Black Horsehair with heading sticks

Here are more photos of the black horse hair piece. One shows it just off the loom, before cutting off the heading sticks. Note that the heading was WOVEN when I cut off the previous piece. The sticks were attached to the apron rod to put the warp back on tension so I could weave this piece. Look up the tip on Two-stick Heading. It is also described in my first books and my book, Weaving for Beginners.

Black Horsehair detail

Black Horsehair Back Side

Here is the back; also interesting.

Black Horsehair Weaving

This piece has black horse hair woven in. I think the back side is interesting, too. Some people like it better. My computer is acting up again and I can’t show the back now.

More from the sewing thread warp. It is finished (10 yards) and I’ll be sending the last pieces. I’m pretty sure the next warp will be 10 yards and narrow again for more miniatures. They are so much fun and I feel so creative. I plan to use the very fine silk threads again. The ones used in the pieces on my home page. I can’t wait. Life seems to be in the way for now.

Lark's Head Knot

Finally, the tip is up on the lark’s head knot. Go to the tips section (choose the heading under the title of the home page) or search for lark’s head knot.

Weaving with the Two-stick Heading

I have made a new and complete Weaving Tip describing using the two-stick heading. Click this title to see the full tip: “Using the Two Stick Heading“. This is from my book, Weaving for Beginners, beginning on page 134.

Rose Hips

I planned my weaving on a woven piece that was so uninteresting I relegated it to a scrap. This gave me the dimensions for the new piece. And it allowed me to play with various stems of  rose hips to get a composition I liked and that would allow me to use the supplementary purple warp to attach the stems. As I wove the new piece, I unpinned the stems as needed and wove them in. It also helped that I’d taken a photo of the composition so I could replicate the placement in the new weaving as I went along.

Weaving with Rose Hips, 2

This photo is of the woven piece. The color is more like the top picture.

Rose Canes, No. 2

Rose Canes, 2 Detail.

Here’s my latest in my Weaving Roses Series.

Rose Hip Weaving

Here is the first  weaving with rose hips. I decided to think of this weaving as a “weed holder”. I made several in the 70′s to hold dried grasses. I turned the piece horizontally to achieve it. I can’t wait to try to weave with the rose hips on the wiggly stems! I wonder what will happen as they dry.

Persimmons

I got so many weaving ideas during the holidays when I visited a friend at her farm. What goodies I brought home! She had a persimmon tree which was gorgeous with all its leaves gone and just the lovely fruit hanging from the branches. I love to set them out as an  arrangement on my table and watch them ripen one-by-one.

Rose Hips in a Vase

She had a big rose bush full of rose hips! What a treasure. I can’t wait to weave them in something.

As a final gift, she cut her cow’s tail for me. What could be more fun to incorporate than pieces of Rosie’s tail.

The rose hips are the first on my  agenda. Watch out!

Rose Canes Number 1

I began weaving with the rose bush canes today. I had to wait until I could borrow good leather gloves and clippers. I’m pleased with this first piece. The canes will dry and it will be interesting to see what happens. Already I see that they are drawing in the cloth as they dry. What fun!