I realized today that I haven’t had any spinning to post on Friday in quite a while.  It’s not that I don’t have any fiber to spin, I just haven’t been in the mood.  I’m supposed to be heading out to Marshfield, MO, tomorrow for a little fiber fair so maybe that will be the jolt I need to get me back at the wheel.

I did do some weaving this week, it was a good way to pass the time while I re-watched season 5 of Lost before the finale on Wednesday.  I finished this yesterday.  This is the recommended first project from Hands on Rigid Heddle Weaving by Betty Linn Davenport, one of the books I ordered from Amazon.  I used some cheap, crappy acrylic yarn that I had leftover from making baby blankets for the warp and weft.  I don’t like the yarn and I’m not crazy about the colors, but I learned a lot making it and the finished object isn’t too bad.  I really tried to keep my tension even to make the selvedges look good but I had some problems in a few spots, but they evened out a little with some steam.   

I had some first here.  My first stripes with weft yarn which are easy to make and taught me the correct way to tuck in my ends.  My first float pattern which I think looks pretty good and adds some texture and interest to the plain weave, it was easy to do, too.

I probably won’t ever use it for anything (the colors, I can’t get past the pastels) but I am happy with how it came out and it was good to have the practice.  I think that I’d like to play with color again soon.  There’s a pattern in Weaving Made Easy for a houndstooth bag that I really like and I really want to try some log cabin type patterns.  The rigid heddle is so versatile and I can’t wait to play around with it some more.