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At the end of Part 1 of my Epic Cloth Project , I had completed the preparation and spinning of 1,945 yards of yarn in 5 colors of alpaca fiber. Here’s Part 2, let the weaving begin.
Felicia Lo of the School of Sweet Georgia is the creator of The Epic Cloth Challenge. Felicia was Inspired by the Slow Cloth trend where one preps and/or dyes the fiber, spins the yarn, knits or weaves the fabric and ultimately reaches the finish line of a completed item. She challenged others to join her with their own designs . . . and I did!
There have been many articles written that highlight various perspectives and approaches to color selection. Understandably, there is always some overlap of content. However, no matter how many articles I read or videos I watch, I always seem to glean new pearls of wisdom, whether from a weaver, a spinner, a knitter, a dyer, or sometimes from a source not associated with the fiber arts at all.
Just a little update with snippets of news about ‘Krokbragd: How to Design & Weave’.
Last year our Guild held a challenge called The Crayon Project in which each of us blindly selected three crayons and then, over several months, we had to create a project from that color inspiration.
For 2019, one of our members collected photos of interesting birds. What did we do with those?
Hmmmm . . . . the unexpected expected . . . . . now that’s an oxymoron! But those words are the perfect description for the outcome of this project.
Let’s start at the beginning of the tale.
Some of you may be aware of accusations that have been made about my book ‘Krokbragd: How To Design & Weave’.
Here is my response.
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.
It has been 4 months since the release of my book ‘Krokbragd - How to Design & Weave’. To date, over 1500 copies have been purchased. I am overwhelmed by the book’s reception around the world and the many wonderful reviews it has received in such a variety of venues. To each of you who have purchased the book and especially to those who have recommended it, I offer my sincerest gratitude.
At this point, some housekeeping is in order.
A yarn crawl is the fiber arts version of a pub crawl where you have the opportunity to experience a variety of local yarn shops in a geographic area.
In the last post ‘Dyeing a Pyramid’, I shared a teaser, a photo of a skein of hand painted yarn. Now, here’s the story.
. . . a color pyramid.
You likely are familiar with a color wheel which presents the colors (hues) and their relationships in an evenly spaced circular format.
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.
Many of you will agree that Cashmere is the ultimate luxury fiber; a classic prized for its incredible softness, snuggly warmth, and airy light weight.
But did you know . . .
Wow!!! Yippee!!!!! Happy Dance!!!!!! Krokbragd: How to Design & Weave is in print!
Writing and self-publishing a book has been a tremendous journey.
