Category: linen
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Uninspired
click on photo to biggify Perhaps it is because I’m still tired. Perhaps it is because of the string of grey dreary days we have been having. Perhaps it is because a similar coloured warp I wove earlier this year failed to sell at the craft fairs. Perhaps it is because these neutral beige shades…
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Next in the Queue
Colour isn’t quite right in this photo but about as close as I can come. The linen (the cone on the top) is actually more brown and less green looking. With the aim of reducing my stash of fine linen, the next warp is another 2/16 cotton and the weft is a fairly coarse/hairy tow…
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End of the Line(n)
all that’s left of 3.5 pounds of fine red singles linen about 30 yards of red tea towels on the beam There was enough warp for one more towel – but I decided I’d had enough. Plus if I’m going to get them cut/serged and wet finished, I needed to be done. We have 6…
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Am I Blue?
Yes I am. Loving this blue warp. It doesn’t look like much at a distance though, so I’ll get a better photo once it comes round to the back of the loom. As usual I’m weaving it ‘upside down’ in order to lift the fewest shafts. This puts the majority of the linen on one…
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Humidifier Bodge
pieces of ‘humidifier’ – larger bucket with lid and smaller tub to fit inside and the tow linen bobbins in smaller tub ready to ‘steep’ Even though the humidity is ‘high’ (for us) the singles linen I’m using for weft is wire-y and spring-y and just generally not terribly co-operative. The only solution is to…
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Little by Little
One by one, the samples for the next Big Project are getting done. This morning I cut this one off the loom. The green is much more intense in real life – the flash washed the chartreuse out I guess. But never mind, it’s done and the linen behaved beautifully in spite of the arid…
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Retro
next warp with scratch notes, draft and yarn ready for warp winding Making slow but steady progress, next up is a linen sample for the Big Project. In many cases I have been able to combine my ‘sampling’ with ordinary production. But I don’t normally weave a lot of 100% linen fabric so this one…