Signature E

I tried my usual spiral signature e but I had to go with the more square-shaped E.  Looks pretty good.  I'll mount and frame it next.

Simba!

Weaving done.  Some fiddly bits yet.

Almost There

Working in the auditorium at Schuyler House today.  A good 4 hours' work.

Closing in on it.  8-]  Then some more fiddly bits before it's done.

Foliage & Body Work

Working up from the bottom.

Foliage and the body.  Fiddly 'cuz it's getting tight.

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Body work today.  Narrowing the gap.

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Time for a lunch break.

And Unmessy Again

I like the lighter muzzle color much better.  Now I'm working on the foliage (bottom up).  Now I work toward the middle and fill in where needed.

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Moving in on it.

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Foliage and sundry.

Messy Again

Decided I didn't want to use the same color for the muzzle, so I picked it out and will reweave it.  Par for the course.

Less Messy

Simba's coming along.  8-]

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Face almost done.  The pinky of the nose and mouth is a soft yarn and easily squashed.  I'll have to adjust facial dimensions at some point.

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About to start on the foliage.  Move up from the bottom.

Lion Cub - Messy Stage

Simba's at that messy stage where all his strings are hanging out.  Also the face is being finicky (as I knew it would be).  Lots of unweaving being done.

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Almost as much unweaving as weaving this session.

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Here's looking at you kid.  ;- j  Working on an eyeball today.  Lots of unweaving but I think I've got it now.

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A bit of clean up in the upper sky.  Tuck, tucking ends.

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More tuck-tucking.  He cleans up pretty good.  ;- j

A tad more weaving and tucking.

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Weave, Weave, Weave

It's in the ugly stage.  Pushing thru.

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Not so ugly today.  Just a little unweaving.  The fiddlier the detail, the more unweaving is necessary to get it right.

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A couple more hours of weaving.


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And another hour or so.  Time to break and get some grocs for dinner.

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Another day, another couple of hours.

Lion King Blue Sky - Weaving

Weaving begins.  Very nice little weft packer.  Beads pushed out of the way while weaving.

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A couple hours more weaving.  Almost to the first star position.

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A couple more hours.  Time to switch gears and think about the lion cub now.

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Another hour or so.

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Working on the lion cub.  Trying out some ideas.

Cartoon - Lion Cub Blue Sky

Simba on moon & stars blue sky.

Needle-woven mini-tapestry with beads.  Button moon, bead stars, bead leaves (some to hang over the bottom edge).

Approx. 7"x6".

Loom warped

Beads positioned

Ready to weave

LK Mini-Tapestry

What if I put Simba in front of one of my swirly skies?  My own touch on the theme.

I can even put a button moon in the pic.  ;-]

Instead of a cloud it can be a lion cub.  Stars and moon work ok.  Maybe bead eyes for the cub.

This one's a kewtie.  I can make him look a little more like Simba.  I'm liking this.  8-]

I can have a bead fringe if I want one -- doesn't have to be rain or water, just a bead fringe.  Think about that one.