Category: cotton yarn
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Change One Thing
I have been working on this series of table runners for a while now – with a large break in between due to my travel/teaching schedule. I’m very happy to be making good progress on this warp, with three more waiting in the wings. With something like a dozen different colourways, I will choose one…
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Simple Questions/Answers
People new to the craft of weaving are usually looking for definitive answers to what they think are very simple questions. They are expecting a simple answer to their simple question. The problem is, weaving (like life, really) is anything but simple. In fact, it can be quite…messy…in terms of the things that need to…
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Up Close and Personal
This rather messy looking pile of…straw?…is actually a really close up view of cottolin (purple) and cotton (pale blue) woven together. It is hard to make out but the purple yarn is a two ply – if you look really closely, you might be able to see the one ply of purple on the surface…
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Beige, Not Bland
Next, up, this lovely beige warp. Lovely, you ask? What is so lovely about beige? Beige is bland. Beige is boring. Beige is…not any sort of colour at all! Beige doesn’t have to be boring or bland. Beige is a nice neutral colour which can set off other colours quite nicely. A beige warp…
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‘Cheap’ Yarn – Another Soapbox
There is a poster on Facebook that says “Life is too short to (knit, weave, crochet) with cheap yarn.” I agree. But define ‘cheap’? One of the main complaints of new weavers is that weaving is so expensive – the yarn costs so much. OTOH, when I look at yarns for knitting, my thought is…
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Keeping On
I started by stapling 50 of each sample but realized I have more than 50 names on my contact list. Since I’m an optimist, I decided that I’d better begin with 75 copies (half) so I’ve been doing 25 more of each in preparation to assembling the sample pages next week. Hopefully Monday, although the…
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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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Analytical
Since the Big Project is about choosing yarns appropriate for the final purpose of the cloth I decided that fabric samples alone were not going to be enough, that I would also have to include samples of the yarn used as well. The question then became how to efficiently handle making lots of little bundles of…
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Analytical
Since the Big Project is about choosing yarns appropriate for the final purpose of the cloth I decided that fabric samples alone were not going to be enough, that I would also have to include samples of the yarn used as well. The question then became how to efficiently handle making lots of little bundles of…
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Analytical
Since the Big Project is about choosing yarns appropriate for the final purpose of the cloth I decided that fabric samples alone were not going to be enough, that I would also have to include samples of the yarn used as well. The question then became how to efficiently handle making lots of little bundles of…