At this point on Friday I made it to the halfway point of my vararfeldur cloak. I must say that it is not a completely traditional one. The most obvious is that I used a floor loom as opposed to a warp weighted loom. It ends up being 27 inches wide instead of 1 meter, not sure entirely why, but the warp yarn seemed to be less yardage than advertised. It ended up being 14 knots per width as opposed to 13. I used our Gotland wool instead of Icelandic, and it is shorter. I used commercial yarn for the warp and the weft between the knots. I have used the wool locks in the grease and plan on soaking the cloak with just water to remove the dirt but not the grease so it will be somewhat waterproof as the original cloaks were.
Today there was more Olympics but not any weaving as I had farm and house chores to do. But there were still some amazing Olympic moments.
Unfortunately I will not have a lot of weaving time this upcoming week. We have the grandkids and a concert. I will try to get some wool and Olympics time in where I can. Wish me luck.
Beautiful cloak! Here’s hoping a lot of good luck comes your way soon!!! Even if extra time doesn’t come your way, you have a GREAT talent that should help you get a good product at the end.
Thanks Karen!
I’m glad you are able to enjoy the Olympics while you’re weaving! I’m anxious to see your finished project! Can you tell me what the name of it means?
I am enjoying it. I put extra warp on the loom so it will be a while before we can see it off of it. I believe it means trade cloak as Icelanders would make them to trade.