Start on The towel and panic sewing to finish the tent

Weaver's log, Earthdate 09092019
Monday and I are home sick today, felt a bit down last night too but didn't make to much of it but during the night I hade a propper fever and still do. My mom bought some more thread then she went into town today so at least then I get better I can start sewing again.

Weaver's log, Earthdate 11092019
I was home Tuesday too, the weird thing is that I only hade the fever symptoms nothing ells. But today is a new day and I got to work back the time lost. Its busy in the weaving classroom today as my classmate and the guy that is with us some times are all working on their weaves. I finished the prep work and picked out the weft yarn and started on the 14 different ways to tredel that I am to do before I weave the actual towels.

On the tent front, I sewed up the tent so it now looks like a big coffee filter, and started to fell the seam by hand as I don't think I can sew it on the machine.

Weaver's log, Earthdate 12092019
Took a full tent day today as I am to sleep in it this weekend at a Viking market. The hand sewing is so slow and after some encouragement, I tried the sawing-machine and it worked but only just, hade to roll it hard to thread it through.

I then got to start on the leather details like tent peg loops and eyelets for closing the tent.

Weaver's log, Earthdate 13092019
Another tent day, well it turned out to be as I was to go and put up the tent at the market today, but then I wasn't done at 15:00 my mom said to me that we can go up tomorrow morning. With those words, a lot of stress ran off my shoulders.

I didn't get time to sew in the closing part but at least I got the frame done and it can now stand up.

We shortened the tent poles with about 10 cm from what it is in the picture so its a bit wider but I still got plenty of headroom. Next is a picture after my first night in the tent.

It wasn't too bad even though it rained and only the things close to the open slits got wet.