Author: Laura Fry
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Keeping it ‘Simple’
This is one repeat (threading) and 1+ repeats of the treadling. The beginning and end of the towel is woven in straight draw for the hems and to ‘frame’ the motif. The motif is more-or-less circular with a tendency to look elongated, so now that I look at the cloth itself, it looks pretty…
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Pivot
It’s no secret I haven’t been feeling ‘well’ the past while and that’s always a ‘dangerous’ time when I’m planning a new warp. I’m ‘low’ on yarns (of a certain kind) and I wanted to use some of the dribs and drabs up. So I pulled some tubes and tried to put together a…
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Sneak Peek
I got the file for the next issue of WEFT this morning and read through my article. Since I wove the projects last year, before The Fall, I am very pleased to see this article appear in the magazine. It was – technically – a fairly difficult project, and can I just brag on…
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Cycles
Yesterday I started beaming the next warp in the never ending series of tea towels. I was a bit hard pressed to get enough spools, but decided to make a serious attempt to use up more of the bits and bobs of 2/16 cotton (dyed) as I could. There were enough of the pale…
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This Blog
A few people have asked if they can ‘subscribe’ to my blog. I think if you click on the ‘follow’ button that is considered ‘subscribing’. You might have to use Chrome/Google but I’m not sure. I am currently monitoring comments, first because I had a harasser, and now because it seems I’ve reached a…
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Possibilities
Wind the stick shuttle in a figure 8 only on one side – this puts the majority of the yarn on the top and leaves mostly wood on the bottom so it can slide more easily through the shed. The leading edge can be used as a beater to push the weft into place.…
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Value(s)
Since weaving was, for me, not a hobby but a chosen profession, I had to spend time learning a lot more about how ‘money’ works than I knew when I began. I had known small business owners (my mother being one of them, eventually) so I had a peek at what they needed to…
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Thirst for Knowledge
In some ways, it is heartening to see how many ‘new’ weavers seem to be popping up. In some ways it is discouraging to me, because while I would love to answer their questions, it is really hard at times. I don’t want to discourage them, but I truly wish that they would have…
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Under Tension
Warping Valet First thing this morning I logged onto Facebook and immediately saw two posts by two ‘new’ weavers, each one complaining about nasty, snarled, tangled warps. I didn’t read the answers being given. Each person was giving their best answer – and most of them had pearls of wisdom in them. However. However.…
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Under Tension
Warping Valet First thing this morning I logged onto Facebook and immediately saw two posts by two ‘new’ weavers, each one complaining about nasty, snarled, tangled warps. I didn’t read the answers being given. Each person was giving their best answer – and most of them had pearls of wisdom in them. However. However.…