Friday, March 20, 2009
Blue Handspun Scarf- wrap thing
So a little while back I got a rigid heddle loom. I thought it would be a fun thing, and maybe a good way to something with the handspun I tend to accumulate in 4 oz skeins. The first project was so unspeakably ugly I won't show it, but here is number two. The warp is a millspun turquoise rayon, alternating with a thin cotton- and that cotton is one thread teal one purple. I spun the weft from a Lyocell roving from Carolina Homespun, in their 'Spirits of the Water' colorway. It came out quite pretty I think. And it was fun besides.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The long and winding web!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Turning Limestone into Wool
Off and running, here are some progress pictures. I like how the handspun is behaving, it gets thicker and thinner and makes for a more interesting texture... and wondering if I'll weave past certain places before it breaks keeps my mind occupied! It's sooo different weaving in the wool from the linen, kind of fun getting to know a different fiber.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Sample, fulled
Friday, January 9, 2009
Overkill
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Warp Chains
I'm going to make this blanket in panels, so I can fit it on the little loom (that I've had for over 30 years) since the big one still has the linen. The outside panels will be the 'limestone' and the center the 'light'. It's interesting, after spending most of my life working with limestone to be trying to interpret it in wool. It's like the two big creative forces in my life converging.
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