{"id":439,"date":"2014-02-03T13:29:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T19:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twillpower.com\/?p=439"},"modified":"2014-02-03T13:38:18","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T19:38:18","slug":"mini-tapestry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?p=439","title":{"rendered":"Mini Tapestry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This time I used the Lightning Weaver with an crochet thread for a warp. I hemstitched the ends, and now that I&#8217;m done I realize I could have moved each end closer to the hooks to give more weaving room. The weft is embroidery floss, probably too thin, but that&#8217;s okay. It&#8217;s bright and lively. Off the loom, this teeny rug measures 3.5&#8243; x 3.5&#8243; not including fringe. It took about four hours!<\/p>\n<p>Things I learned from this project: my weft was too fine for the warp and lead to having to beat each row too much; color changes make for fun, interesting weaving; my left selvedges are far tidier than my right (but I&#8217;ve always known that).<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Mini Tapestry\" href=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7386\/12292369233_34f1866bf7.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mini Tapestry\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7386\/12292369233_34f1866bf7.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Mini Tapestry\" href=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5507\/12292771006_c88d1b125e.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mini Tapestry\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5507\/12292771006_c88d1b125e.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Mini Tapestry\" href=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7323\/12278672544_8ee81a79b9.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mini Tapestry\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7323\/12278672544_8ee81a79b9.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This time I used the Lightning Weaver with an crochet thread for a warp. I hemstitched the ends, and now that I&#8217;m done I realize I could have moved each end closer to the hooks to give more weaving room. The weft is embroidery floss, probably too thin, but that&#8217;s okay. It&#8217;s bright and lively. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,289,20],"tags":[290,17,291,88,14],"class_list":["post-439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finished-object","category-tapestry-weaving","category-weaving-2","tag-lightning-weaver","tag-loom","tag-miniature","tag-tapestry","tag-weaving"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3wmm6-75","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":441,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions\/441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}