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Laura Fry a the biggest proponent I know of wet finishing handwovens. She has literally written the book about it. All of her knowledge and reasons for doing so are right and true. For me, the hard press on the last baby wrap was important for a reason in addition to setting the fibers. I […] I remember learning about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in school. I understood the implications for worker safety and owner greed, especially those locked doors, but I didn’t – I couldn’t – understand how cloth was so flammable. Then I started weaving. While all weaving makes dust, weaving 15 yard warps of soft cotton for […] I’ve finished weaving NS’s baby wrap and started on her friend HM’s. The marine weft and the pale green weft look so different, as I knew they would. At first I wasn’t sure how I liked the pale green, but it’s definitely growing on me. Usually I like the ‘front’ of the baby wrap […] Inspiration for NS’s custom baby wrap came from nature – a rainbow and birds. I measured out the warp for the rainbow section first. Then I started measuring the color bars that will be the majority of this wrap. I was quite curious as to how this would all come together on the […] This afternoon I did the hard press on EJs wraps, then sewed in the required labels. The weather was perfect – sunny and warm after MONTHS of extreme cold. So I took the wraps outside to photograph them in natural light before I bundled them off to the post office. Here are the wraps […] |
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