I tied on to the apron bar today. I double checked the tie up of the treadles. I am using a counter march loom – eight shafts, twelve treadles. This requires 192 ties between the upper and lower lamms.
It is late and I have discovered an error. eight ends in a dent instead of four. I will correct this tomorrow evening after work ! Ugh! However it looks really pretty.
I recently
Sleying The Reed.
started a part-time job so it has slowed the progress on the project a little. I will probaby finish sleying the reed today. The tie-up is already finished. I am going to be using an electric bobbin winder to wind the pirns. I wound one with a manual bobbin winder and it took for ever to fill one pirn.
Four Ends Per Dent.
The DDDWDD Blog was officially announced at the CHH meeting and on the CHH website this week. Your interest in this adventure is motivating me to keep up the pace, both at the loom and the computer.
I am in the home stretch in threading. 6 more inches (360 threads). Then on to sleying the reed. I will post a picture of that. I am chom
ping at the bit to throw the shuttle.
I have 48 inches to thread. 60 threads per inch. I am threading very carefully and double checking for errors. The repeat is 23 ends and will form 
a triangle twill motif. I do believe that white is easier to see than black.
Neil, the father of the bride helps with the warping process.
Beaming the Warp
It is a good feeling to get the warp securely wound on to the warp beam. It took over an hour to wind on. It looks beautiful.
I may have to keep making new entries until I am fully comfortable with the process. Bear with me…I am going to insert one more picture and then back to the loom to work!
View of the Warp Beam
This is going to take some practice. In the mean time I have started threading the pattern for the wedding dress fabric. Blogging will take me longer than weaving 10 yards of very fine silk
View from the front of the loom
Sample, Sample, Sample
Inch by Inch
This week I have beamed the warp. Today I will put the new heddles on and begin to thread.
I can not figure out how to upload my pictures yet. Stay tuned. Wait a minute! I did it.
I'm Helping My Momma!
Hello fellow weavers.
When I became the mother of a little baby girl, I began to daydream about weaving the fabric for her wedding gown some day. Well the day is here and the work has begun. As of January 25, 2009 I have 6 months. This is Sara 8 months old and happy to hang out and “help”
When I became the mother of a little baby girl, I began to daydream about weaving the fabric for her wedding gown 
some day. Well the day is here....