Oracular Arts and Crafts: A Rune Casting Tapestry, Part 3
Subtitled: A Little More Verdandi, a Lot Less Penelope.
Yesterday was a cold and rainy day, perfect for sitting by the fire and weaving—so that’s what I did!
I was having trouble with this part, because the technique I used to interlock the black and red in the bottom section wouldn’t work for this section, as this set of colors varies in thickness. A quick lesson with the ever-patient Lou at San Francisco Fibre over the holidays, and a lot of trial-and-error and a bit of unweaving yesterday, I finally figured it out!
Weaving, Part 3
The trick is to do the center piece (the cream color) for several rows, then fill in the outer edges. The meetings aren’t perfect—a few places, one color goes a little too wide, or a little too narrow—but that can be fixed when I’ve finished weaving and run the hand stitches up the back of the piece.
I didn’t rush myself yesterday, and took plenty of breaks. Overall, I spent about five hours on this section, and, after the first unweaving, I didn’t have to do a Penelope again all evening. While I have a ways to go before I consider myself a skilled weaver, it’s going much faster now that my hands have learned the motions, so I expect the next section will go more quickly!
