Category: Big Project
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Seriously
last rep warp cut off and being serged in preparation for wet finishing sometime next week – still have to finish sewing the fringe on four sides samples… There is a poster going round Face Book which says something to the effect that if you are working at home you are not considered to be…
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Groundhog Day
It’s beginning to feel like deja vu all over again as I dress the loom with the 3rd – and hopefully last – of the rep weave warps. I’m in the groove now with this textile – the muscle memory pretty much kicks in and I don’t have to think very much or even very…
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The End…
…is in sight. I cut the 2nd rep warp off the loom tonight, taped and cut the rest of the ‘before’ samples and worked out how long a warp needs to go onto the loom to finish weaving the ‘after’ samples. The Leclerc Fanny loom is quite efficient. I could have woven even a…
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Fringe – Four Sides
As mentioned in a previous post, I used to use this finish on placemats and table runners when we were doing table textiles in production mode. For the purposes of these samples I didn’t want to colour code the cut lines differently than the body of the textile because what I did was make a…
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Outreach
Next towel – this time 1:3-3:1 twill blocks with 1:3 twill hems. Notice that the selvedge is curling slightly in the hem area – this is totally and completely normal in a 1:3 twill and will get pressed flat during wet finishing. I have been talking to other teachers about how to reach students without…
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Cheat Sheet
Allergy season appears to have arrived in spades and I woke up this morning muzzy headed and not able to think clearly or remember much of anything for any length of time. This, on top of a rather stressful day yesterday meant that winding the next warp to finish the samples (and weave a few…
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Cheat Sheet
Allergy season appears to have arrived in spades and I woke up this morning muzzy headed and not able to think clearly or remember much of anything for any length of time. This, on top of a rather stressful day yesterday meant that winding the next warp to finish the samples (and weave a few…
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On The Other Hand
before samples, taped and ready to be cut apart using my electric rotary cutter One of the joys of being self-employed doing something you love is that, well, you love what you’re doing. Most of the time. 😉 On the other hand, when life tosses curve balls at you, there is no one to…
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Knowledge and Confidence
Rather messy looking? Yes, but after only a few minutes….(as in less than 5) the loops are untangled and the warp is ready to be beamed. Knowing that the mess is really not much of a mess makes tackling it less traumatic. Also knowing that a thread under tension is a thread under control means…
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Knowledge and Confidence
Rather messy looking? Yes, but after only a few minutes….(as in less than 5) the loops are untangled and the warp is ready to be beamed. Knowing that the mess is really not much of a mess makes tackling it less traumatic. Also knowing that a thread under tension is a thread under control means…