Monthly Archives: January 2012

Mystery cloth

Posted on January 21, 2012 by me

I wove this many years ago. I know that the yarn was a 22/2 Cottolin (cotton/linen blend).  But other than that, I have no idea what the weave structure is.  I really like this and would like to make another.  … Continue reading →

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Rename this blog?

Posted on January 20, 2012 by me

I think I am going to rename this:  My misfortunes with fiber! I was winding the warp for my next weaving project and the yarn just kept on tangling. I was winding on two strands at a time, both because … Continue reading →

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Another shawl

Posted on January 20, 2012 by me

Well I finished all the square knots and wound the warp onto the back beam.  I had a little problem getting all those knots through the reed, but a healthy tug was all it needed.  One or two knots gave … Continue reading →

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New toys

Posted on January 19, 2012 by me

Before Christmas I got the following: I’m going to do some more dyeing down the road. This time with some synthetic dyes. Specifically, Jacquard Acid dyes.  As you can see in the photo, I got 4 skeins of undyed yarn:  … Continue reading →

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Square Knots to Heaven

Posted on January 5, 2012 by me

I read the directions that were in the magazine about 4 or 5 times.  All it said was:  “Place lease sticks in the cross and secure them to the loom …”.  But how?  I looked at the tiny photo they … Continue reading →

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I did some dyeing this summer…

Posted on January 3, 2012 by me

Here I have some group pictures of some dyeing I did this summer, with natural dyes:

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A little scarf

Posted on January 1, 2012 by me

I warped my old rigid heddle for a Toastmaster’s speech I gave back in October.  I intended it to be a scarf and measured the warp to make a scarf – I didn’t want to have just a pretend warp … Continue reading →

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