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.  

We've gone tropical

Tiffany and babe.  She's wearing Dark Shadows, a Lotsaknots hand woven wrap and she reports it is wonderful.  It looks like we sprinkled this one with sleepy dust.  Actually, we have several pictures of mama wearing our wraps with  babes napping inside.  This is the newest and one of my favorites.

I working on finishing Tropical Breezes, a custom wrap, and Tropical Delight which will be for sale in the Lotsaknots Etsy store soon .  Our waiting list friends will receive an email when it;s posted in Etsy.  If it doesn't sell in a few hours, I will post about it on the Lotsaknots Facebook page.  

Enjoy a video of the Tropical wraps coming off the loom!

Weaving Along

Currently on the loom, Tropical Breezes baby wrap!

Here are a couple of close up photos of the wrap in progress:

July was a very busy month!  We had a nice vacation in New England and I bought a new loom!  It arrives the end of September and has 16 shafts!  This will be quite a learning curve.  It is also a computer controlled loom and I will be using Weave Point software to create drafts and control the loom.
The computer controlled part is that the computer tells the loom which shafts to raise and lower for each pick as I weave.  I create the drafts and still warp and thread the loom like any other 16 shaft loom.  Here's a picture of the Toika Eeva computer controlled loom

Now, it's time to return to weaving on my lovely 4 shaft Glimakra Standard.

More news soon and in the meantime, happy weaving.

Stormageddon and Dark Shadows All Done

Stormageddon middle marker

I enjoy taking of video of the wraps coming off the loom when they are done.  Here is the most recent custom wrap and a sister as they exit the loom.

As I say in the video, this has become tradition for me.  The weaving is done, the loom is empty.  Now, on to the finishing touches.

Happy weaving!

Got my roller skates on now!

Dark Shadows is the current baby wrap on the loom.  I haven't left time in my day for writing our blog and it's been quite a while.  I try to weave as much as possible and finished weaving Stormageddon

over a week ago and moved right into Dark Shadows, the sister wrap on the same warp.

I had a brief set back and spent 3 days recuperating from a spasm in my lower back.  My physical therapist, Jo, is a fabulous practitioner and got me back on my feet quickly.  Thanks must go primarily to Janet and David for forcing me to remain on the couch or in bed early so I could heal.

Janet has completed the mock up for our next custom wrap and sister.  We don't have a name yet and are open to suggestions.  Here is a picture of the mock up for the warp:

It's showing up darker on my computer screen than it is in real life.  It's several colors warped randomly with 4 basic background colors.  It's been a challenge and we purchased a creel to assist with the warp winding.
Here is a picture of the creel or cone holder we purchased from Fiber Artist's Suplly Co, LLC

TO THE LOOM!!!

Handwoven baby wrap

For those of you who follow our blog, here's a preview of Dream Time as listed for sale in our Etsy shop.

It's now available in our Etsy shop HERE.  

And a few more pics.  

This last pic shows the hand embroidered middle marker.  It's visible and tactile.  It's easy to find when you are wrapping your child.  And, it's easy to ignore if you are wrapping in a way that does not require the middle marker.

More news coming on the next custom wrap, Stormageddon and it's sister, Dark Shadows.

Be well and enjoy Spring!

The Dream is Over

The warp has now been woven into web which, when wet finished, will be 2 baby wraps.  Dreamland is a custom wrap designed by Janet and based on this photo.

Dreamland wrap inspiration

We wound a warp long enough to weave 2 wraps and they are now off the loom.  Here's a brief video showing the wraps coming off.

The finishing phase has begun.  The hems have been sewn on both wraps and Janet is examining them very carefully for any errors that can be repaired.  Once she completes the repairs, the wraps will be measured and wet finished in the washing machine and dried in the dryer.  We will give them a hard press, measure them and post the sister wrap for sale in our Etsy store once the custom wrap has been sent to our client.

The next warp is wound and I will take photos while I prepare it for beaming on the loom.  

One warp ends and another begins,  On to Stormagedden!