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Winter 2023 - Arts and Crafts with Grandma Maurine - Chaya Nessa

Winter 2023 - Arts and Crafts with Grandma Maurine - Chaya Nessa

Chaya Nessa is now 20 years old. She wanted to once again fly to Las Vegas to be at her Grandma Maurine 

and Grandpa Allen's home. She spent a week with us from January 5th to January 12, 2023.  

She wanted to weave a scarf on one of my looms. She picked out the colors that she wanted and started to prepare her yarn for weaving.

Below are the step-by-step pictures of her process of weaving.

Chaya Nessa is beginning to wind 

her warp on the warping board.

Winding takes time.

Counting her warp.

Tying the center cross.

Tying the other 4 sections on the top of the warp.

All 5 sections are tied for the cross.

Tying the other 3 sections of warp 

to keep everything in place.

All tied up.

Close-up of warp on warping board.

Warp is off the warping board and lease sticks are placed into the cross.

Cord is put into the holes on 

each side of the lease sticks.

Raddle is placed onto the back of the loom 

to keep the warp nice and even when 

winding onto the back of the loom.

Lease sticks which hold the cross

 are placed onto the back of the

 loom in front of the raddle.

The warp is separated on the raddle 

and passes through the lease sticks.

Next step is winding the warp 

onto the back of the loom.

The heddles which determine the 

pattern you want are now threaded.

A happy weaver.

Back view of the heddles being threaded according to a pattern.

Next step is to thread the 

reed which determines the number of threads per inch.

The warp is now tied 

onto the front of the loom.

Using a bobbin winder enables 

you to wind your weft and place 

it into a shuttle for weaving.

The bobbin that she just wound is 

now in her shuttle which she puts 

through the shed to form her pattern.

Weaving takes time and concentration.

She follows the instructions 

from her pattern step-by-step.

A very happy weaver.

Looking wonderful.

Great job.

The order of pressing the levers

 on the loom determine the pattern.

Once you put the shuttle through the shed you take the reed and beat down what you just wove.

Here is the shuttle going 

through the shed again.

Beautiful weave.

The scarf is finished and now you

 have to begin to take it off the loom.

Chaya Nessa is now using a yarn twister

 to give the finished warp a nice look.

Close-up.

Beautiful finished scarf.

One way to wear it.

Another way to wear a beautiful scarf. Great job.

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