Last fall I decided to make my mom something really special for Christmas. She and my dad had just purchased a beautiful new oak Amish dining table, and she casually mentioned to me that she wanted a table runner for it.
I began looking around at table runners for sale and they were just sort of boring/dated/expensive/not the right style. What I wanted to get her didn't exist and I couldn't afford it if it did. I was looking for a beautifully woven table runner in neutral but kind of sandy/desert colors.
Then my little hare-brain thought "You can totally make this."
I replied, "Are you sure? Wait, yeah, totally. I made weavings as a child."
"I can totally get this done by Christmas."
Well, I didn't get it done by Christmas. I think all I had done was the construction of my long, rectangular loom that my husband nailed together. At this time we were also installing a slate floor in our kitchen and dining room. Lololol
So, I convinced my husband to build this wooden loom, which seemed simple and like 100% was not. Eventually I rounded up some string and a few pretty, interesting yarns, as well a bundle of roving. The other item I wanted to incorporate were pheasant feathers. My dad, and sometimes my mom, are avid pheasant hunters. Since this was mostly a surprise for my mom, I had to bring my dad in on it and secure some pheasant feathers. I told them it was for some project I was working on. My mom had no clue. It helps I suppose that they lived 7 hrs away.
Now we are well past Christmas. We finished the dining room floor, I finished my bikini collection for Taylor Monroe Boutique, and one random day when I had little to do, I started winding my warp and then weaving. I went with what felt right, and it turned out much better than I expected.
It took me a couple months to finish it, not weaving every day, but doing large portions at a time. What really spurred me to finish, though, was my parent's impending visit around Mother's Day. I finished it while they were there and was able to present it to them that day. Haha. So it was a combined Christmas and Mother's Day gift, haha.
Anyway, here it is in all it's glory. Ps. I used a stylus to carry my yarn though the weave...
I began looking around at table runners for sale and they were just sort of boring/dated/expensive/not the right style. What I wanted to get her didn't exist and I couldn't afford it if it did. I was looking for a beautifully woven table runner in neutral but kind of sandy/desert colors.
Then my little hare-brain thought "You can totally make this."
I replied, "Are you sure? Wait, yeah, totally. I made weavings as a child."
"I can totally get this done by Christmas."
Well, I didn't get it done by Christmas. I think all I had done was the construction of my long, rectangular loom that my husband nailed together. At this time we were also installing a slate floor in our kitchen and dining room. Lololol
So, I convinced my husband to build this wooden loom, which seemed simple and like 100% was not. Eventually I rounded up some string and a few pretty, interesting yarns, as well a bundle of roving. The other item I wanted to incorporate were pheasant feathers. My dad, and sometimes my mom, are avid pheasant hunters. Since this was mostly a surprise for my mom, I had to bring my dad in on it and secure some pheasant feathers. I told them it was for some project I was working on. My mom had no clue. It helps I suppose that they lived 7 hrs away.
Now we are well past Christmas. We finished the dining room floor, I finished my bikini collection for Taylor Monroe Boutique, and one random day when I had little to do, I started winding my warp and then weaving. I went with what felt right, and it turned out much better than I expected.
It took me a couple months to finish it, not weaving every day, but doing large portions at a time. What really spurred me to finish, though, was my parent's impending visit around Mother's Day. I finished it while they were there and was able to present it to them that day. Haha. So it was a combined Christmas and Mother's Day gift, haha.
Anyway, here it is in all it's glory. Ps. I used a stylus to carry my yarn though the weave...
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