Category: fibre characteristics
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Guest Post – Barbara S
In my weaving life, I learn something from every warp. Sometimes the lessons are based in exploring different structures, techniques or yarns; other times they come from air-brained moments of inattention. My latest adventure was a puzzle that required thought and analysis. As a student in the Olds Master Weaver program, Level 1, one of…
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Method/Madness
I know this looks rather a jumble but there is method to my madness. Although I still have not had the A Good Yarn one day workshops confirmed at Sarasota and Asheville, doing the prep work is going to be time consuming so I figured I’d better get started on it. I’m winding a whole…
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Knowledge and Soapboxes
A gamp of various wefts for the rest of the warp. Colours are not true – the greyish one is actually a soft greyed lavender which looks very pretty on the warp but not so great in the photo…. There has been a lively discussion on one of the chat groups about recipe weavers vs…
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Cotton
Four different cotton yarns – from left – seine twine, 2/8 warp twist, 8/2 and 3/2 Perle click to biggify Chart showing cotton close up and fibre characteristics New weavers sometimes don’t understand that just because a yarn is made from a particular fibre, that doesn’t mean that they are the same in terms of how they…
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Gimp and Boucle’
When I was learning to spin, I was told that the yarn on the left was called a ‘gimp’ and the yarn on the right was a ‘boucle’ (accent over the e’). Since I’m not really a spinner I don’t know the finer points of distinction in how they are constructed but they are both…
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Book Review – The Intentional Spinner
About 18 months ago I took a spinning workshop with Judith MacKenzie McCuin. I warned her when I arrived that I was not taking the class to become a better spinner (it had been 20 years since I’d done any kind of spinning at all) but because I wanted to become a better weaver. I…
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Tampa, FL
Arrived in Tampa last night, sans suitcase. The tight connection in Charlotte meant that while I made the flight to Tampa, my suitcase didn’t. 🙁 We’re waiting for it to be delivered. Thankfully I had sufficient personal items in my carry on that I was able to shower and change this morning and have clean…