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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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Two Scarves in Scrumptious Supplementary Warp Weaving
What a joy it was to weave these two scarves in Supplementary Warp technique. The idea for these came from seeing a similar piece on Pinterest, with a link back to the blog of “gangewifre-dot-blogspot-dot-com”, who, in turn, was … Continue reading
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Tagged colour, hand weaving, handwoven, Scarf, scarves, supplementary warp, tencel, Weaving
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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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Spinning Dark and Twisty
I have been spinning this merino/tencel top from Lynne Anderson, West Coast Colour and Carding, in what she calls her dark and twisty colours. What a pleasure to spin. Colours that look, from a distance, like a … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts, colour, Craft, hand weaving, Merino, Spinning, Spinning wheel, tencel, Wool, yarn
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Summer and Winter Sample 2
The second challenge of the Summer and Winter study was to look at eight-shaft Summer and Winter weave on a one-colour warp. On eight shafts, six blocks are available. I chose 8/2 tencel in the colour olive green for warp. … Continue reading
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Tagged brocade, cotton, hand woven, ming blue, olive green, Scarf, Silk, Summer and Winter weave, tencel, woven
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Uncomplicated
After weaving several projects that involved complicated processes and multiple shuttles, it was a delight to weave something completely uncomplicated. These two scarves practically flowed from the loom. The draft is adapted from Daryl Lancaster’s scarves in the article “Using … Continue reading
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Tagged colour, purple, scarves, Silk, tencel, varigated yarns, Weaving, weaving drafts
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