Tien’s blog

I took a few quick shots before preparing to launch it into the Great Unknown of CNCH:
 
The first shows most of the shawl, the second shows the beaded fringe.
I’m very pleased with it - the gold foil sets off the tan/gold warp and the overall effect is of antique gold and rubies.  The big [...]

Weaving like a madwoman, I finished, cut off, and wet-finished, pressed, etc. the garnet-weft shawl tonight:

(do take a closer look; the pattern is beautiful.)
It’s not fully dry yet, so I expect the colors to be somewhat lighter/glossier once it’s fully dry.  It is lovely, though.  And I was right - the garnet red/gold leaf beads [...]

I had forgotten that I had some garnet-glass-with-gold-leaf beads sitting in my stash!  I had bought them in a burst of enthusiasm after seeing some in a bead store (along with some green ones that I have yet to use).  They will go perfectly, I think:

(Sorry about the blurriness; I didn’t like the effect of [...]

In a moment (okay, more like forty-five minutes) of desperation, I managed to get away from all the other stuff I was supposed to be doing today for long enough to weave a two-stick header and get the goldenrod shawl off the loom:

It’s not bad, though I think the pattern looks a little like upholstery. [...]

After spending the first four hours of my morning in urgent care, getting the ankle and the bronchitis seen to, I got in some quality sewing time.  The end result can be seen here:

I’m very pleased with it - it came out exactly as I wanted, a light, casual jacket meant to be worn open.  [...]