Tapestry-ing in Victoria
Postnord
Our weaving frames arrived from Sweden last week…
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All accounted for!
…and all the bits and pieces were still attached and the warps still tensioned! We had thought the parcel would be home before us, but delays and detours in the Swedish postal system meant that they squeaked through just before the Canadian post office went on strike! Phew!
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Weaving resumed
Luckily I remembered how to weave…
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Helpful
…and Arianell…
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glee
…and Coriander…
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The end!
…were very enthusiastic about helping me weave the last few centimetres, including lots of white, a red triangle, a diagonal yellow line, my initials, and a final blue edge!
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Good work!
Thanks for all your help!
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Right side up
At last we could flip the whole frame over, take off the cartoon, and see our sampler from the right side…well take a look at that! Not bad at all for a first try!
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Weaving Done!
I would love to cut it off the frame, finish the edges and gloat, but we will leave it attached to the frame for now, and weave another small tapestry at the other end – I feel like I could use a bit more practice before starting on the parrot!
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Quimper Hittys 
Oh! I’m so glad for you that your weaving arrived in the nick of time and that you are able to resume where you left off and continue to move on. Well done! and so nice to have those little helpers alongside.
The Postal strike was unexpected for me, so I did not have time to be anxious about it, luckily, because the delays and side excursions through Postnord were perplexing enough! We are so glad it got here at all!
Wonderful, very exciting. So glad you beat the postal strike. Now you and the girls can have lots of fun. Can’t wait to see the parrot 🙂
It is exciting! I may run up the hill to show you some time…or to beg for help if Arianell and Coriander are unsure what to do. I do have my (in Swedish) Flamksvavnad book so I may get to practice my Swedish too while figuring things out!
I’d love to see the weaving and hear about your trip. I have Rebecca Mezoff’s book “The Art of Tapestry Weaving”, in English of course, it has excellent diagrams and pictures. I’ll drop it off so you can have a look.
Looks pretty amazing and it must have been so exciting to get it in the mail!
Aw thanks, and thanks for your comment about the weaving it means a lot when textile people can see deeper into the structure and execution! It was very exciting after all the palaver getting it here!
That’s so impressive! what a lot to accomplish in such a short time. How clever of you to leave some more practice room on the loom.
I would happily have cut it all off, but I can hear my teacher Mrs Asp saying Hm and Ah. And having warped it all up in the first place, I am loath to “waste” that effort just to begin a new sample. And I do need to do another sample. As with any person who makes stuff, I can see the mistakes glaring out at me. I’d like a chance to get the techniques out of my head and into my hands if you know what I mean!
Yes, I get it. I often practice stitches new to me before starting out on the final item. Who was who said “practice makes perfect”?
what a relief to have it all safely in hand I am quite impressed with the sampler and I belive you should feel free to gloat away!!!
It is a big relief! Thank goodness I didn’t know about the Canadian postal strike until it happened and I already had the parcel in hand. I believe I will gloat, just for practice!
That looks amazing!. It’s a good job you took Arianell and Coriander along on the trip so they could help you remember how to do the weaving.
Thanks, I am so glad to have this new knowledge…maybe after a few more weavings I might be able to call it a new skill, but not quite yet! I am a beginner! The Hittys have been good company and very encouraging at every step of the way!