Category: efficiency
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The Efficient Weaver
next two tea towel warps for the Fanny loom Efficient: Productive of effect; competent, capableEfficiency: State of quality of being efficient; ratio of useful work done to total energy expendedThe Concise Oxford Dictionary My priorities in terms of weaving are to a) make functional fabrics that will fulfill their function with beauty and grace; b)…
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From One Extreme….
plain weave – alpaca weft cotton warp, Tencel weft …..to the other….. Was tagging the stuff that was wet finished over the weekend, and these shawls followed each other in the pile – one woven in plain weave with that bane of a new weaver’s existence – tracking showing up in the wet finishing –…
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To Stretch or Not to Stretch
A temple in use Close up of temple ends – top and bottom There are several ‘hot buttons’ in the weaving world. Warping back to front vs front to back.Floating selvedgesUsing a temple No doubt there are more, but these three seem to crop up at regular intervals, are hotly debated – with no one…
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Of Studios and Messes
Piles of bins with yarn Work table with more bins stored under it Top of work table with neutral gamp yarns ready for winding My studio is home to many different activities. I don’t just weave I also dye yarns for re-sale, teach, write and once again make weaving kits. Each of these activities requires…
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Walking the Line
The twill line, that is….. Since I tend to do a lot of different twills I keep my treadles tied up in a straight twill draw. In this video I am weaving a straight twill. If I were weaving a broken twill, I would simply alternate my feet – treadle 4, treadle 2, treadle 3,…
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Minimum Input, Maximum Output
Colour gamp test warp One of the things I try to do is have the maximum amount of output for the least amount of input. What that means is that I try to do the various tasks associated with weaving with the fewest hand motions possible. Two years ago, I watched as Syne Mitchell sleyed…
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Guest Post – Katie
My name is Katie Rivas and I met Laura Fry in January ’09 while taking a class she did for my weaving guild in Southern California. I liked Laura off the bat and even though the class was round-robin, I spent way more time asking Laura about a million questions I had stored up regarding…
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Guest Post – Katie
My name is Katie Rivas and I met Laura Fry in January ’09 while taking a class she did for my weaving guild in Southern California. I liked Laura off the bat and even though the class was round-robin, I spent way more time asking Laura about a million questions I had stored up regarding…
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Guest Post – Katie
My name is Katie Rivas and I met Laura Fry in January ’09 while taking a class she did for my weaving guild in Southern California. I liked Laura off the bat and even though the class was round-robin, I spent way more time asking Laura about a million questions I had stored up regarding…
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Of Weaving and Patience
Shawl #3 at the back of the loom. Upon finding out that I am a weaver, so many people exclaim “Oh you must be sooooo patient!” Er – actually – Not! I am probably the least patient person I know……… During a discussion with Tien we both agreed that when one has deemed something necessary,…