 | First, we start with pure wool roving. Roving is wool that has been cleaned and carded, ready to be handspun. This bag contains approx. 20 lbs. of wool. |
 | The wool roving is handspun on a spinning wheel. About 1 - 2 lbs. of yarn can be spun per day. |
 | When all of the roving has been spun into yarn, it is now ready to be warped and threaded onto the loom. |
 | The handspun yarn is measured into 5 yard lengths, by winding onto a warping board. |
 | Once all of the warp has been wound, each yarn strand (end) is threaded through the dents in the reed. |
 | Each yarn end is then individually threaded through a heddle. This blanket contains over 500 ends. |
 | The warp is wound onto the back beam. |
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 | This is a queen size blanket, measuring approx. 100" on the loom. Because the loom is only 60" wide, the blanket must be woven folded. It is woven in a double layer, one side is open and the other side has a fold. While weaving, the bottom layer is not visible to the weaver, so must be woven with care, to avoid weaving mistakes. |
 | This is the exciting part! Cutting the finished warp off the loom...Did it turn out? |
 | The completed project! Almost..
Now the woven ends are sewn to prevent fraying and then the fabric is fulled/wet finished. The warp is washed in the washing machine. This removes spinning oils, and opens up and fluffs up the fibre creating the finished fabric. |
