Tropical Delights

Tropical Delights is a brand new, hot off the loom baby wrap ready for wrapping.  Available now in our Etsy shop, this wrap is all cotton with a 10/2 mercerized cotton warp and an 8/2 cotton weft.  It's hand woven in plain weave except the hems which are our signature twill.
It measures 29" wide and 3.5 meters (136.5") long.

Created using a combination of 6 colors with 4 main background colors, this wrap is as unique and wonderful as its name suggests.  Tropical Delights has a tactile, heart-shaped, hand stitched middle marker.  

Those are all the details and the important part is it wraps like a dream.  Sturdy, soft, supple, and definitely toddler worthy.  Designed to wrap a child from 8 to 35 pounds and provide maximum strength and comfort for both mother and child.  

Feel free to contact us with any questions st lotsaknots [at] msn [dot] com.  

Dreamland Centered

Today was an exciting day as I reached the center of Dreamland, the wrap that is currently on the loom.  It always seems like the first half goes slower than the second half, especially the first wrap of the warp.  This warp has 2 wraps on it.  The first wrap is for our client who provided the picture that Janet used to create the warp.

Janet has this amazing ability to translate photos into warps.  I love what she has done with this one.  It captures the colors and the feel of Dreamland.  She saw this as a dreamscape and named the wrap Dreamland based on that.

I have a video of the middle marker for Dreamland.  The client chose to have a weft change as the middle marker.  It's more subtle than I expiated.  The colors in the video are more intense than in person.  

Have a great weekend.  I'll be back next week with finished wraps.

Awakea (morning) middle marker

I finished weaving Haleakawa and am halfway through the sister wrap, Awakea (Hawaiian for morning).  I hope you enjoy this video of the middle markers.

Janet is busy winding the warp for the next wrap, Dreamland.  Here is a photo of the mock up she completed.

The next video will be Dreamland being beamed onto the loom.  I'm looking forward to being snowed in on Monday so I can get more weaving done.   Planning on finishing Awakea and hemming and wet finishing (washing) both wraps.  

A hui hou kakou - until we meet again.

And the weaving goes on and on, oh oh oh...

This was the view at sunrise.  Perhaps it will be a baby wrap one day.  For now, it's inspiration to get dressed and go walk.

On To baby wraps.  Here is my Glimakra Standard warped up and working hard to complete Hale Akala, the wrap inspired by an Hawaiian Sunrise and an African painting depicting the Masai at the beach.  You can see both photos in my previous blog post.  

 I have moved beyond the center and wanted to share the middle marker since it's a bit unique.  The idea for this tactile center marking came from the mama who will be receiving this wrap.

 I did a short video so you can see it more clearly.  I have a few important comments to make following the very brief video.

After removing the middle markers and trying once more to place the supplemental weft for the middle marker, I realized that the effect I am hoping for is best done by needle weaving over the weft at the center of the wrap once it is off the loom.  The weaving has continued and the middle marker will be added later.  

Coming soon.....

DREAMLAND