Category: rayon yarn
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On to the Next
Another blast from the past, in part because I’m using essentially the same combination of yarns in the current warp as was used in this one. The warp is 2/16 bamboo (from Brassard) and the weft will be various rayon yarns I have accumulated over the years. A scarf takes a lot less weft…
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Organized
boxes of textiles put out on the shelves For the past week or so Doug has been working on the new pantry area in the laundry room. Last year this time, he installed this wall of shelves which we filled with the overflow from the annex. As the pandemic hit and we started to…
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Flexibility
With my stated goal of weaving down my stash, I am coming to the nubbins of a lot of tubes of the 2/16 cotton. When I put these yarns together, I knew I would be playing yarn chicken with some of the tubes, but seems there are more running out than will make it…
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Potential
I’ve talked about my resources before, my ‘libraries’ of drafts that I can browse through, evaluate for their potential for being the ‘next’ warp in the queue. The one open is the latest, the draft I’m using being the one partially covered by the blue arrow. The booklet is called The Fanciest Twills by Irene…
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Potential
I’ve talked about my resources before, my ‘libraries’ of drafts that I can browse through, evaluate for their potential for being the ‘next’ warp in the queue. The one open is the latest, the draft I’m using being the one partially covered by the blue arrow. The booklet is called The Fanciest Twills by Irene…
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Potential
I’ve talked about my resources before, my ‘libraries’ of drafts that I can browse through, evaluate for their potential for being the ‘next’ warp in the queue. The one open is the latest, the draft I’m using being the one partially covered by the blue arrow. The booklet is called The Fanciest Twills by Irene…
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Next Test Warp
The Megado is definitely a different loom from the AVL. There were many things about the AVL that worked for me very well and beaming sectionally was one of them. The beam of preference was up high which meant I could stand and turn the crank, cut off and tape the section, then easily attach…
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Adjustment
So, I’m back working on those scarf warps I wound last year and thought about a comment someone made, somewhere, about whether or not you could manipulate yarns into their ‘proper’ place. Yes you can. Depending on the yarn, you can actually displace most (not all) yarns by up to about an inch. What does…
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New Normal
It feels like my ‘normal’ for the past 10 years is trying to weave down my stash. So what’s new about that? Well, my energy levels, for one thing. One of the adverse effects of the cancer drug is to feel tired. Even on the lowest possible dose I feel tired all day long and…
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New Normal
It feels like my ‘normal’ for the past 10 years is trying to weave down my stash. So what’s new about that? Well, my energy levels, for one thing. One of the adverse effects of the cancer drug is to feel tired. Even on the lowest possible dose I feel tired all day long and…