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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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Overshot on Plaid
Over the last year or so, I have been working through a series of scarves in Overshot and exploring the variations of this weave structure. In today’s scarves, I have been influenced by the lessons of Jane Stafford and her … Continue reading
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Tagged colour, cotton, handwoven, JST on-line guild, Overshot, Robyn Spady, Scarf, Silk
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Oranges and Lemons
Here is another project I finished this spring. Two scarves woven on a hand painted warp in orange and yellow. Where the two colours overlapped, a beautiful coral emerged. The warp was painted in a workshop with the lovely Liz … Continue reading
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Tagged colour, handwoven, Jane Stafford Textiles, Liz Moncrief, Scarf, Silk, turned twill
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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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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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The State of the Looms
As we slide into the new year my looms are full or on the way to becoming full. On the big loom, the Queen of my studio, I have a pale pink warp for some subtle Spring shawls. The warp … Continue reading
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Tagged colour, cotton, hand weaving, Handweaving, handwoven, Loom, Scarf, scarves, Silk, supplementary warp, tencel, Warp, Weaving, weaving workshop, Weft
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A Year of Living with Colour and Design
Imagine having the luxury to take a year-long workshop with your favourite weaving teacher. An internship really. Well, that is exactly the experience I had by following Jane Stafford and the JST Online Weaving Guild for 2018. https://janestaffordtextiles.com/online-guild/ Over the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Weaving, Weaving Guilds
Tagged colour, cotton, hand weaving, Handweaving, handwoven, Jane Stafford Textiles, Loom, Scarf, shawl, Silk, tea towels, Weaving, weaving workshop
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I Never Felt More Like Spinning the Blues
So the 1950’s song by Guy Mitchell (I never felt more like singing the blues) was running through my brain as I was spinning this beautiful fibre: a luxury blend of 60& Merino wool, 20% Yak, and 20% silk, Hand … Continue reading
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Tagged colour, handspun, Merino, Silk, Spinning, Spinning wheel, yak
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