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Canvas Weave Napkins
Following along with the Jane Stafford Online Guild, I have worked through Episode 5.2 Canvas Weave. I rearranged the draft to weave napkins instead of a sampler. Canvas weave is a fun and easy one shuttle weave. Jane gave us … Continue reading
Weaving with a Song
More fun with turned twill, this time with a song. I have been thinking about how to turn music into weaving for a while now, and so I took the plunge. I started with a simple song, in this case … Continue reading
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Tagged handwoven, music and weaving, scarves, tencel, turned twill
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Turned Twill Towels
These towels are modelled after those shown in Jane Stafford Online Guild, Season 5, Episode 1, turned twill. I changed the colour order, making cherry the largest colour. Then I have stripes of yellow, grey, apricot separated by black to … Continue reading
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Tagged colour, cotton, Handweaving, JST on-line guild, turned twill
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Penelope Scarves, Coded in Cotton
This in the first weaving that evolved out of reading the story of Penelope, a woman from a long time ago, who was waiting for her husband to return, and passed the time while waiting, weaving during the day and … Continue reading
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2020 in Review, and Welcome 2021
2020 was a year of isolation and introspection. I spent much more time in and around home, and much less time out in the world. At first, the isolation was hard, but as time went on our guilds figured out … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, 2021, cotton, handwoven, mug rugs, Scarf, Silk, tea towels, Wool
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Basket Weaves in Blue
These tea towels came off the loom just in time for Christmas Gift Giving. The towels are a combination of twill and basket weave inspired by JST Online Guild Episode 4.7. I pulled out all my partial spools of blue … Continue reading
My December Design and Planning Process:
Each year, through the month of December, I set up my planning calendar for the new year, to determine what I want to accomplish in the upcoming year, with respect to my weaving and spinning goals. There are so many … Continue reading
Aprons in Gingham Check
Here we have a couple of simple half-aprons, with gathered skirts, woven in plain weave. To accommodate loom width, the apron is woven sideways, with top and bottom on the selvedges. The warp for the bottom side of the apron … Continue reading
Dye Day
It has been a strange and slow year. Staying inside. A lot. And still, not really doing a lot. I have been recovering from a rotator cuff injury in my shoulder and that stopped my weaving ability for a while. … Continue reading
