Aren't Y'all Done Yet?

The weaving begins in August ..... and continues .... day by day .....




August leads into September .... and we weave ...

And September turns into October .... and still we weave ....

October passes ..... and we're still weaving ...





And weaving .... and weaving ....





November arrives ... to find us weaving.

The Saga of the Woven Paraments Part 2: We stepped out in faith, attempting to trust in God despite our continued self-doubts.

We put out the call for the congregation to contribute the materials. The congregation responded. We designed and built our own looms. We plunged into the weaving, learning as we went along. It went slowly. Very slowly. A common refrain heard in our vicinity for several weeks was a well-deserved, friendly mocking “Aren’t y’all done yet?”

We continued with our “on the job training”. The initial weaving concepts that we encountered were “warp” and “weft”. The warp threads are the strings that run vertically, from the bottom to the very top of the piece. The weft is the “fill” fabric that is woven horizontally under and over the warp threads. The weft is how the weaver introduces color and design, hopefully using creativity to make the piece unique.