Susan writes: <<Your doubleweave pickup project sounds ambitious and a little scary for me>>
Don't be scared :) I've never done pickup before, being always more interested in loom-controlled weaving--fast and easy! But between seeing some of Kati Meek's damask and draw-loom stuff, and the pick-up that can kind of imitate it, and then wanting to do a fall-colored table runner with a leafy pattern, I figure it's about time to try some pick-up. There was a lovely project in an old issue of Handwoven, of a jacket with fall-colored stripes on one side, and pick-up of leaves on the shoulder. If I find I can do this little bit of experimental pick-up on the doubleweave tool holder, then I'll be getting that issue out and drawing leaves for my table runner. So, I'm trying something small with few risks, before committing lots of expensive materials into my eventual project. Holly
