Category: rayon chenille
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Fringes
Thought I would share how I go about setting up my fringes. Above picture shows the end of the first scarf (bottom of the ruler) and the cutting line for between the two scarves. The picture below shows the cutting line, the first four fugitive picks and then the beginning of the weaving for the…
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Seeing Red – Again
I seem to be having a red-fest. 🙂 In the past week I’ve woven a couple of red shawl warps on the AVL, a red shawl on the Fanny, a red chenille scarf warp today and am just now dressing the Fanny again with a black and red warp. 😉 Red – the colour of…
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Busy Day
Today was my usual brunch and errand day with mom. Not too many errands, but we did go to the library and I got another big bag of books. Not sure why when I haven’t been having much time to read the past few days. And with travel preparations needing to be done, doubt there…
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Busy Day
Today was my usual brunch and errand day with mom. Not too many errands, but we did go to the library and I got another big bag of books. Not sure why when I haven’t been having much time to read the past few days. And with travel preparations needing to be done, doubt there…
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Busy Day
Today was my usual brunch and errand day with mom. Not too many errands, but we did go to the library and I got another big bag of books. Not sure why when I haven’t been having much time to read the past few days. And with travel preparations needing to be done, doubt there…
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Gone, Gone, Gone!
Well, I finally finished another yarn! This time it’s the 3000 yd/pound rayon chenille. Unfortunately there wasn’t quite enough of it to do the length I wove the others so since this one is technically a ‘second’ I guess I get to keep it. 🙂 The greens and lavenders show up much more in this…
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Big Scarf, Next Installment
Here is the tail end of scarf #2, (on the left) and the beginning of #3. This time I remembered to reset the Compu-Dobby so I got the full 158 pick repeat. 🙂 I’ll tweak it a bit tomorrow and do something similar, but a little different for #4. With a 30 yard warp, I…
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Before and After
Here is a photo showing the rayon chenille Big Scarf before and after wet finishing. The pattern is somewhat more obvious before finishing, partly because I gave the scarf a hard press which flattened the chenille and made it gleam. It also changed the feel of the fabric, which I like more than the unpressed,…
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BIG Scarf
Had lunch with a friend today, then up to the guild room to dye a bunch of yarn. Got home around 4 pm, finished sleying the warp and started weaving after dinner. Of course I had a sleying error to fix! Fortunately it was simple to fix – I put two working ends per dent,…
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Changing Direction….
Generally, by the time I’m sitting at the loom shuttle in hand, I’ve thought through all the possibilities and have made up my mind what I’m going to do. Sometimes minor changes are made, but I’ve spent a lot of time thinking before I start weaving. This warp, however, seems particularly fluid. After thinking about…