My Dad's New Pillow

Remember the honeycomb fabric I was weaving?  I finally finished it, washed it, and this is what I had planned for it.  I turned it into a pillow cover for my dad.  He loves to lay on the floor with his pillow.  Many years ago I made him a pillow cover and it's become really worn out.  So when my mom and I were out and about one day she asked me if I could make him a new one.  I thought YES!  I can weave it this time!  What a neat project this was.

This is side 1:

And this is side 2:

The second side has a few more colors added to it.  It has brown and green and orange.  This cover maximized the width that my loom can weave... any bigger of a pillow and it would have had to be pieced together.



I love the way this pillow turned out!!  Enjoy it, dad!!

Colors on the honeycomb weave

I'm trying some new colors with the honeycomb weave. I'm trying some browns, oranges, and yellow-greens that I found in my stash. I think they go well with this shade of blue! I'm looking forward to seeing how they turn out. I'm done weaving the length I needed for my project, so the rest will be woven for me as dishtowels. I love dishtowels!

The Honeycomb experiment

This is the first time I have ever woven honeycomb. I'm very excited! I decided to document all the steps. So here's the adventure that takes a few days all put into just a few minutes of pictures!

The very first step is to get your idea and pattern. Then comes the warping and weaving fun!

Go through the stash and pick the yarns:

Measure it on the warp board, thread the reed, and then the heddles... This part usually takes ALL day long!



Wind it on. (It looks like it's melting off!)

Tie it on the front and make sure it's nice and tight and even:



Make sure you tie up the pedals according to the pattern!

Wind your shuttles and weave away!!



Finish the edges with a hemstitch:


Cut off a small portion and finish it to make sure you like it before weaving yards and yards of it! Look at those beautiful cells that develop after washing:



What will it be? Stay tuned for more updates! Maybe I'll be done with it soon!