Test of Plyed Yarn

It was one of the first things I learned when I began to spin and weave. Sample, sample, sample!!!
When someone tells me something over and over it becomes part of my process. This was repeated in every class I have ever taken and I took it to heart. Thus began my purses, scarves, and jewelry because each was a way to use up a sample.

One of the funniest comments I got from someone at the first Convergence I attended, was, "You mean you actually sample? That's great!" My trouble isn't sampling, it's taking the next step. Making something bigger than a sample!

All that to say, this is my reason for making more than a sample. It is my reason for the blog. So far I have the yarn filled on one large bobbin, ready to be plyed . I have one like this last one, on the wheel. So on to more spinning.

In the meantime, I am warping my "Swan Lake" Jack Loom with some 10/2 cotton in Spice from UKI for some towels for our guild towel exchange. I want to have several towels to choose from so I plan to weave several different batches from different fibers and then decide which fibers make the best towels. I also am warping the Rigid Heddle with linen. Since linen has no stretch, I am a little hesitant to weave with it as the warp on my bigger 8 shaft loom because of tension troubles which are common. Instead I felt I should try it first on the Rigid Heddle. Sample the linen warp and see what I could do with it. I am in the process of warping both. I do it one step at a time because I don't have the time to dedicate to warping all at once. One step at a time works for me because of this.

I should have some time tomorrow to do another step of the warping process on each loom and do a little more spinning. Pictures to come.

Stay tuned and let me know if you have questions.

And I leave you with a question from me. Who was the very first weaver and where do we find this out?

Until next time,

Liana