Some recent projects I've finished! Finally feeling like a more capable weaver

I've felt a lot braver as a weaver recently, these are the last two things I've taken off my loom.

I did overshot for the first time and chose Blooming Leaf of Mexico from the green book as the repeat pattern. Theres some pretty wild variation in the size of each repeat due to me find the right beat, lol. The ground pw is a 2/18 wool and I used Shetland for the design weft. I REALLY love Shetland after it's fulled, but I think next time I'll use a design weft closer to the pw yarn.

The second was a poncho that I made my partner, who really REALLY loves Monsters Inc. I used Shetland yarn closest to Sully Blue and Mike Wazowski green. This was my first time designing my own twill draft, and probably the most perfectly a project has gone so far! I don't have a good picture of it aside from this picture of the poncho drying in the sun.

Weaving has been so necessary to keep myself sane lately, and Jane Stafford's lessons have been SO important for my growth as a weaver. In her lesson on making a small thread twill gamp, she talks about the importance of being able to see the fabric off the loom, and why software can be helpful but will never replace real hands on experimentation. The thread is alive and when we weave we create a living thing. I think weaving is the most important magic I can do