Category: A Good Yarn: Rayon
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Keeping God Amused
I had a plan. It was a good plan. I was going to get soooo much accomplished this weekend. Can you hear the chuckling now? Doug offered to take over the pressing this weekend, which would free me up to work on the samples for Handwoven and the designer. Great! I was looking forward to…
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Opportunities
Received this lovely bag of yarn goodness on Wednesday and have no where to unpack it because I’ve got two other warps in process and they both need the work table very soon. If I unpack the bag it will no longer be contained but spread out all over, so other than take a quick…
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Loot
Got a couple of parcels in the mail today – one the small order from Brassard with the new rayon yarn for a potential (IF I can wedge them into the schedule) new line of scarves – the other from my July student. I had moaned about not being able to find paper tape measures…
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Contingency Plan
Wound this warp at the guild room this morning using the warping mill. Since it is in yards, not meters, I added a little extra – and then added a little more – forgetting that I was very tight on yarn. Which means that I will run out of the yarn for weft. The sample…
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Slow But Steady
Finished winding this warp today and after lunch will rough sley it and get it into the loom. The white is the cut line and I will weave a contrasting colour for the weft-wise cut line as I have been doing for the last few warps. For some of the samples I just changed treadling…
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Putting It All Together
Sometimes when I’m working on a new project I feel sort of like I’m assembling a glitter ball (mirror ball, disco ball). Each project has many, many facets to be considered. Each facet needs to be chosen with care (epi, weave structure, colours, dimensions) and arranged to produce the desired effect. Producing a publication with…
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Necessity
taping the before samples, trimming the excess bits off the sides in preparation to cutting them apart And here we go again. While taping/cutting these samples this morning I started thinking about how there are a long list of things about my job that aren’t my fav things to be doing. Taping/cutting samples is one…
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Pearls of Wisdom
waiting for dryer, winding spools for next warp – Diversified Plain Weave with bamboo and rayon chenille finished scarf When a piece of grit gets into an oyster shell, in order to protect itself the oyster exudes a protective layer to cover the grit. As time passes, the oyster builds up layer after layer of…
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Consistency
I know I yammer on and on about consistency, but it’s true – you really do have to be consistent on just oh, so many levels in weaving. One way to check for consistency of beat is to drape your cloth in front of a window and let the light shine through it. Today there…
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Niche Market/Saturation
threading the first warp for A Good Yarn: Rayon First sample woven It seems my days are getting more and more disrupted this week – first clinic visits which were supposed to happen last week and got moved to this week, then a family event tomorrow that never got put onto my calendar and therefore…