Momentum
I have a hard time getting started with weaving. I think of it kind of the same way I think of going out to ride my bike: the initial activation energy is much higher (getting on the gear, pumping up the tires, etc, etc) so I'm much more likely to through on my running shoes and head out for a run. Weaving is on the same order of effort: there's getting the loom out, finding the right heddle, figuring out yardages and lengths. Then there's warping (OMG warping), which always seems like such a HUUUUUGE deal, that it's easier to do something else more accessible.
Of course, once it's set up, weaving is way faster then knitting or crochet. And I think I've figured out a solution to the activation energy problem: as soon as I finish one project,
I need to warp for the next one.
Finished: washcloths (that is, the weaving is finished), warped: table runner. As a complete aside, I adore hemstitching...
This brings the status of the holiday list to:
one table runner - warped, to be woven tonight/tomorrow
three washcloths - DONE
set of dish towels (3)
four scarves - one of which is next up
2 scarves - 1 done, one may be woven instead
1 cowl - have yarn, will cast on and start today
one pair of adult socks - cast on, on leg of sock #1
one adult hat
four child hats
one child mittens - now fingerless mitts instead
one child fingerless mitts
two baby sweaters -- DONE
The number projects that have to be done in the next two weeks so they can be shipped to the States?
5/11, with 5 woven remaining (including already warped table runner), and one crocheted. Totally. Doable.
Of course, once it's set up, weaving is way faster then knitting or crochet. And I think I've figured out a solution to the activation energy problem: as soon as I finish one project,
I need to warp for the next one.
Finished: washcloths (that is, the weaving is finished), warped: table runner. As a complete aside, I adore hemstitching...
This brings the status of the holiday list to:
one table runner - warped, to be woven tonight/tomorrow
three washcloths - DONE
set of dish towels (3)
four scarves - one of which is next up
2 scarves - 1 done, one may be woven instead
1 cowl - have yarn, will cast on and start today
one pair of adult socks - cast on, on leg of sock #1
one adult hat
four child hats
one child mittens - now fingerless mitts instead
one child fingerless mitts
two baby sweaters -- DONE
The number projects that have to be done in the next two weeks so they can be shipped to the States?
5/11, with 5 woven remaining (including already warped table runner), and one crocheted. Totally. Doable.