A little sewing

 I've had a to-do item for a while to make more garb.  I have only 3 or 4 outfits, and Long Egils this coming May will be 8 or 9 days.   This past week I made a couple more peplos garments, one from blue linen and one from a wine-colored lightweight felted wool.  

I found the wool at a local art and fabric supply store in their used fabric section for $10 and hoped it would be long enough for a peplos.  It was!  I should really bring a fabric tape into the store with me to measure things, someday I may remember that.

The Ripple Effect

I keep gradually letting the weave get looser until I suddenly notice that my centers aren't right up against each other anymore and then I tighten up.   It seems to be related to how close or far my heddle is from the working area, but maybe that's a false correlation?  

There are ripples in my woven band, but I hope they will not be super noticeable when it is in use.  I'm more consistent now, but still have to pay close attention.  I seem to be able to weave for about 40 minutes before I start losing focus and screwing up.  That's a great improvement over when I started, when 10 minutes was all I could do.  It's also kind of fun now, rather than a strain.