Updates and Challenges

The late April/May block. It isn't quite what I expected, and I'm not exactly pleased with it, but I think for a start, it has potential. I might come back and redo some of these.

The next challenge will probably be interesting. The photo is one of a few that I took inside my church sanctuary. Our church was originally built in the early 1800s, but a fire in the 1870s destroyed the original building. The current church was built after that fire. It is the only brick church in the village, the other two are both clapboard.

The windows commemorate families who donated or were important members of the church at the time. It'll be interesting to see how this goes.

Finally finished one of the belts. I ended up moving the warps to three other looms, my inkle loom and two smaller rigid heddle looms. Below is a photo of the band that was woven.

It's about 12 yards in length, maybe an inch to an inch and a half wide. The draft is

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I think that it's actually quite pretty, but I'm not certain what I'll use it for. The beginning of it is looser than I wanted. This is my first inkle loom production, so it was a learning experience. I put another warp on that is all black. I'm going to have to start putting the fun colors on soon. This is a quick, easy weaving that is a great way to learn the basics of weaving. I'm trying to figure out ways to make smaller looms for schools - talk about a way to put weaving into schools!