I ventured into a bit more of the decorating aspect when I wove the curtains for my 2 bedrooms. It was fun to be able to get just the colors and effect that I was looking for. Both sets of curtains are woven in a lace weave, so they are able to let light in but still provide privacy.
In 2018 I made a shaft-switching device for one of my looms. I based on the information from Peter Collingwood's book Beyond the Basics. The device gave me the ability to place pattern where ever I wanted it in the piece. It is basicly a way to do loom-controlled pick-up patterns. The device I made worked and I wove a couple of rugs using and then took it off the loom and went on to other things. The rugs have been just been rolled up in a corner.
I took a piece of 1x1 board, some velcro, and some broadcloth and hung the rugs. I made a sleeve from the broadcloth the width of the rug and an inch wider than the velcro. I hand stitched the sleeve to the rug, and the soft side of the velcro to the sleeve. I then stapled the hook side of the velcro to the boards, found the studs in the walls, and hung the rugs.
My home has wood laminate floors and cathedral ceilings going up to the loft, so it can echo in here. Having textiles on the walls will dampen that effect and plus I think it looks good. Both of these rugs are wool, and my design.
I hung one over the fireplace. This spot has needed something there since I moved in. I had been looking for a print but never found what I wanted.
The second rug, which is really the first shaft-switching rug that I wove, is now hanging in the loft behind the countermarche looms.
I have a chair with a back from an old Singer sewing machine. I like the chair for sitting at the Lendrum spinning wheel but the original fabric was this hideous, scratchy, never to disintegrate brown fabric. I wove upholstery fabric for it.
I based the design of the fabric from Kelly Marshall's book, Custom Woven Interiors. I used 5/2 perle cotton for the warp, and 16/2 linen for the thin pick, and a plied linen that I made on one of my spinning wheels for the thick. I had enough fabric to recover the chair and to make a lumbar pillow. The seat is just a tad deep when spinning, so the pillow is just enough to make it just right. I ended up cutting some of the colors off to fit the chair, so when I made the pillow, I turned the fabric so that all of the color changes can be seen. The pillow is reversible, each side is a bit different. I am pleased with the outcome of this project. It actually came out as I saw it in my mind's eye.
I also finished crocheting and lining another cross-body bag for myself. This one is in dark cinnamon, a pretty color to get me through autumn. I had a horrible time with the lining. I put the zipper in wrong, it was inside out and backwards and all kinds of wrong. I just set it aside for a coup,e of weeks to think about. When I sat down finally to deal with it, it all went pretty well.
I am still working of some bands and the circle fabric and have a number of knitting projects going. Everything in its own time:-)
