We are heading out on a little vacation for the next 2 weeks. So it has been a frantic scramble to get things wrapped up in the woodshop and the weaving studio before then…but we are coming down to the end, and then it is off to something “completely different” – Hawaii (the Big Island). [...]
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Aloha!
Posted in weaving on May 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Collapse weave round 1
Posted in weaving on May 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Well, my first collapse weave experiment totally worked! I wove the scarf with 16 strands of 16/2 unmercerized cotton and 4 strands of superfine merino wool per inch, using a 2/2 twill structure (see pictures in previous post). I soaked and then agitated it in the washing machine in very hot water and some Dawn [...]
Introducing…Kingston!
Posted in weaving on April 29, 2012 | 2 Comments »
First of all, I did finish two more of the polychrome scarves, for a total of 6 so far. I had them photographed last week in a studio setting so I would have good photos for the advertising and poster of the show I have coming up with 2 other women (early June, Winthrop Gallery). [...]
Polychrome progress
Posted in weaving on April 10, 2012 | 6 Comments »
I finally got back to the loom last week after what seemed like ages – many things seemed to interfere: trips to the coast, catching up at work now that my boss is back from Argentina, gallery activities, just life in general. I put a second warp on my little loom for more “summer & [...]
Icelandic “Fleece”
Posted in knitting on March 16, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Before I left for spinning camp in late February, I realized I had never finished up spinning and/or plying some of the projects we had undertaken 2 years previously. Ridiculous! That year the theme had been “Spinning for Traditional Knitting.” We spun different kinds of fleeces different ways, to make yarns suitable for Cowichan style [...]
New directions
Posted in weaving on March 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I have had an almost finished small rug sitting on my Baby Mac loom since September, when I took the rug weaving workshop out in Forks, WA. Last week I finished that rug, in which I was playing with clasped wefts and some pick-and-pick patterns. I still had warp left on the loom, so I [...]
Mister and His Sister
Posted in pets, spinning on March 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I can’t believe I have been back from Orcas Island for a week already. While I was gone, Rick reported that the new cats were getting along well and playing a lot. They seem to be firm friends by now: Spinning camp, or fiber retreat, was a lot of fun as always. The theme was [...]
End of Warp … and Flamingos!
Posted in knitting, weaving on February 14, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I finished off the rug warp last week, starting with this custom order 6-1/2 ft runner. My friends wanted this material in particular, a classic Hudson’s Bay blanket colorway. Pendleton calls it the Glacier National Park Blanket. I kept calling the mill outlet store near Portland until they finally got some of the fringed material [...]
Yet More Rugs…
Posted in weaving on February 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I’m nearing the end of the rug warp on my 48″ Macomber loom. I have enough left to weave a custom order hallway runner for some friends (at least, I hope I have enough left…) I usually weave 4-5 rugs at a time before taking them off and finishing them (which means sewing the hems, [...]
FO: Bobble Shirt
Posted in knitting on January 22, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Here’s a “finished object” in the knitting department. I started it the first weekend of November while at knitting retreat. It’s an adaptation of a pattern called “Bobble Shirt” by Carol Lapin in the first Jamieson’s Shetland Knitting Book (I have added a link because it is still available both new and used). The main [...]
