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Begin with the end in mind. Header and finishing choices in tapestry weaving

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Begin with the end in mind. Header and finishing choices in tapestry weaving

Have you heard the saying, start with the end in mind? It definitely applies to tapestry weaving when you’re making decisions at the beginning of a tapestry. There are many things to decide and the equipment and materials you currently have might make some of them for you.

For example, the loom you choose might dictate how you can display your work. If you have only very short looms*, you may not be able to finish your tapestry with a braided edge because you don’t have enough extra warp to allow that. A longer loom might allow you to use that finishing technique.

Blog-o-versary | Fifteen years of blogging about tapestry weaving

Blog-o-versary | Fifteen years of blogging about tapestry weaving

How ever did I get to fifteen years on this blog? I suppose one week at a time is how that happened. I started the blog on April 20, 2008 and that makes it 15 years today.

What on earth have I talked about for fifteen years? The digital pages have been full of stories relating to tapestry weaving and now and then a peek inside other parts of my life. Remember the skunk house when I lived in southern Colorado? Or the Colorado Trail thru-hike in 2022? Those weren’t very tapestry related, but I found them fun to write about. There have been knitted creatures and all sorts of fiber-filled adventures along the way.

The blog is also full of useful information if you’re a tapestry weaver. I’ve talked about yarn and looms and technique and design and that is my primary goal in continuing to write it, creating a resource for information about tapestry weaving.

Fixing Shedding problems in tapestry weaving

Fixing Shedding problems in tapestry weaving

How many times as a newer tapestry weaver have you felt frustrated because you’re weaving along and suddenly your wefts are in the wrong shed?

Wait, what is a shed anyway?

How many of us who have been weaving tapestry a long time remember those days when every time we added or subtracted a weft in our design our sheds were wrong? Or we are trying to fill in a dip between two forms or add a new color into a pattern and there were either lice or the wefts just wouldn’t go where we wanted them to go?

We have ALL been there.