Last week I had to spend 8 hours at the Weaving & Fiber Arts Center so that HVAC techs could fix a problem with our heating and cooling. I brought lots of things to do, some for the Center, some for me. As always, I didn’t get them all done — one of them was […]
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Although I still haven’t wet finished the silk scarves I wove, the 4-selvedge, tiny tapestry concept was pulling me in. I just cut this off the loom, and wet finishing needs to be done. The color meanings are the same as the last one, and as the scarf for the exhibit, with the addition […] My grandson learned to add in kindergarten, so he would not be happy about the title of this post. The 6 are scarves toward my May monthly goal, the 2 are something entirely different. So let’s start with those different things. The Rochester Central Library is collaborating with Rochester Technical Institute on an exhibit called […] I think in my prior hand painting I pretty much always mixed colors. This time I decided to use a few straight. My goal with this 8/2 tencel warp was red and orange. I used mixing red and tangerine. What I got was a dark pink and a pale orange. A learning experience. I also […] Once I got that silk from my last post threaded, weaving went smoothly. Although as I noted, it was 20/2 silk, not the 30/2 silk I’d planned on. So the sett was closer than I’d have made it; as a result, the motif was substantially elongated instead of square. I figured as long as I […] |
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