Category: lace weaves
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Experiments
I took these last night and the colour isn’t great, but I did an ‘experiment’ and have been documenting the process. These ‘samples’ are scarves, one at 24 epi one at 25 epi (2/dent in a 12 dent reed on the left; 5/dent in a 5 dent reed on the right), woven in huck…
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All Things Being Equal
huck lace boxes, not wet finished (loom state) This morning I am about to go do a Zoom presentation on lace weaves. Coming to understand how lace weaves work, the challenges involved in weaving them, the dynamics of how the threads move and shift, were a watershed time for me. I spent hours and…
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Lace Weaves
Huck lace ‘boxes’ with plain weave Swedish Lace Many people find lace weaves confusing, not least because there are so many different ways to write the threading/treadling draft. When the sequence looks so very different, people can get confused about what is the ‘right’ way. Well, the ‘right’ way is which ever sequence – threading,…
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Lace Weaves
Huck lace ‘boxes’ with plain weave Swedish Lace Many people find lace weaves confusing, not least because there are so many different ways to write the threading/treadling draft. When the sequence looks so very different, people can get confused about what is the ‘right’ way. Well, the ‘right’ way is which ever sequence – threading,…
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Lace/Texture
Huck lace on the diagonal Swedish Lace Spent much of today preparing the webinar Power Point presentation. The above are a couple of images I will probably use to show that lace weaves don’t necessarily need to have holes. (Loom state above, wet finished below. Click on photo to biggify.) The above fabrics were woven…
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A Little Spinny
The weekend was spent exploring spinning yarn. Now it is back to weaving it. Monday I need to finish the Power Point presentation on lace weaves for the webinar at the end of the month so rather than actually weaving, I will be taking photos, generating drafts, trying to sort out how best to explain…
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Concentration
Concentration was pretty thick in the air in the guild room this weekend! Eight enthusiastic students, exploring the nature of lace weaves. The guild room was stuffed. If there had been one more person, I think the room may have burst. As it was we were, um, cozy. Such a delight to see people understand…
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Concentration
Concentration was pretty thick in the air in the guild room this weekend! Eight enthusiastic students, exploring the nature of lace weaves. The guild room was stuffed. If there had been one more person, I think the room may have burst. As it was we were, um, cozy. Such a delight to see people understand…
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Concentration
Concentration was pretty thick in the air in the guild room this weekend! Eight enthusiastic students, exploring the nature of lace weaves. The guild room was stuffed. If there had been one more person, I think the room may have burst. As it was we were, um, cozy. Such a delight to see people understand…
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Lovely Lace
Don’t forget to biggify for a larger picture… A friend came over one day, early in my career, looked around my house and wondered where all my weaving was. I told her I couldn’t afford my own weaving… Over the years I have made a few things especially for me but I have kept very…