Delivery Date 9/5 !!!!

Oh My! I've got to get these tallitot done. The G. Tallit is due 9/5....delivered in his hand. It shouldn't be any problem. Here are the photos of the talllit bag stretched and ready to embroider, and the atarah, with several letters of the Beracha on it. I have about 3-4 days work left on this....

The W. Tallit will weave up quickly. I will probably finish it on Monday. Easily delivered in time for her to take her Rosh Hashana pulpit. This tallit is actually woven to match the atarah she already had. I'll post pics of that later, but now, let me show you the G. work, as I am ready to sleep for tonight.

G. Tallit

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Ok, Now that the V. tallit is complete and delivered, I'm going to post the progress of the G. Tallit.
It's a merino warp in a lace weight and a handspun superwash merino weft. The colors are:
Body of Tallit, natural
stripes, navy, merlot, and taupe.

It's an amazing piece. It's handspun and handwoven as well as the dedication and beracha being hand embroidered.
Oh, I just got an e-mail from L.V. the recipient of the V. tallit. She cried when she opened it!!!!! She LOVES it. This blesses me tremendously to hear.

Back to the G. Tallit. here are some pics of it's current state- 10" from completion. I will try to post pics of the atarah and bag in the stages of embroidery tomorrow.....Oh, this one has handspun/handwoven corner reinforcers also and the shamash!

Cherri

Home

I have taken to walking in the morning....inspired by FAT MARCH.....somebody get me on that show;0)
This morning, while Virginia and I were walking, I shot some pictures of our little village. Yes, Goochland is a Village.
Hope you enjoy them, and they make you want to come visit us sometime.

AAAHHHHH, pain relief at last!

Hey folks,
Remember the posts about the pain I was in, well it's gone!!!!
I failed to take my meds for hypertension (high blood pressure) and was pain free for 2 whole days.
As a result, and knowing my hypertension was mild, I have pitched the meds, and am calling the doc to figure out an alternative. What was the offending med? Lisinopril. Apparently, there are a lot of problems with taking this med. I was beginning to be convinced that I had Rheumatoid Arthritis. I am so thankful to have an answer to that problem;-)
On to the spinning wheel.
Cherri

completed tallit/on its way in the morning

Wheeeee!!!! The tallit is done and I'm lovin it. As is usual, I mourned at having to part with this incredible garment. They are usually with me about 90 days during their planning, measuring out, warping, weaving off, finishing, embroidering, and tzit-tzit tyeing. I do get attached. Feel free to ask questions.
Cherri

pics of tallit, atarah, and corners before shipping

Here are some of the pics of the last leg of the journey of creating this tallit.
The corner reinforcers are hand embroidered, and sewn on, the atarah is hand embroidered and sewn on, and the dedication inside the bag is embroidered and the lining sewn into the bag. This tallit will ship tomorrow.
Now, I am almost finished the other two in the Roseneath studio also. One is completely handspun.....we will discuss that one in more detail after it is in the hands of the client, and one is very quick. commercial warp, commercial weft, both superwash wool, so they have woven up quite quickly. As a matter of fact, the easy one didn't get a bag, atarah, any embroidery, or other embelishment. It's just a straight up, fast one. It's for a Rabbi. I will shoot pics if it doesn't fledge the studio before I can get one.
Take care, enjoy the photos, and leave comments.
Talk to you later.
C.

pics of tallit, atarah, corner reinforcers and tallit bag

Here are pics of everything. The embroidery is still in progress, but you can see the colors are perfect, as they are from the same cone of tencel.

Finishing the last few inches.
C

Monday's work - kippah, tallit, etc

Here is an update on the progress. Today is the day for completion of the work. The clef symbols were definitely not the right color, and my studio tech is taking out the embroidery. I went out last night, and purchased another color, matching it perfectly with my tencel,only to find upon reaching the studio that the colors look different in tungsten lighting than they did in the flourescent lighting. I suppose I will simply embroider the corner reinforcers with the tencel. With the sheen it produces, this should be very pretty, huh?
Here are pics of the tallit this morning, with just 16" left to weave, and the kippah I wove also.
Cherri

Weaver at the loom

Just one awful pic of me at the loom. The warp has been re-tied, and I have woven 8". Now for the first Merlot stripe. I embroidered the beautiful clef symbol, and the embroidery thread doesn't match the weaving yarn. I really thought I had a match. HHMMMM???!!! Gotta see if I can embroider with the weaving thread. Anyone embroider with tencel?
Cherri

Completed one treble clef

Here is one of the embroidered clef symbols. It is hand embroidered and the fabric is 5"X5". So the clef symbol is about 4"X4.5.

Plugging along

Well, now that the atarah, tallit bag, corner reinforcers and kippah are woven, I feel like the pressure is off. I only need to do the embroidery on the atarah, 4 corner reinforcers, dedication in the bag, and sew the kippah......oh yeah, and tie the warp back on the loom and weave off 72" of tallit. Whew, thought I might be overwhelmed for the next 36 hours. Actually, I looked at the calendar this morning, and discovered I was off by a day. It doesn't have to go in the mail until Tues. No Worries. It will all get done by then. Here are a couple of pics of the corner reinforcers. They are to have the clef symbol, and the chai symbol on them. Right now, I am working on the clef. Next, I need to transfer the hebrew blessing to the atarah and get it woven. Simultaneously, I take breaks and work on re-sleying the reed so its not overwhelming doing any one thing for over about an hour at a time. Hope you enjoy the pics. Please leave some comments on the site. I love to go back and look at them later.
Cherri

couple more pics

fabric finished for the tallit bag, atarah, corner reinforcments and kippah

Here is a picture of the fabric I wove today. 40" X45" of tencel....liquid gold. It sifts through my fingers like luscious silk. Yet, when removed from the loom, it felt like a crisp old canvas tote bag. Tencel just loves the iron, and I just love to handle tencel.
Well, I have to re-sley the reed and begin the tallit. I skipped two dents that I need to go back and fill in.
Take care and pray that my chondroitin/glucosamin works it's magic. Any other suggestions for these inflamed joints and tendons?
Cherri

Oh, don't forget that any of these photos can be enlarged by clicking on them.
C.

a beautiful color palette

L.V. chose such beautiful colors. Look at this palette. This absolutely inspires me.
Must to work.
C

hemstitching the tallit bag & the atarah/kippot

I'm not sure if this band will be the kippah, or the atarah, but either way, both will be completely woven tonight, so I can focus on the embroidery and the weaving of the main body of the tallit tomorrow. There will simply be many posts to the blog this weekend. Stay tuned!

beracha & studio pics

More of the V. tallit work. Here is the beracha, and the design on my laptop. I love this tallit design. Can't wait for the client to see this one. C.

V. tallit

Her are more pics of the tallit for L.V. These are actually the bag, kippot, atarah, and corner re-inforcers. They are still on the loom. They will come off this evening, and be wet finished, hard pressed, and embroidered. This commission is scheduled to be delivered to the client on Tues. Watch as it progresses. All the hard work is over by the time we get here. This project took over 1600 threads in the warp, and approx 5000 yards of tencel yarn.

V. tallit

I'm working hard on the V. tallit. The V is an initial for the person who has commissioned this tallit. This is the honey colored tencel. It's a 1600 thread warp. I will start inserting weft tonight. The tallit must be woven, embroidered and shipped by Monday. Anybody takin' bets? My studio technician has been helping me greatly! She is here promptly at 8 am, and has pulled threads through heddles, stay stitched fabric, helped me develop a prototype kippah, and been company in the studio. So far, she has also consented to work an extra hour each day. Does that tell you how much I appreciate her work?
Thanks Emily!
Cherri

Pheewwww!!!

For those of you who remember, we have a skunk who has been living under our front porch. Today, he rooted through the yard in broad daylight, daring us to venture out. Why do these creatures look so cute that you want to go pet them? Well, I'm hoping to evict this lovely but potent neighbor.
Check out the next post for more on the tallit projects.
Cherri

handwoven kippah

Here is a picture of the kippa (yamulke) I am currently working on to go with the G. handspun and handwoven tallit.

Pics of angora tallit

Here is a picture of one of my tallitot. It is a tencel warp with an angora weft. It's very light and in the traditional blue of the tekhelet tzit-tzit thread. More pics later.
Cherri
PS - hope you are aware that you can click on any of these pics and get a very nice close-up.
C.

More of the same

Just one more pic of the tallit, as it goes on the loom.

v. Tallit in progress

Here is are a couple of pictures of one of the tallitot I am working on right now. From this day, I have 9 days to finish this tallit.
Simultaneously, I am weaving two at Roseneath, with similar due dates. Busy, Busy, Busy. I will try to post daily, but with this much work, It doesn't always happen.
C

Day off!

Hey,
I took a day off today. My girls and I went up to the top of Humpback Rock on the Parkway. The view was lovely, and the hike invigorating. It took a little over an hour going up, and 25 min. coming down. The day was excellent, and it's back to the grindstone Monday. I have a couple of new students starting weaving class in Glen Allen tomorrow. It's always a treat to meet new people with the same interests as mine. Here are some pics of the hike, and later, I'll put some pics of the tencel tallit going on the loom. I love the color of this yarn, and almost envy the recipient of this tallit.
Will write more later.
C.