Starting my Weaving Journey
It has been a while since I posted here. However, my fiber obsession didn't fade, but blossomed with a new passion. This summer my husband bought me a loom as a birthday gift. It's Ashford Rigid Heddle 32" loom. I wanted to try weaving for a long time and now I can't stop. Well, when I have free time, which is rare these days, because I am a mom of a 7 months old baby boy. So far I managed to complete weaving two projects. The first one is an alpaca baby blanket. For my very first weave I chose pure alpaca sport weight yarn from Henry's Attic and the default 7.5 heddle. As a result, the fabric turned out quite loosely woven. Hopefully, it will tighten up after washing. I do know that I supposed to use DK yarn weight, but my stash is emmm... pretty big and lacks DK. I have mostly lace and fingering yarn. I like very much the yarn itself. Henry's Attic Prime Alpaca is so soft. But oh, it sheds so badly during the weave! It is messy and it slightly felts when o...