Blankets

As usual there has been a lot of metres of blanket weaving in the last few months.

Kotare/Kingfisher has a green-blue back, buff to yellow underside and a large black bill.

They are admired for the way they perch without moving while stalking their prey, then suddenly attacking in a blur.

Black and White

 

Pohutukawa, commonly known as the New Zealand Christmas tree, is a coastal evergreen tree that produces a brilliant display of red flowers, each consisting of a mass of stamens.

 

Pounamu is a term for several types of hard and durable stone found in southern New Zealand.

It is also called greenstone or New Zealand jade.

  It is often carved into a pendant which carries special meaning for its wearer.

Summer Blue blankets

What better way to celebrate summer than with some beautiful summer blue blankets?

Available from

 Pauanesia store in central Auckland.

 

Red blankets

So here we are into April with autumn knocking on the door and the first weaving story of the year.

This is not a warp under control but a lot of patience and stubbornness got the warp with about 50 and more different types of yarn and different red shades onto the loom.  I tie onto a dummy warp which allows me to spread each variety of yarn reasonably evenly across the loom thus avoiding the seersucker effect.  I say reasonably because I use the eyeball method.  One rule I follow is a smooth yarn always goes next to a fluffy mohair one.

Some of the threads are quite fluffy especially the mohair so I find it useful to raise every second thread opening a shed while winding on front to back.

A pleasure to weave once its ready to go.

Two very different blankets from the same warp and they have both found their forever homes.