Tapestry in Progress

Although I have been on vacation for a week while the kids were visiting here, I've gotten a lot done on weaving this latest tapestry the last couple of days. It is a little larger than I have been doing the last several years at 24" x 16" so I have to have a different mindset about the time it is taking to weave it but since I love the cartoon and so far the way it is turning out, it hasn't been that difficult of an adjustment. I am now a little past this point shown in the photo, in the weaving and about 1/3 done. The colors are not what I usually use either but I wanted a misty affect and so the gray seemed just right and it is all working together like I hoped.



I included this photo so that you could see the cartoon better and also the loom which is a Mirrix. The original drawing was in my sketchbook but I thought that it would weave better if it was larger so I made a grid of 2" squares on a big sheet of paper and doubled what the drawing was. It wasn't hard or time consuming to do this and I could make adjustments as I went which I couldn't do if I just used a copier to blow it up. It was enjoyable too.

The weft yarn is all wool handspun and the warp is Davidson's wool warp which is what I have been using the last few years sett at 8 epi. I would like to finish this by the end of the month but I don't know if that is a realistic goal and I'm enjoying the process so much that I don't want to just rush through it. Some tapestries just feel right from the beginning and this one seems to be one of them.