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This post is the fourth in the series, looking at finger-manipulated weaving techniques. Today is the decorative technique of Danish Medallions.
This post is the third installment in a series looking at finger-manipulated weaving techniques. The first post described the general attributes of these weaves and the methods of leno and Mexican lace. The following post looked at Spanish Lace. Today is the lovely Brooks Bouquet.
This post is the second offering for a series looking at finger-manipulated weaving techniques. The first post described the general attributes of these weaves and the methods of leno and Mexican lace. Today's post looks at Spanish Lace.
This summer, I started a Natural Dye series. The initial July 6 post, Planning and Fiber Preparation, was followed by five posts detailing my five days of actual dyeing. It ended with the Finale post on August 2. In September, I gave you a sneak peek of the dyed cotton on the Loom. Today’s post brings you to the completion of the Natural Dye Project.
What a fun five days of dyeing! Today I’ll show you the whole palette!
It’s Dye Day 3! On today’s menu is madder and quebracho, as well as a bit of forage into overdyeing.
To start Dye Day 2, I took the yarn out of the weld dye bath it had rested in overnight.
This is also cochineal dye day.
I’ve done the planning and the fiber prep; now it’s time to start dyeing!
First on today’s list is to dye with weld.
My last post, My Dye Studio, talked about participating in a 10-week online Natural Dyeing Study Group at the School of Sweet Georgia. I gave you a little tour of my dye studio and the equipment and tools I use for dyeing.
Since then, I have been planning the project to ultimately use what I will dye and preparing the fibers by scouring and mordanting.
This project is wholly inspired by Jane Stafford and her incredible sense of color, approach to design, and ability to teach! Read about the six projects that I wove from a single warp.
After weaving the project samples for my book, I had a bit of an 8/4 cotton warp remaining on the loom. I perused my stack of Handwoven magazines and saved project files for some inspiration and decided upon weaving a little overshot on this remnant.
Recently I was commissioned to weave guest towels for several customers. For readers who are non-weavers, I thought it might be interesting to illustrate what goes into the making of a 12" x 17" guest towel. It's more than just throwing the shuttle back and forth!
Today's post goes into some of the details and insight I've gathered while weaving Samplers II, III, and IV from the book Weft-Faced Pattern Weaves-Tabby to Taqueté by Nancy Hoskins. This is a more technical post; still I hope everyone will find something interesting, or at the very least, you will enjoy the photos.
This is the next installment in the 'Let's Weave . . . ' series. For a previous post see here. Today's weave structure is waffle weave. Waffle weave is made up of warp and weft floats of varying lengths arranged around a plain-weave center. When the fabric is taken off the loom and washed, these floats contract and form a texture that looks like a waffle. This weave structure is popular for towels, both because of its absorbency and appearance.
