blue ... and a bit of yellow

Finally I started on the weaving under tension

which Jude explained to the class.

First I didn't know what to weave on but then I found

an old IKEA photo frame that once fell on the floor

( glas broken and all askew )

I did a bit of repair with some cardboard

glued on all four corners :

perfect!

After ripping many, many strips I could start binding the warp around the frame

On the strips that were not long enough to bind a bow

I sewed on a piece or used a pin

then the weaving could begin

It was really great fun, basting down every strip that was woven.

After one side on the frame was done

I had to untie the bows and rearrange the weaving to the other side,

that was a bit fiddly

but when the warp was tied under tension again

I could continue on the second half

I even found some lace to weave in

Sooner than I thought both sides were filled

!

... and although the day was gray and windy

there was already a little bit of yellow sunshine

in the garden

Winter aconites

( Eranthus heymalis )