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Weaving Napkins

After finally figuring out how to draft a design in block theory, I spent a long time designing my actual napkins for the International Napkin Exchange. I wanted to do something with a sort of architectural feel to it, something that reminded me of Frank Lloyd Wright’s sensibilities. This sounded relatively straightforward to me. HAH!

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Second Wind Survey

I like taking surveys. Online surveys and telephone surveys. Political surveys and consumer surveys. I have an opinion about lots of things, and am happy to give them to people.

I hope you feel the same way. And that you love a bargain.

I’ve created a really short survey to get to know my […]

Rayon Scarves in Complex Twill

I’ve had fun designing new twill patterns, watching how thread patterns emerge when I change the threading or treadling I use. Although I have the basic version of Fiberworks software design program, it does a great job for me. No doubt it has features I’ve never used.

I’m in a rayon mode, and prepared a […]

Fishy Scarf

I finished the light blue-medium blue shadow weave scarf, and I’m about as happy with it as I expected to be. Which isn’t much.

As you can see from the photo, the light and angle has to be just right to see the pattern at all. All that work for so little benefit.

BUT, […]

Shadow Weave Rayon Scarf

I’ve been wanting to try a shadow weave for some time. They always attract me in pictures. (In a shadow weave, you alternate two colors of threads in both warp and weft.)

So when I had some down time yesterday, I spent WAY more time than I thought reasonable to plan this shadow weave draft […]