I have a scarf with an alpaca warp as well as a thick and thin wool weft on my 10″ rigid heddle loom that I am making decent progress on. I also played around with trying to wet felt a pouch around a form, without sufficient patience I ended up with some random pieces of wool felt. Since the start was weird and I could not see a rescue I put it into the washer and dryer to get it finished. Since it was not what I wanted I decided to cut some pieces apart for an experiment with fabric markers I purchased from the Dollar Tree a little while ago. Admittedly, they are not meant to be used on wool, and the wool stuck to them a little bit as wool tends to do, however the leaf and moon I made from them turned out better than I thought I would. I do have two more larger pieces that I hope to turn into wrist cuffs, however that is a project for another day. You can see some bulges where I decided to wet felt on my particle board tabletop, not the wisest of ideas.

I also made myself a couple of halloween pot holders out of scraps from a test project I was working on. I love how they turned out though I still have to do the binding and lose threads on them.

Recently my Mirrix loom has been calling my name and I have decided to start playing with tapestries again. The one above is the first that I have recently made, you can see where I am starting to experiment with how I plan to hang the tapestries. The top has integrated hanging loops created by separating the warp into three sections that are then woven with high tension. The three loops are then woven into the top row of the tapestry to create a secure connection. I have not discovered the correct dowel yet to add to the hangers, so I have been unable to test how sturdy they will be. There was some concern mentioned by a tapestry artist, I cannot recall whom, that spoke to hanging tapestries horizontally so that the weft does not continue to sink down on the warp strings. I am not sure about the veracity of this claim, so at present I am not going to worry about that.

Until next time remember to Live Life a Little More Abstract!