My first weave is finished

Yesterday I cut my first weave out of the loom.  Scary and exciting!  The results are 4 placemats in 4 different weave patterns, a tablerunner for my kitchen counter and 4 dish rags.

Woven linen placemats in different weaves

From right to left: chevron twill weave, a 3 treadle weave called "rackelväv" in swedish, a diagonal twill and a simple linen weave.

Tablerunne, four different place mats and dish cloths

Linen table runner

Now what?  I don't know... blankets with my homespun Gotland wool? Rag rugs for the kitchen?

Time will tell!

Flax

I've been having an adventure with a new spindle and flax fibers. The flax is probably from the beginning of the 1900's

Flax

My supersweet husband made this spindle for me, the "legs" are detachable to change the weight of the spindle.

Spindle

Spindle

It took awhile to figure out how to spin the flax, it acts very differently to wool.  With a lot of help from Knitty, and especially the towel trick I've stardet to get the hang of it!  This is the evenings results.

Spinning flax