Weaverly

There are many versions of the children’s folk song “Here we go loopty loop”–you may have learned “looby loo” or other variations — but I especially like the last line of the refrain, which goes “all on a Saturday night.”

On a recent Saturday Night I loopty looped this 8″ wide warp as a stashbusting exercise and…

…the next day I beamed and threaded it on a rigid heddle loom. Put your right hand in, put your right hand out. Now it’s nearly all woven. More than likely I’ll get it cut off today and wash it. It will then join its sister warps in a multi-strip project which may or not become a blanket or a poncho. Or something else.

This new style of making is pleasant. I love working with the handspun wool and waiting to see where it leads me.

Department of Books: Have just read American Woman by Susan Choi. Recommended.