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The day was nice enough this morning for me to get some more outside work done. I spent about 3 hours outside yesterday, half of it weeding and half turning my compost. Or attempting to turn the compost. The bottom half of my compost was frozen solid. Given the way my compost bin works (3 […] As planned, on Thursday I got back to weaving. Not as many hours as I’d planned – life always intervenes, but still I finally finished HR’s custom baby wrap. Here’s a shot of how the space-dyed yarn works in her wrap. In hindsight, we might have wanted to choose a variegation with a bit more […] HR had some new-for-me requests for her baby wrap. First, she chose a weaving pattern no one had yet used – Xs & diamonds. Next, she wanted a space-dyed yarn (a type of variegation) for her weft. I was really eager to try this, having used space-dyed yarns successfully for years in my scarves, shawls, […] Today I hard pressed & labelled MP’s two wraps, the last steps in finishing them. Here they are, full width. On top is the hearts & flowers weave pattern with a black cotton weft, on the bottom is zigzag with a marine cotolin weft. And here they are up close. Although the colors […] MP’s second wrap on that gradient warp is a different tie up & treadling — a simple zigzag (also known as straight treadling on a point threading). To my eye, it shows the gradients better. The weft on this one is a organic cotolin (60% cotton, 40% linen) in marine. I like the softer […] |
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