Category: bamboo yarn
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On Intentions
Bamboo Rain (merino, bamboo, silk blend) I’ve been toying with the idea of making afghans from the Bamboo Rain yarn. But when I dug out all the boxes and looked at my colours, I realized that afghans weren’t likely the most marketable textile to make with these bright pinks, corals, blues and purples. One of…
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Moving Onwards
It was only when I started to write this post that I realized I had taken a nearly identical picture for the blog only a few weeks ago! I cut the Diversified Plain Weave afghans off the loom this morning and started beaming a shawl warp. The warp is made by dressing two scarf warps…
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Queen of Procrastination
Apologies again if this photo isn’t in focus. While I’m doing well with other tasks, the computer is still a bit of a blur – although it’s getting better. :} So, it’s confession time. I’ve been avoiding the AVL and the two shuttle DPW – and the shuttle boxes that started misbehaving for some unknown…
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Scarf #3
This morning I started weaving the third and last scarf on this warp, and wish I’d gone with the teal sooner! Oh well. The warp is off the loom, and now I’m wanting to work on something else – something other than the AVL – and not sure what to tackle. Maybe knitting on the…
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Too Much Quiet
The house seemed awfully empty and terribly quiet once our ‘playmates’ had left and I just didn’t feel up to fighting with the fly shuttle box on the AVL. So, consulting the handy job list, I was reminded that I needed to weave some samples of the yarn I will be offering for sale (some…
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Defining Success
These scarves were woven from Bambu 12 and a wool lycra (the white stripes.) They were one of my few unqualified ‘successes’. So little of what I create actually matches the fibre vision in my head. These came very close. 😀 Speaking of ‘success’ I have c0ntinued to think a lot about the shape of…
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Road Trip Report
The following photos were taken with my Blackberry and I still haven’t figured out how to crop them so here goes. 🙂 My trip began with a flight to Birmingham, Alabama. I’d never been to the state before, so it was really nice to have a couple of days to sight see a little. We…
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Progress
Whoo-hoo! Another cone of yarn used up! 😀 There is still warp left, so dug through the store room and came up with 3 different cotton yarns. One is a slub, one is a highly textured ‘gimp’, and the third is – well, textured. So I combined the slub and the gimp and changed the…
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Progress
Whoo-hoo! Another cone of yarn used up! 😀 There is still warp left, so dug through the store room and came up with 3 different cotton yarns. One is a slub, one is a highly textured ‘gimp’, and the third is – well, textured. So I combined the slub and the gimp and changed the…
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Progress
Whoo-hoo! Another cone of yarn used up! 😀 There is still warp left, so dug through the store room and came up with 3 different cotton yarns. One is a slub, one is a highly textured ‘gimp’, and the third is – well, textured. So I combined the slub and the gimp and changed the…