Category: GCW Master weavers
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Digging Through the Archive
click to biggify – not sure the resolution is high enough to see any detail though…. Kate asked about the coat fabric, and wondered if it wasn’t too distorted from the shrinkage differential to be used. Well, yes, that is a valid concern. In terms of designing this cloth it had to be flexible and…
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Guest Blogging
I confess that it is always a bit of an ego stroke to be asked to supply a guest post for someone else’s blog. Recently I was asked to make a guest appearance on the blog of The Woolery a shop in Kentucky. When I visited their website I discovered that they carry yarns from Maurice Brassard…
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Guest Blogging
I confess that it is always a bit of an ego stroke to be asked to supply a guest post for someone else’s blog. Recently I was asked to make a guest appearance on the blog of The Woolery a shop in Kentucky. When I visited their website I discovered that they carry yarns from Maurice Brassard…
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Butterflies
click to biggify to see the butterflies here is the profile draft This is the final woven ‘sample’ for the master level. It is a scarf woven in a fine silk (2/60) set at 45 epi/ppi. I did a series of scarves and chose the best one to submit. 🙂 The weave structure is huck…
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Satin Problem
my camera didn’t seem to like the royal blue of the yarn and the photo looks very greenish As part of the fourth and final level for the GCW tests, there is a problem on satin. It took me a couple of warps to get everything correct. Fortunately I had quite a bit of hand…
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Master Level Tapestry
As part of the master weavers certificate, the candidate must weave a tapestry. It was actually the tapestry that delayed the submission of my fourth and final level for consideration by about two years as I struggled to get it woven. Why? Partly because I don’t fancy myself an artist and partly because progress seemed so very…
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Thanksgiving Day
In Canada we celebrate a day of thanksgiving in October. It’s a great way to remind ourselves, whatever our religious beliefs may or may not include, that life is good no matter how challenging it may be. In the course of the past 4 and some years I have learned many lessons. I’ve always been…
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Coat with Angora
This cloth was traded for a piece of bobbin lace made by a friend – she tried very hard to get me making lace. At the time I resisted but eventually did take up the craft a number of years later. 🙂 One layer is 2/8 cotton, the other layer is a wool/angora blend. The photograph isn’t…
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And Another One
click to biggify – the cuffs are turned back to show the other side of the cloth This coat is another double weave with areas of pique’. The ribs are ‘stuffed’ with strands of lopi type wool. The fabric was woven with the ribs horizontal in the loom, then turned or ‘railroaded’ so that the…
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Bedford Cord
Bedford cord is often used in industry for clothing, most often for fabric that will wear well if the ribs are in plain weave. I wanted something with a some drape and using the very fine silk for warp with the fine wool/cashmere weft and the vertical ribs, the cloth has stability with drape, suitable for this swing coat. …