Category: wet finishing
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Magic in the Water
shawl woven with rayon Yesterday I had the experience of seeing the Magic in the Water in action. I’ve been preparing an article for Handwoven (to approve – or not) and working from my stash. In The Intentional Weaver I discuss many of the considerations that go into the creation of a textile and while I…
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Wet Finishing Woolens
This fabric was woven and then taken to Sweden, then to a vadmalstamp in Norway to be wet finished. The round piece in the upper left was finished in the stamp for 90 minutes. Kerstin then turned some of the cloth into a German berger’s hat. (German merchant) Going to the stamp was experimental, exploration,…
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Wet Finishing Woolens
This fabric was woven and then taken to Sweden, then to a vadmalstamp in Norway to be wet finished. The round piece in the upper left was finished in the stamp for 90 minutes. Kerstin then turned some of the cloth into a German berger’s hat. (German merchant) Going to the stamp was experimental, exploration,…
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Wet Finishing Woolens
This fabric was woven and then taken to Sweden, then to a vadmalstamp in Norway to be wet finished. The round piece in the upper left was finished in the stamp for 90 minutes. Kerstin then turned some of the cloth into a German berger’s hat. (German merchant) Going to the stamp was experimental, exploration,…
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Til It’s Done
Getting some of the book/inspirational projects finished this morning. The above is a pinwheel design on four shafts, woven from Tencel (a type of rayon). Rayon in general is a very dense fibre which holds a lot of water. As a result, when rayon is fully saturated it feels very stiff and not very appealing…
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YMMV
2/8 above and 8/2 cotton below – two completely different quality of yarns – because all the numbers mean is how many yards per pound (approximately) each has, and say nothing about how they were prepared for and spun. They will produce completely different qualities of fabric because they are completely different qualities of yarn.…
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Guest Post – Rachel Dalton
Conservation VS Wet Finishing in Textile production by Rachel Dalton, July 2nd 2018. I have always been interested in historic textile production and the connection it had to the lives of the weavers, spinners and dyers that produced stunning cloth and clothing. As a weaver I strive to reproduce these items and admire their stamina…
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Certain Values of ‘Finished’
With a craft as densely layered as weaving, there are many stages along the way to ‘finish’. Not only do I weave, I spin and knit. (I also very occasionally make lace, but that’s another story entirely.) In order to keep myself motivated on the long journey from fluff to fabric, I count ‘finishing’ stages…
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Experts
The turquoise in this yarn is hand dyed so I used hot water to wet finish it because I expected the cyan dye to be somewhat fugitive. And so it was. Dealing with fugitive dye is one reason to wet finish, either yarn or cloth. I learned to spin in the early 1970’s…
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Go Ahead – Leap!
I’m sure you’ve heard the meme – Leap and the net will appear. It is scary looking into that chasm. It seems like a long way down. What if that net doesn’t miraculously appear to at least break the fall if not out right save you from the consequences of that risky decision? So it…