The Reason I Started Weaving

Necessity is the mother of invention.  That sums up why I wanted to learn to weave.  There was a wall near our dining room that was just waiting for something pretty to hang above a piece of furniture and this phases of the moon bunting Eddy and I made together.

But it took me awhile to develop some weaving chops before I felt comfortable embarking on the ambitious weaving project I wanted for this space. I made this piece in the bathroom and also this one for our entryway. When I was ready to get started, I started with the fringe.

Next, I did some loops and some soumak stitch.

Then just more loops and fringes.

My favorite part is at the very top where I wove in some sequins.

You can never have enough sequins.

This is what it looked like before I removed it from the loom.

Then, of course, I had to bury all these pesky loose ends on the back of the weaving.

Here it is installed on some driftwood we picked up on the Oregon coast over our moon phases bunting.

And here's the view into the dining room!

Now that I've finished the weaving I set out to do, I guess I can weave whatever I please!