My Students
September 30 - December 16, 2023 — Darlene Wilson
Choosing your warp colors
Making a butterfly and gluing her color samples on paper in the order she wants to weave her patterns.
Winding her warp on the warping board
Counting her warp on warping board
Darlene enjoys warping
She has chosen beautiful colors for her sampler.
Her warp is tied and is all set to take off the warping board and attach to the loom.
Tying the lease sticks on the loom.
Preparing the loom for her warp.
Preparing the raddle and the lease sticks for the warp.
Winding the warp onto the back of the loom.
Threading the heddles with her warp.
She's tying her warp to the front of the loom.
She tied her warp onto the front of the loom and is all set to begin weaving.
Getting ready to weave.
She's making wonderful progress.
A happy weaver and a beautiful warp.
Weaving has begun
Checking her weaving
Beautiful weave
Close-up of her weave
Enjoys winding a bobbin for her weft.
Her pattern and her sampler
Holding a shuttle with one of her weft colors on the bobbin.
Putting her weft on an angle so the selvedges are smooth.
Looking great
Great job Darlene.
Beautiful weaving
Keeping track of her pattern for weaving.
Putting the shuttle through the shed.
She loves to weave
Shuttle goes through the shed
The weft is carefully placed through the shed.
Wonderful progress
Darlene's sampler - Side 1
Darlene's sampler - Side 2
Darlene and her sampler - Side 1
Darlene and her sampler - Side 2