, it's likely it will be the last year as it is becoming increasingly difficult for me to find interesting material. However, I hope that I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world with my natural history posts, or encouraged a novice weaver or needleworker. If so, I've done what I set out to do.
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Nelda's Tablecloth Band
Day 44: This band was designed to go around the border of a crackle-weave tablecloth. There are over two dozen individual motifs which appear somewhat randomly along its 26-foot length, each spaced by a repeating design. Mixed motifs are found in some Scandinavian trims, and the element of chaos just seemed to appeal to me. I warped Nelda (my Glimakra band loom) with what I thought was plenty of extra length, and partway through the weaving process, I said to myself, "Maybe there will be enough to put over the seams where I've sewed the panels together."** Wouldn't you know it? I'm about a foot short. At this point, I have three choices: leave the seams exposed (not really an option I'm considering), re-warp Nelda with enough to make five more feet of the same trim, or warp her with enough to make 11 feet of a different, narrower band to cover the two seams. I'll have to give this a chunk of think. Right now, I'm pretty tired of working on this particular project.
**That's a painful admission: I did not care for the way the tablecloth panels joined. I should have broken the tablecloth draft at a different point for the selvedges.
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