Category: scarf
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Lashing On
Someone emailed me a few days ago and asked if I ever lashed on. The answer is, yes, I do lash on sometimes. I’m trying to get some samples of the 2/20 silk yarn that I’ve been dyeing woven up, and this yarn is a prime candidate for lashing. The yarn is slippery and fine…
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Scarf A Day
Scarf number 1 (orange) and Scarf number 2 (blue – on loom) One of the blogs I follow is Janet D’s: Scarf A Day: Everything Old is New Again [Scarf #42] She essentially challenged her readers to join her in her Scarf A Day goals. So today became a Scarf Day for me, too. 🙂…
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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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Defining Success
These scarves were woven from Bambu 12 and a wool lycra (the white stripes.) They were one of my few unqualified ‘successes’. So little of what I create actually matches the fibre vision in my head. These came very close. 😀 Speaking of ‘success’ I have c0ntinued to think a lot about the shape of…
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Of Resolutions and Gratitude
Here are a couple of the scarves Teresa dyed after I wove them in white and black silk. As 2008 slowly ticks away, I can’t help contrast this year’s end with last year’s end. And think about all that has changed, and all that hasn’t. For the last 3 or 4 years, my new year’s…
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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,…