Oracular Arts and Crafts: A Rune Casting Tapestry, Part 2
I’ve spent rather a lot of time weaving. Not that one can tell from the current state of the project, because this is all A Learning Experience, both in terms of the manual skill, and also in terms of learning to work with Verdandi. Fortunately, She is patient, and seems more amused than anything at my misadventures.
A few weeks ago, I had a weekend at home, which meant time to weave! I sat down with my lap loom, and wove. And, somehow, managed to count to three correctly on the right side, but not the left. So, the design was off balance. Did I think to take a photo before I spent an hour undoing all the weaving I had done? Well, no. So there is no photographic evidence, but really, it was off balance. And now I have a new appreciation for the patience of Penelope, unweaving all the work she had done during the day. It’s harder than actually weaving!
So, tonight, I sat down and re-did the rows with the red:
Progress!
Now it becomes complicated. It’s time to start bringing in the other border colors—gold for the east, and blue for the west, in addition to the black border, and the cream color in the center. So I have a total of five yarn pieces I’m working with.
I did it!
Then, Not So Much
However.
Because there is always a however.
The gold thread is slightly thicker than the other colors. Which is not a big deal, except that it actually is. It’s not quite thick enough to simply double the other yarns, but it’s too thick to work with them 1:1.
So, back to the yarn store I go this week to pick up a new gold that is the same thickness as the other yarn.
And then I get to do the Penelope thing again, and unweave these rows.
But at least I am learning!
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