Weaving blankets
/I'm making progress on the weaving orders but I'm not finished yet. I need to get these in the mail by the middle of the week.
This is a king-sized blanket for a customer in Oregon. I don't know what kind of sheep she raises, but the yarn is beautiful and the blanket is very soft. It measures 90 x 100". The only place I can spread a blanket this size to dry is the floor of the shop, so I have to plan my finishing around classes, open hours, etc. The shop is too cold right now and after leaving the blanket spread out overnight I needed to get it off the floor (partly because I'm teaching a chenille scarf class tomorrow).
The blanket is folded in half and hanging over the loom on which I'm weaving a v-shawl for a customer in Nevada. This customer has Jacob sheep and I'm using her mill-spun yarn and handspun yarn. The blanket below is for the same customer. The stripes are handspun.
Here is a detail from the king-sized blanket at the top of this post. This customer also wants two twin blankets and she wants some of the yarn dyed. Here is the yarn for the next warp.
The next two blankets are woven with singles Jacob yarn. These were in a previous post while still on the loom. They are for sale at the Artery right now and will be on my site shortly.