Almost there

I have hitched off the actual weaving, now I just have to do the finishing off which will involve a couple more hours of weaving (hitching off with sewing thread, then another lot of hitching off for the back, using wool. That gets turned over and not seen.

So I hope to get that done tomorrow. Then I can loosen the warp a little and let it 'relax' overnight before taking it off the loom and tidying it up - which will take another few hours. So - almost there.

There will also be some fixing of mistakes to be done. I 'think' they will be easy enough to fix - I hope so! I am intending to keep the tapestry, so it is only I who will see the mistakes.

Once again, I worked till it was almost dark, so the image has had the exposure  changed. It is not quite that light.

I have enjoyed working on it, especially in this strange time of being socially distant. It has taken hours every day. I was thinking that it has been very calming. Once the design is decided the actual weaving is more of a contemplative thing - you do have to work on the colours and making sure you are keeping to the design but you are not making big creative decisions, that gets done, mainly, before-hand. So I will miss it.

But I have enrolled for a Blackwork embroidery course and am currently up to doing the sampler, learning the various stitches that might be useful once I get to actually making a piece. So, at the moment, that is also rather contemplative - focussing on doing the stitching correctly but not having to be creative. Hopefully that will take the place of the tapestry - and I will get caught up with the course!