As a professional weaver, I'm in a constant state of changing what's on the loom: planning a project, dyeing yarn for the project, warping the loom with that new yarn, weaving, finishing, and so on. Blogging is a way for me to share the process, and a way for me to keep track of what I did when.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
An Early Tulip
It's awfully early for tulips, even here in California. Actually, our daffodils leaves are just beginning to peek up out of the ground, but neighbors who planted theirs years ago already have blooms!
These tulips, though, are the woven kind. Here's what I had done by lunch-time:
And by dinner-time, the piece was completely woven, including a textured top hem:
I don't expect to see tulips in the garden for months, yet!
Oh, this is great! I love that the stem shows - gives real depth to the piece.
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