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I know, I know, I usually love whatever just came off the loom, but this time I think it’s a long-lasting love, not just a passing crush. In the last post you saw my work hand painting two bouts of yarn – a terra cotta and an intended teal that was actually turquoise. Neither […] My regular readers will know I am not a sampler. I don’t put extra warp on the loom, weave a piece, cut it off, and wet finish it to learn things. I just go for it. Why, then, did I feel a need to do some sample dyeing? I can’t really say. But I did […] I’ve completed four pieces so far this month: three scarves and a shawl. You saw the beginning of the new-to-me-Tara-Oftenorth weaving draft here. I wove off all three scarves, fringed, and wet finished them. My favorite is still the first one, with the marine silk weft. Although it works fine in closeup, I’m still […] When I painted that black & white warp for scarves that I wove in December, I also painted a warp for shawls. Here it is going on the back beam, with 4 narrow bouts of solid black in between the 5 bouts of handpainted. No matter the colors, I always respond well to this […] Although all of my looms (2 floor looms, 1 table loom, 1 rigid heddle loom, 1 inkle loom) were naked on New Year’s Day, I’m off to a good start on my weaving goal for 2018. The afternoon of 1/1 I measured out a warp of Pansy 20/2 silk for that great draft I showed […] |
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