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Trying Recycled Jeans Yarn
This is a new to me yarn from Venne Cotton called Eco Jeans. It is a 12/2 cotton, made from recycled blue jeans and jeans clothing, spun together with used PET bottles. My research shows that PET plastic is the … Continue reading
Sweet, Simple Linen
A sweet short warp to use up some of my smaller bits of linen thread. Enough for one towel and one scarf. The colours are mirrored from the centre, with Fibonacci sequencing. The warp is mixed linens, some Euroflax, some … Continue reading
Collapse Weaving
These two scarves are pretty much straight out of JST Season 3, Episode 6, Collapsing plain weave. The only changes I made were to add some colour and weave effects to the silk stripes and squares. There are 30 ends … Continue reading
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Tagged collapse weave, cotton, hand weaving, handwoven, JST on-line guild, scarves, Silk
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Not Exactly What I Had in Mind
So, as many of you know, I have been trying to keep up with the lessons in Jane Stafford’s Online Guild. Now that we are in Season 4, my approach is to watch the videos, take notes, and absorb the … Continue reading
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Tagged colour, cotton, hand weaving, JST Online Guild, small twill, tea towels
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Companion Scarves
I wove these two companion scarves back in February, and I am finally posting the pictures now. They are both woven of Zephyr 50% Merino wool, 50% silk, and finish with a love soft hand and lustre. The first, for … Continue reading
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Tagged family, hand weaving, Handweaving, handwoven, Merino, scarves, Silk, Wool
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Chocolate Mint Towels
My colour choices to supplement my stash this year are browns, greens, spicy reds, oranges, golds and yellows. I ordered my cotton and silk stash boosters in January, before things slowed down, and I will be working from these as … Continue reading
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Tagged colour, cotton, hand weaving, Handweaving, handwoven, Purdys, Scarf, Silk, tea towels
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Pretty in Red and White
Some pretty little ornaments in double weave pick up. Some are whimsical and folksy. Some are traditional graphic star shapes. Graphed designs are everywhere. You can look for fair isle and Nordic knitting graphs, or two-colour cross stitch. The pieces … Continue reading
Denting Part 3
Following up on my experimentation of denting in two layers, I knew that I wanted a cloth that was two layers, with denting on both layers, in a yarn that would not be too slippery, and using some interweaving of … Continue reading
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Tagged Denting, Double Weave, hand weaving, handwoven, Merino, scarves, Silk, Warp, Weft, woven, yarn
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Crammed and Spaced and Crammed and Spaced Again
First in crisp 2/40 linen. The draft is from JST Online Guild Season 3, Episode 2. Nice drape and effect. And then again with spaced naturally-coloured, organic cotton and crammed Monte Cristo plush cotton boucle. Soft and light … Continue reading
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Tagged cotton, crammed and dented, crammed and spaced, hand weaving, Handweaving, handwoven, JST Online Guild, linen, Scarf, scarves, Weaving
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The Value of Sampling
I love the drape and the cool, silky smoothness of using Bambu 12 in weaving. Bambu 12 is a rayon made from bamboo, and is widely available. After weaving the project sample in JST Online Guild, Season 3, Episode 1, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bamboo, colour, Denting, Double Weave, hand weaving, handwoven, JST Online Guild, Scarf, Warp, Weaving
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