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Kelli
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(she/they) Chronically ill textile artist. Creating lovingly hand dyed yarn, spinning fiber and dyer woven items in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of NY. Queer/Neurodivergent owned business. 🏳️‍🌈 ♾ www.LladyLlama.com
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Ok so this is actually from a couple of days ago now but I'm just getting caught up on posting alltheplaces. My second project on the Pendleton floor loom is in motion! #weaving #slowcloth #floorloom #fiberarts
November 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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She's home! My refurbished 4 shaft 30" Pendleton floor loom made the trip from my Parents' house to my home studio safe and sound earlier today. #weaving #fiberarts #floorloom
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Fnished the small test warp on the refurb 4 shaft Pendleton floor loom! My beat & selvages are still inconsistent but I'm feeling comfortable at the loom & I'm ridiculously proud of this strip of handwoven web. If the weather cooperates we're planning to move her home on Tues! 🤞 #weaving #fiberarts
November 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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I'm officially in my floor loom weaving era!!!! Unspeakably proud of this wonky little bit of weaving. Now it's practice, practice, practice. But not until at least Monday. Resting time. #weaving #slowcloth #floorloom #fiberarts
November 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Floor loom reassembly is complete! A couple of small things to dial in still but that will happen Sat when I go over to put the test warp on. Tomorrow is definitely a rest day! #weaving #floorloom
October 31, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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We got so much done today on the 4 shaft Pendleton floor loom with installing replacement parts and doing most of the major reassembly! Rest day tomorrow but we should be able to tackle the rest on Thursday. Initial function tests are looking good! #weaving #floorloom #fiberarts
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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The Pendleton loom came with 344 9.5" flat steel heddles. Too few to weave my kitchen towels. I decided to do a full replacement with inserted eye heddles (B-day present), keeping the old ones for backups after cleaning/oiling them. In a stroke of kismet the table loom takes...9.5" heddles! #weaving
Three hundred and forty four flat steel heddles that are nine and a half inches long are bundled onto zip ties and laid on top of some newspaper on Kelli's dye table.
October 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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On the day the Pendleton loom came to me my Wife happened to be heading out of town to visit her family for a few days. While there she got a chance to see her Aunt who in addition to being a fantastic human was a weaver for many years. Rae came back with a car full of goodies for me! #weaving
A view of Kelli's dye table area laden with new to them weaving equipment including a weaving bench with the sode storage bags removed and placed on top, a handmade warping board, a four shaft fifteen and three quarter inch table loom, a bobbin winder, boat shuttles and bobbins, small stick shuttles, tapestry beaters and tapestry bobbins. A closer view of the smaller weaving items laid out on Kelli's dye table on top of newspaper. The reed and cloth beam from the table loom sit off to one side. An angled view of Kelli's dye table and the four shaft Leclerc Dorothy table loom.
October 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Update on the Pendleton loom refurbishment! It's progressing beautifully & today we started replenishing the extremely dry wood. Left is after cleaning but before conditioning. Right is after 2 coats of Howard's Feed & Wax. Replacement parts are on their way & then we can start reassembly! #weaving
A photo collage showing two images. The left photo is of a largely disassembled four shaft Pendleton X frame floor loom sitting on a blue tarp in a kitchen. The right photo shows some of the smaller wooden loom parts like the treadle assembly laid out on a piece of cardboard on a kitchen table. The wood on both photos is clean but very dry and light colored. A photo collage showing four images. The top two photos show a side and front angle of the largely disassembled four shaft Pendleton X frame floor loom from the first photo collage. Newspapers have been laid down between the tarp and the loom. The bottom two photos show some of the other loom parts that have been removed for cleaning and reconditioning laid out on a piece of cardboard and some newspaper on a kitchen table. The wood in all of the photos has gotten two coats of Howard's Feed and Wax and is considerably darker, warmer and healthier looking compared to the before state.
October 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Yesterday a dear friend passed along to me a 4 shaft 30" weaving width Pendleton floor loom!! She needs some TLC, a couple of small repairs & some replacement parts but my Parents are helping me with the refurb and we've already made a ton of progress! #weaving #slowcloth #floorloom #fiberarts
A four shaft Pendleton X frame floor loom sits folded outside on a slate walkway in front of a driveway. A four shaft Pendleton X frame floor loom is sitting unfolded and largely disassembled on a blue tarp in the kitchen of Kelli's childhood home. The loom has been freshly cleaned and the metal parts have been oiled.
October 20, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Weft yarns wound and away we go! #weaving #handdyed #fiberarts
An angled view of Kelli's Kromski Harp Forte rigid heddle loom equipped with two 10 dent heddles. On top of the hand dyed warp lay seven paper quills wound with different colors of hand dyed hemp and organic cotton yarn. An angled view of Kelli's Kromski Harp Forte rigid heddle loom equipped with two 10 dent heddles, a pick up stick and a heddle rod. A couple of inches of three one twill has been woven in black weft yarn. A Bluster Bay slim boat shuttle with a paper quill of the black hand dyed weft sits diagonally on the warp. A view of Kelli's studio. In foreground is a small side table with a handmade wooden yarn cone stand sitting on top. Stacked on the posts of the cone winder are center pull cakes of hand dyed hemp and organic cotton eight two yarn in a variety of colors.
October 13, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Pickup stick & heddle rod are all set! Need to wind some weft & the weaving can begin! I haven't woven 3/1 twill since my first towel project in 2017. Luckily I still had all my string heddles tucked safely away but I remember them being a bit too long so I spent time shortening them all. #weaving
An angled view of Kelli's Kromski Harp Forte rigid heddle loom equipped with two 10 dent heddles and warped with a hand dyed warp of transitioning stripes. A pick up stick and a heddle rod with string heddles attached can be seen behind the rigid heddles. Two piles of string heddles lay on Kelli's desk. In the lefthand pile the loops are larger. The righthand pile contains fewer string heddles and the loops have been knotted a second time to reduce the size of the loop in the string. One string heddle from each pile sits separated in the middle to show the difference.
October 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Front heddle is threaded and my shoulder says that's plenty for today. #handdyed #weaving #fiberarts
A view of Kelli's Kromski Harp Forte rigid heddle loom equipped with two 10 dent heddles that have been threaded with a transitioning stripe warp made of a hand painted repeating purple gradient and silver grey speckle overdyed yarns.
October 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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She's beamed! Threading the front heddle and tying on to the front will be a task for tomorrow if energy holds. 🤞 Yarn is a 55% hemp/ 45%organic cotton 8/2 that I hand dyed. Warp is 4.5 yards and I'm hoping to get 4 towels. #handdyed #weaving #fiberarts #slowcloth
An overhead view from the front of Kelli's Kromski Harp Forte rigid heddle loom in the process of having a warp wound onto the back beam. The warp is hanging over the front beam, tensioned by hand weights in a bin on the floor with the rest of the unbeamed warp that is just out of the frame. The warp is made of transitioning stripes of hand dyed yarn in speckle overdyed silver grey and handpainted gradient purple. The light purple portion of the gradient is currently in focus. Angled view from of the back of Kelli's Kromski Harp Forte rigid heddle loom in the process of having a warp wound onto the back beam. The warp is made of transitioning stripes of hand dyed yarn in speckle overdyed silver grey and handpainted gradient purple. The medium purple portion of the gradient is currently in focus. View from of the back of Kelli's Kromski Harp Forte rigid heddle loom in the process of having a warp wound onto the back beam. The warp is made of transitioning stripes of hand dyed yarn in speckle overdyed silver grey and handpainted gradient purple. The dark purple portion of the gradient is currently in focus. Overhead view of a clear plastic dishpan sitting on a carpeted floor. A pile of hand dyed warp bouts are piled in the bin. Two five pound hand weights are attached with binder rings to choke ties around the warp to help provide tension while winding the warp onto the loom. The warps are a mixture of gradient purple sections and silver grey with speckle overdye sections.
October 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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A kitchen sink leak threw a wrench into things around here (ha) but today I finally started getting this warp on the loom. The back heddle is threaded and if I'm up for it tomorrow I will tie on to the back apron and beam the warp.
A closeup view of Kelli holding a warp cross in their right hand and preparing to begin the process of threading the silver grey and speckle dyed warp chain through a ten dent heddle on their Kromski Harp Forte rigid heddle loom. The back of the loom is facing Kelli and the camera. The bright yellow green handle of a threading hook is placed through the hole in the heddle where Kelli will begin threading from left to right. An angled view of the front if Kelli's Kromski Harp Forte rigid heddle loom. A series of hand dyed warp chains have been secured to the horizontal front support of the loom with ties and have also been wrapped around the support to keep the chains from dangling down too near the floor and sparking the curiousity of a certain tortie kitty. The ends of the warp chains have been threaded front to back in the first step of double heddle threading. The ends are secured with slip knots in one inch warp sections and flipped back over the top of the heddle.
October 8, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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New scarf in the shop! 🧣I'm so happy with how these peacock inspired gradient colors played together in the clasped weft with the black warp. 🦚 All handwoven with my hand dyed yarns on a rigid heddle loom.🧶🍃🍂🍁 More details a www.LladyLlama.com
Front side view of a mannequin wearing a handwoven clasped weft scarf in gradient jewel tones with black fringe against the outside wall of a rustic building in an autumnal rural setting. Colorful handwoven clasped weft scarf in jewel tones with black fringe draped over a weaving stick shuttle that is suspended from a tree in a natural autumnal setting. Rear view of a mannequin wearing a handwoven clasped weft scarf in gradient jewel tones with black fringe against the outside wall of a rustic building in an autumnal rural setting. Side view of a mannequin wearing a handwoven clasped weft scarf in gradient jewel tones with black fringe against the outside wall of a rustic building in an autumnal rural setting.
October 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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I met this little woolly bear friend with a reminder that the cold weather is creeping closer. I have something woolly of my own coming to the shop soon that could help out with that! 🍃🍂🍁🧣👀 #handwoven #handdyed #weaving #slowcloth #scarfseason
October 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Wove a bit on the Cricket while I was heating batches of rinse water today. Last 3 skeins of weft yarn for the Samhain themed towels are now rinsed and hanging to dry. #weaving
A fifteen inch Schacht Cricket rigid heddle loom sits on Kelli's desk. It has been warped in stripes of hand dyed six ply hemp yarn. The colors are a sandy gold, navy, a silvery driftwood grey and a medium blue. Weaving is in progress with the same yarns being used for the weft in color blocks. Short ends of weft stick out on the surface of the web from split joins. Two stick shuttles are laid across the warp. One is wound with the navy yarn and the other with the silvery driftwood grey.
September 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Wound this wee striped warp yesterday for the Cricket. Yarn is a 6-ply hemp that I dyed a couple of years ago. Now the Kromski is flipped back over into loom mode so it's ready for the towel warp. Getting a stand alone warping board is one of my hopes for the year. #weaving
A closeup view of Kelli's Kromski Harp Forte rigid heddle loom in the warping board configuration. A small hand dyed six ply hemp yarn warp is wound onto the pegs. The stripes of color are a sandy gold, a silvery driftwood grey, a medium blue and a dark navy. A closeup view of four small skeins of hand dyed six ply hemp yarn laid out on a small well worn side table im Kelli's studio. The colors are a sandy gold, a medium blue, a dark navy and a silvery driftwood grey.
September 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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All of my hand dyed warp yarn has now been wound for the Samhain themed towels! Three of my weft skeins needed 2nd layers of dye which have been applied and they are now batching. The rest are rinsed and drying. Hoping to be on loom in the next couple of days! #weaving
A closeup view of a hand dyed warp on a Kromski Harp Forte rigid heddle loom that is flipped over into it's warping board configuration. The yarn is eight two hemp and organic cotton that has been dyed a light cool grey and then speckle overdyed. An upward angled view of a corner in Kelli's studio. The hand dyed hemp and organic cotton yarn warp chains for their next towel warp are hanging from the skeinwinder. Some chains are a repeating handpainted gradient purple and some are a light cool grey with speckle overdye. In the background a Kromski Harp Forte rigid heddle loom is set up in it's warping board configuration. A black mannequin torso named Sheila and part of an Ashford Traditional spinning wheel are also visible. A closeup view of the hand dyed warp chains hanging from Kelli's skein winder.
September 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Updated COVID vaccine accomplished and safely back home to rest. 👍
A red CVS bandaid is affixed to Kelli's right arm where they received their updated COVID vaccine today.
September 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Photos of the fully rinsed warp yarns for my towels. These had a run through the spin dryer and are hanging up to finish drying now. Pretty pleased with how these came out and I'm looking forward to getting the weft dyed this week. #handdyed #weaving
And overhead view of a white plastic bowl holding a skein of eight two hemp and organic cotton yarn that had been low water immersion dyed a light cool grey and then speckle overdyed. The speckles mostly purple and blue with occasional pops of yellow and magenta. An overhead view of a white plastic bowl on Kelli's dye table holding four hand dyed purple gradient warp yarn sections. The yarn is eight two hemp and organic cotton. One of the numbered Ikea chip clips being used to identify the sections is visible. It is marked with a number three.
September 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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The grey speckle dyed yarn that I'll be pairing with the purple gradient for my Samhain themed towel warp also got rinsed today. Weft colors are planned but stilp need to be dyed. #handdyed #weaving #witchsky #pagan
September 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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It was a yarn rinsing day! These are the handpainted gradient warps I dyed on Thursday. Destined to be combined with some speckle dyed yarn for some special Samhain themed towels I will be weaving next! Yarn is 8/2 hemp/organic cotton.
#witchsky #pagan #weaving #fiberarts #handdyed
September 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Warp dyeing goals for the day accomplished. Time to rest while these batch on the heat mat. Weft will be dyed another day. #handdyed #weaving #yarn
Four warp chains are folded in fourths and laid out on plastic wrap on Kelli's newspaper covered dye table. The yarn is eight two hemp and organic cotton which has been hand painted in a gradient which appears as a warm purple that moves from black to medium and light values. A skein of eight two hemp and organic cotton yarn that has previously been low water immersion dyed a light cool grey is laid out on top of plastic wrap on Kelli's newspaper covered dye table. The skein has just had dry dye powder mixed with soda ash powder applied to it giving it a speckled appearance. The speckles appear to be a cool dark purple grey and a medium warm purple. A closeup view of a portion of the speckle dyed skein shown in the previous photo. An angled view of both the handpainted gradient warps and the overdyed speckle skein wrapped up in their plastic wrap and batching on a large heating mat that has been unrolled on the dye table.
September 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM