Spy cam

 

The weather remains clear, dry and warm. So no skiing since the couple of outings at the beginning of January. Hunting, cutting firewood, architecture and weaving are filling the void.

bedford cord

Some experiments with a weave structure called bedford weave using some thick "mop" yarn in the warp for the threads which usually create padding for the ribs. Ive brought these to the surface to create pattern and also cut some them after removal from the loom.

 

Scarf 2

 Another deflected doubleweave scarf. This time with more cotton and less wool. The wool is in basketweave. Less successful than last scarf as the wool hasn't shrunk enough to make the cotton 'pop'.

Finished!

 

Next weave

Interested in doing something in deflected doubleweave and this scarf by Madelyn Van der Hoogt has the added attraction of having several different weft densities, so I can practice to improve my beating accuracy. The sea of green, is wool which is "fulled" (partially felted in the finishing process). The bumps I'm changing to 8/2 cotton (pink) so they keep their weave texture. I ve also modified slightly the balance of wool to cotton in the warp to suit sectional warping. 

Goutets

A New Years Day meander up to Goutets. Some fresh snow which was a nice surprise. We climbed up through the woods on the rive gauche then descended in the sun on the piste.  Some fox and red deer tracks but no creatures today.