Extraordinary Animals on the Drawloom

Armadillo, fox, porcupine, jackrabbit, and deer are leading the critter parade. The twelve napkins will include the most common, the most interesting, and the most unusual animals that visit our backyard here in Texas Hill Country. The white-tailed deer are the most common, by far.

Feet first. The white-tailed buck is taller than he is wide, so his feet touch the bottom border. Pulled single-unit draw cords are seen on the hook bar pegs above the beater.
Just past the midway mark on this napkin, as seen on the measuring ribbon pinned on the side.
Having a large chart beside the loom helps me keep track of each row as the weaving progresses. One pattern shaft draw handle is pulled, which forms the pattern on the side borders. The single unit draw cords form the center image.

This white-tailed buck is one that Steve photographed on our property. I use Affinity Designer on my computer to turn a photo into a silhouette that I can use for my drawloom chart. It is a thrill to see the image emerge in the threads on the loom. From animal in our yard, to photo, to graphic chart, to threads on the loom! The common is made extraordinary.

The draw handles are pulled for the checkerboard pattern that goes across the bottom and top borders of the napkin.
Antlers of the buck reach nearly to the top border. Hem area is teal blue.
Before the buck, there is the jackrabbit. And before the jackrabbit is the porcupine. And the fox and armadillo before that are in hibernation on the cloth beam.

Even more extraordinary is what our Lord Jesus does with a common human like you or me who puts faith in him. As you look at the threads on his loom, you begin to see that it is his image being woven in you.

May your days be extraordinary.

Happy New Year,
Karen

2 thoughts on “Extraordinary Animals on the Drawloom

  1. It is exciting to follow the process. Half way now? Heard a poem once that told about how God weaves the light and dark parts in our lives, but it is when the cloth finally is taken from the loom that we see the whole picture.
    Take care.
    Ida

    1. Hi Ida! One more, and we’ll be half way.
      The poem you mention (or one like it) was written in the back pages of a Bible someone gave me when I became a follower of Jesus in 1972. That was long before I had any hint of weaving in my life. I’ve always remembered the significance of the poem, that God knows what He is doing even when we don’t see it.

      Thank you,
      Karen

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