Category: selvedges
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Selvedges Are Over Rated?
So this is what my right hand selvedge looks like on this fabric. You can clearly see the pale green weft being carried up the selvedge and weft tails hanging out. Does this bother me? As I said in my previous post, the selvedges are going to be cut away in the end, so no,…
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Selvedges Are Over Rated?
So this is what my right hand selvedge looks like on this fabric. You can clearly see the pale green weft being carried up the selvedge and weft tails hanging out. Does this bother me? As I said in my previous post, the selvedges are going to be cut away in the end, so no,…
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Selvedges Are Over Rated?
So this is what my right hand selvedge looks like on this fabric. You can clearly see the pale green weft being carried up the selvedge and weft tails hanging out. Does this bother me? As I said in my previous post, the selvedges are going to be cut away in the end, so no,…
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Selvedges Are Over Rated?
So this is what my right hand selvedge looks like on this fabric. You can clearly see the pale green weft being carried up the selvedge and weft tails hanging out. Does this bother me? As I said in my previous post, the selvedges are going to be cut away in the end, so no,…
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Selvedges
3 thread ‘float’ on selvedge 2/8 Tencel warp/weft 24 epi 3 and 5 thread ‘floats’ on selvedge 2/20 cotton warp with 2/16 cotton weft 32 epi/ppi. The 3/1-1/3 twill causes small ‘scallops’ at the edges. 3 and 5 thread floats on selvedge 2/20 cotton warp with mystery weft 36 epi/ppi None of these textiles were woven…
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‘Weak’ Selvedges
Click diagram to biggify so you can read it more easily…. I’ve mentioned a couple of times that the yarn I’m working with is really a knitting yarn – it’s very softly twisted and therefore wasn’t standing up very well as warp, tending to shred in the reed at the selvedges. The way I deal…
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Results
a fan of scarves showing my selvedges….click on the image for an enlargement People quite often exclaim over the straightness of my selvedges. They want to know my secret, or assume that I must have some trick up my sleeve for getting ruler straight selvedges (most of the time, depending {there’s that word again} on…
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Results
a fan of scarves showing my selvedges….click on the image for an enlargement People quite often exclaim over the straightness of my selvedges. They want to know my secret, or assume that I must have some trick up my sleeve for getting ruler straight selvedges (most of the time, depending {there’s that word again} on…
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Results
a fan of scarves showing my selvedges….click on the image for an enlargement People quite often exclaim over the straightness of my selvedges. They want to know my secret, or assume that I must have some trick up my sleeve for getting ruler straight selvedges (most of the time, depending {there’s that word again} on…
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Another Aspect of Selvedges
Finished weaving runner number one and decided to use a textured rayon/linen weft in plain weave for number two. I’m really liking how it is turning out but…oops! Can you see the flare at the selvedge? The difference in width between the two fabrics is nearly 1.5 inches. This is going to potentially cause a…