tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160686702449808382024-03-04T23:09:50.687-08:00FarmNana's Fiber FrenzyOn a small island in Puget Sound, Farm Nana wrangles the dear wee beasties (Pygmy Goats, Pygora Goats, Alpacas, cats, and a swan), throws herself headlong into the fiber arts, and dyes/knits/felts/weaves/quilts/spins her way through life, the universe, and everything.FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-25892053179965145402021-10-17T08:30:00.003-07:002021-10-17T13:03:18.666-07:00Something about Inlay (especially for Rigid Heddle Weavers)<p><span style="font-family: arial;">I love playing with pick-up sticks, and I love the magic of inlay in all of its many variations (and there are many!). For Rigid Heddle weavers, it's a relatively painless way to put geometric patterns and even more complex images into our woven projects - often only needing a pick-up stick (though sometimes multiple heddles are needed).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I've been having trouble finding a definitive definition of inlay, but Betty Linn Davenport has a pretty good one in her book <i>Hands on Rigid Heddle Weaving</i>. To summarize, I've made a list of the characteristics that inlay usually exhibits:</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Supplemental weft (maybe also supplemental warp?)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Discontinuous thread (usually doesn't go all the way from selvedge to selvedge)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Plain weave ground, usually (though twill is also used in multi-shaft weaving)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Woven in (not added later like embroidery)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Usually a heavier thread than the ground weft and the warp</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Usually in a contrasting color/colors</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Can be on a balanced weave or on a weft-faced weave</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It includes:</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Simple inlay, laid-in patterning, wrapped inlay, inlay with cut wefts, Theo Moorman technique, transparency, brocade, Swedish Krabba and Dukagång, Bhutanese Kushutara, Kutch supplemental weft patterns, and many other gorgeous ethnic and world fabric techniques for which I do not know the names. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It probably also includes looped, twined, and knotted textural supplemental weft techniques like Boutonné, Flossa/Rya/Ghiordes knots, Soumak, and probably other techniques I’ve yet to discover!</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And here are some resources that have inlay info and drafts and projects.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1. Books that Heddlers might have:</span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Davenport, Betty Linn, <i>Hands on Rigid Heddle Weaving</i>, Interweave Press, 1987, pgs. 61-68. </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Davenport, Betty Linn, <i>Textures and Patterns for the Rigid Heddle Loom</i>, Revised Edition, 2008, pgs.19-25 </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Mitchell, Syne, <i>Inventive Weaving on a Little Loom, </i>Storey Publishing, 2015, pgs.73-181, 212-215. </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Patrick, Jane, <i>The Weaver’s Idea Book: Creative Cloth on a Rigid-Heddle Loom</i>, Interweave Press, 2010, pgs. 108-113, 141-160.</li></ul></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">2. And other important weaving books that have inlay info:</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Black, Mary E., <i>New Key to Weaving</i>, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1957 edition, pgs. 98-104, 117-147.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Dixon, Anne, <i>The Handweaver's Pattern Directory</i>, Interweave Press, 2007, pgs. 238-241. </span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I haven't really explored my magazines yet, but the Handwoven magazine March/April 2017 is all about Scandinavian weaving - for inlay, try pages 14-15, 48-50, and 56-57. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Eye Candy:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://norwegiantextileletter.com/article/swedish-art-weave-class/" target="_blank">Norwegian Textile Letter</a></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjF72CidoPCpnWt5y8dIb9kZUWSV70aXIlTAltjbG_0vU7-6JHf46JYZnbMCmTTAc6rrhqOHMso0wPwX_3bC9U50hcVl_K-ixzc0oh0xblSHvLxLIHJjHUsd9r0tTaYGX8Oud4eXKfSLnM/s2048/DFF08339-868C-406E-891A-1D7E440844E9_1_201_a.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="499" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjF72CidoPCpnWt5y8dIb9kZUWSV70aXIlTAltjbG_0vU7-6JHf46JYZnbMCmTTAc6rrhqOHMso0wPwX_3bC9U50hcVl_K-ixzc0oh0xblSHvLxLIHJjHUsd9r0tTaYGX8Oud4eXKfSLnM/w374-h499/DFF08339-868C-406E-891A-1D7E440844E9_1_201_a.jpeg" width="374" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://warpedforgood.com/2020/03/swedish-art-weaves-with-joanne-hall/" target="_blank">Warped for Good</a></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This is my sampler from a Joanna Hall class on Swedish Art Weaves - some done in class, some done later on my own. From bottom to top, has Krabba, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Rolokan, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Halvkrabba, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Monks Belt, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Dukagång</span><span style="font-family: arial;">, more Halvkrabba, and more Krabba (playing with a larger scale on this one, to see if the floats are still manageable). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Not all of these rows are inlay. Rolokan is not an inlay - though it is a discontinuous weft, its wefts form part of the ground structure and so they are not supplemental wefts ( Rolokan </span><span style="font-family: arial;">is a tapestry weaving technique</span><span style="font-family: arial;">). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Can Monks Belt be considered inlay? I don't know. In this sampler, it uses a discontinuous weft pattern that does float over the plain weave ground like the other inlays, so maybe? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Sampler is weft faced, uses Borgs Faro single ply wool weft and Bockens 16/3 linen warp sett at 10 epi. And a pick-up stick. And the occasional heddle stick (for Monks Belt and </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Dukagång)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><p><br /></p></div></div>FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-28066321500619309812021-10-09T15:55:00.011-07:002021-11-05T12:40:39.346-07:00Winter is coming! Well, Summer and Winter anyhow.<p>Quick and non-curated bibliography for my local structures study group - few annotations, very few links, very little attention to proper bibliographic format, but hey - it's a start!</p><p>Discoveries: </p><p>Multiple variations - Brick treading/singles/traditional/alternating, and "O's/pairs/roseate/birdseye, and X's/pairs/hourglass, and Dukagang fashion 1 and 2/columns. And then you can change the look of the pairs by starting the tabby with 2 instead of 1! And then you can turn the draft. And then there's polychrome! Yikes!</p><p>It has a relation to Crackle, and Taquete, and Samitum, and Half Satin, and even Tied Overshot and more! </p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">1. Handwoven Magazine 2006 to 2021</span></b> (the number in brackets at the end of a listing tells how many shafts are needed). May/June 2006 is almost all summer/winter, and has a van der Hoogt "School for Weavers" section that was quite helpful to me. If you need more, search for Handwoven Magazine Indexes and have a look at the earlier issues. There's lots.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">2021</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bauhaus Weaver Hand Towels. MA21, 50-52 (4)</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Fishing for Compliments. SO21, 62-64 (8) </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">2012-2020</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Adventures in design: weaving upholstery fabric. SO15, 22-23</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Both sides of summer and winter: linen placemats. JF16, 44-46 [7] </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bread cloths. ND20, 40-42 [4]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Four blocks on four shafts: summer and winter towels. MJ13, 27-29 </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Hail to the hostess bottle bags. SO16, 42-44 [6]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Inspired by color towels. MJ18, 48-49 [4]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Inspired vest. SO12, 48, 50-51 [8]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Spicy scarves. MJ14, 52-54 [8]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Starry sky placemats. SO16, 50-52 [4]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Stars & stripes picnic blanket. SO16, 34-36 [8]; errata MA18, 67 </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Summer & winter squares. MJ20, 30-32 [6]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Summer and winter. SO16, 18-19</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Summer and winter kitchen towels. MJ16, 38-40 [4]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Summer and winter silk scarf. MJ16, 46-48 [4]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Summer and winter spelled out. ND15, 20-21</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Summer and winter with a twist polka-dot towels. JF15, 46-48 [8] </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sunshine napkins and raffia placemats. MA12, 38-41 [2, 4]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Turning autumn towels. SO20, 61-63 [4]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">2006-2011</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bookmarks and a Polychrome Challenge. MJ06:56–59 [8]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Color Gradations in Summer and Winter. MA11:60–61 [4]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Color Play in Summer & Winter. MJ10:38–39 [6, 4]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Farkle Game Bags in Summer and Winter. SO07:60–62 [8]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Fun and Functional: Turned Summer and Winter Towels. MJ06:52–55 [8]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">A Run of Linen Runners on the Same Warp. MJ05:52–55 [8]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">School for Weavers: A Summer and Winter Family Reunion. MJ06:74–77</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">A Small Coverlet Is within Your Reach. ND11:62–63 [6]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Summer and Winter Polychrome—A Yarn’s Best Friend. SO10:58–59[8]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Summer and Winter Resources. MJ06:14 </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">A Summer Shawl. MJ06:48–50 [8]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Technicolor Cloth. MJ06:44–47 [4]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Warp Once, Weave Two Throws—or More!. SO09:60–62 [6]</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. MJ06:40–43 [4]</p><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">2. <i>A Weaver's Book of 8-Shaft Patterns</i>.</span></b> Ed. Carol Strickler, pgs. 145-161.</div><div>Has a lot about using a profile draft too. And even though I took "Unlock the Block" (thanks Janet Dawson!) and had no trouble with the threading and the tie-up, the treadling substitutions made my brain hurt until I put it all up in Fiberworks. (Some of us have to actually do a thing to understand it) Did the sheep in all the variations. Fun. Though the original still probably looks the best out of all the possibilities.</div><div><br /></div><div><h3 style="font-size: larger; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">3. <a href="http://www.weaverscraft.com/back_issues.html" target="_blank"><i>Weaver's Craft Issue 14 Vol 4, No 3 Fall 2003 </i></a></span><span style="font-family: times;"><i><a href="http://www.weaverscraft.com/back_issues.html" target="_blank">Summer & Winter</a> </i></span></h3></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">Don't have this one yet, but it looks good.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">4. </span></b> <b><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.weaversschool.com/books.htm" target="_blank">The Best of Weaver's Summer & Winter Plus</a>. </span></i></b> Ed. Madelyn van der Hoogt</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">A lot of projects for 10 shafts and up, but it does have 6 @ 8-shaft, 1 @ 5-shaft, 1 @ 6-shaft (</span><span style="font-family: times;">turned), and 4 @ 4-shaft (with pick-up). Also a lot of info on tied unit weaves. Deep structures dive.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">5. <i>New Key to Weaving</i></span></b>. Mary E Black, chapter 9.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">6. <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Summer-Winter-Weave-All-Seasons/dp/0934026513/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=summer+and+winter%3A+a+weave+for+all+seasons&qid=1633820300&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Summer and Winter: A Weave for All Seasons</a></i>.</span></b> Donna Sullivan (I'm putting this in here, but hoping it is at the guild library as it's a bit pricey everywhere.)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">7. <i>The Complete Book of Drafting</i>.</span></b> Madelyn van der Hoogt</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b>8. </b></span><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/best-handwoven-summer-winter-ebook" style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><i>Best of Handwoven: Summer and Winter eBook</i></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b>- </span>these are all projects from Handwoven magazines, but a choice if you don't have a </span><span style="font-family: times;">subscription.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>9.</b> </span>And a video download<span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><b style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/weaving-summer-and-winter-video-download" target="_blank">Weaving Summer and Winter </a> </b>Madelyn van der Hoogt </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">10. <i>A Handweaver's Pattern Book</i></span></b>. Marguerite Porter Davison, Chapter XX Summer and Winter</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">11. <i>Learning to Weave</i></span></b>. Deborah Chandler, Lesson 14 Summer and Winter.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b>12.</b> And if you took <span style="font-size: medium;">Janet Dawson's "<b>Unlock the Block</b>" class</span>, she has given us a few pages of lovely Summer and Winter essentials info including threading keys and treadling keys.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">As well as a gorgeous draft in Towelpalooza 2020!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b>13</b>. And of course, if you're a Rigid Heddle weaver, I have a blog post about that!</span></div><div><a href="https://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/04/rigid-heddle-summer-winter-weave.html">https://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/04/rigid-heddle-summer-winter-weave.html</a><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">My take on the sheep draft from Strickler (playing with the variations). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">From top to bottom - bricks,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"> o pairs, x pairs,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">columns 1 and columns 2.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-QXSHwugZLc-YeYP5xWeez9c_RWKQZIH4NEA1BQAvrQaINYiQb_q1Cg8AsGYNXkAUYrrlJBEWACy_g3PiLbCzJiYPe6cTo6ejrKCmFHvonJWys_Vxwv5DswoIZqp6oM4yU4Kpgr8NVPj/s1311/843AFFCA-5A3D-455F-86B0-EC9455920CC6.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1311" data-original-width="545" height="1033" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-QXSHwugZLc-YeYP5xWeez9c_RWKQZIH4NEA1BQAvrQaINYiQb_q1Cg8AsGYNXkAUYrrlJBEWACy_g3PiLbCzJiYPe6cTo6ejrKCmFHvonJWys_Vxwv5DswoIZqp6oM4yU4Kpgr8NVPj/w556-h1033/843AFFCA-5A3D-455F-86B0-EC9455920CC6.png" width="556" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div>FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-42458521756563990742021-05-15T07:56:00.004-07:002021-10-04T09:19:04.238-07:00Perfectly Wonderful Plain Weave! And some first thoughts on color and pattern too.<p> This post is a work in progress. Beginning with just a list of starting points for weavers, and hope to add written details, photos, and maybe links as time goes on.</p><p>The list:</p><p>1. Let the yarn do the work - </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Warp and weft are both a self-patterning yarn.</li><li>Warp is a fancy/self-patterning yarn and weft is a plain yarn</li><li>Warp is a plain yarn and weft is a fancy/self-patterning yarn</li></ul><div><br /></div><div>2. Let the yarn work, but add some stripes - planned or random, symmetrical or asymmetrical</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Warp has stripes but weft is plain</li><li>Warp is plain but weft has stripes </li><li>Warp and weft are both striped! (Think checks and plaids, or just borders on top/bottom/sides, or a grid on a plain field)</li></ul><div><br /></div><div>3. Color and weave effects - plain yarn in a dark/light pattern in warp and weft</div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Houndstooth</li><li>Log Cabin</li></ul><div><br /></div><div>4. Yarn special effects - in warp or weft or both, regular pattern or random</div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Use a thicker yarn, or thick and thin yarn, or structured yarn (eyelash, boucle, beehive, ribbon, etc.). If using for warp, remember to test for strength and stretch and stickiness and abrasion resistance (rubbing off in the holes/slots). And most important - will it fit through the space in the heddle reed (slots are bigger but not infinite!). Some flashy textured yarns are best as weft only.</li><li>Use thin strips of fabric (light weigh for drape or heavy weight for placemats, rugs, etc)(probably best as a weft)</li><li>Use thrums (small lengths of leftover yarn) and overhand knot them together as you wind onto bobbin or stick. Let the knots and tails become a textural design element.</li></ul><div><br /></div><div>5. And more! Is there more? What am I forgetting?</div></div><p></p><ul><li>Try some fulling (washing more vigorously for thickness) or even hard-fulling/felting</li><li>Leave a gap (use a cardboard spacer in the weft)(skip slots/holes in the warp) and let the yarns shift (or lightly felt them to hold the openings in place). </li></ul><div></div><p></p><div><br /></div><div>Part Two - Colors</div><div><br /></div><div>My main advice on this is to look everywhere and steal like an artist. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you see a great color pattern somewhere - can you get similar color yarns and translate that to plain weave on your Rigid Heddle?</div><div><br /></div><div>If you see a great pattern somewhere but don't like the colors - can you use that pattern in plain weave and translate it to colors that you love?</div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>I'll be back later.</p>FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-39554101132795978102021-04-16T13:52:00.061-07:002021-12-30T11:50:38.958-08:00Waffle-ing!<p>Here are some thoughts about waffle weave, which happens to be one of my favorites. There's just something charming about the way it shrinks and bubbles and makes little pockets and, well, waffles!</p><p>My local weave structures study group is doing waffle weave just now (Yeah, and it's all my fault. Someone asked if anyone else had anything they wanted to do and I said I liked waffle weave and the next thing I knew . . . ). </p><p>Anyhow, I thought I would try to be a little organized about the whole thing. </p><p>So here's my table of contents!</p><p>1. What the heck can waffle weave be used for?</p><p>2. Of Setts and Shrinkage</p><p>3. Going wild with color (or not)</p><p>4. Yikes! I almost forgot to talk about yarns!</p><p>5. Resources (as of April 2021 anyhow)</p><p>6. Especially for Rigid Heddlers!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1. What the heck can waffle weave be used for?</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>towels of any kind or size (fingertip towels to beach towels to kitchen towels to spa towels), plus washcloths, spa cloths, dishcloths</li><li>placemats and table runners (you might want to pick a shallow draft and/or thinner yarns so your glassware doesn't dip into the waffle and take a dive)</li><li>hotpads, microwave pads (cotton only), casserole cozies, basket liners (to cushion breads, rolls, muffins, fresh fruit)</li><li>blankets, throws, pillow covers</li><li>scarves, shawls, wraps. ruanas</li><li>yardage for garments - shirts (remember cozy thermal shirts - yeah, waffle weave), bathrobes, jackets</li><li>rugs!</li></ul><div><br /></div><div><b>2. Of Setts and Shrinkage</b></div><div>When you wet finish it - it shrinks. </div><div>(this photo is hemp (2ply neutral and 3ply color) in a little 3 shaft-ish waffle weave done on a rigid heddle loom)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyALoXM5FfCOu258exY6HkwHi-H1_Ay20eeaNZaANdzBs_5gursFcfTMitdjAQ1iUjGUrkIibW5j1OH7oFYdgGHexzeBPXNrc-5dkTEiRkni-zzw-2uG7DcdIgaQs_v1IUAA7qMAO9Kt2u/s2048/E3DF1A70-2A8D-4E22-8002-AA71B3975C80_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyALoXM5FfCOu258exY6HkwHi-H1_Ay20eeaNZaANdzBs_5gursFcfTMitdjAQ1iUjGUrkIibW5j1OH7oFYdgGHexzeBPXNrc-5dkTEiRkni-zzw-2uG7DcdIgaQs_v1IUAA7qMAO9Kt2u/s320/E3DF1A70-2A8D-4E22-8002-AA71B3975C80_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>It shrinks a lot. In both directions. </div><div><br /></div><div>Lunatic Fringe 10/2 cotton @ 28 epi (24 epi for the plain weave) - all 8 shaft drafts on the exact same warp, with the same washer and dryer treatment (and many years of use) - from biggest to smallest -</div><div>plain weave, twill, waffle with tie down (like Strickler #512), and full waffle (like Strickler #511)</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYQILZBbac_qllgqa1a9yvVGgwRIRAYuoo5A82edbSJ1ymeMYUi6TdtDozIy0AI_atxO7co0xXEndJCVRq8mk-Gr7L-bVJAuvxHCpZwX1vsUuZm27PW4bdHeiwITnuhad00toJnSA3Mlu/s2048/BACF3C4A-A24B-4709-898F-E6EEFDC78798_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYQILZBbac_qllgqa1a9yvVGgwRIRAYuoo5A82edbSJ1ymeMYUi6TdtDozIy0AI_atxO7co0xXEndJCVRq8mk-Gr7L-bVJAuvxHCpZwX1vsUuZm27PW4bdHeiwITnuhad00toJnSA3Mlu/s320/BACF3C4A-A24B-4709-898F-E6EEFDC78798_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMkfLNyIjIyHf6q8IrX-68X33RJA54uESawZbde51wmBfSLxHb_kOCVui56Z98VSgYpsD1dF9o0wTBnMJ6GBX0I4Eg8ZVSypkxKLQ8RghPW6VQQEq0HxjZRQftO9czsN3Twvx_UtaKVf-B/s2048/D32D899B-D7E9-4F5E-A851-EA5F6FE5A386.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMkfLNyIjIyHf6q8IrX-68X33RJA54uESawZbde51wmBfSLxHb_kOCVui56Z98VSgYpsD1dF9o0wTBnMJ6GBX0I4Eg8ZVSypkxKLQ8RghPW6VQQEq0HxjZRQftO9czsN3Twvx_UtaKVf-B/s320/D32D899B-D7E9-4F5E-A851-EA5F6FE5A386.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Of course what it loses in length and width it gains in depth/thickness (cozy blankets)(thirsty towels). <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZW9Q5NCMcfKrDBNKl1Ri5HbOfjjZSLEwpV1km0iNhARc-ahnSyHjzy_NuNFJhyXWGMwAEWVngPNUfWOKifafftsy9C2GthePZNSUGFuVBTEsrCQVz3G1brJZS-3nf0P1Zr9xAmwrdOTn/s2048/7951DACE-0BAE-4A39-83E7-F9E509723AE3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZW9Q5NCMcfKrDBNKl1Ri5HbOfjjZSLEwpV1km0iNhARc-ahnSyHjzy_NuNFJhyXWGMwAEWVngPNUfWOKifafftsy9C2GthePZNSUGFuVBTEsrCQVz3G1brJZS-3nf0P1Zr9xAmwrdOTn/w201-h320/7951DACE-0BAE-4A39-83E7-F9E509723AE3.jpeg" width="201" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFG4AOdkXthlJhp7ivVqBUURWtGIvm_5Y4TV1dXzyUseCeLQjc4Dg-W4NRzSdFWWzy_-Nv8U1mQzKjJpt8z2wAnRCNRB0EJwrkCkIUOQdM6-QhoLr24tshAS0R_ViR0CVKfqoc3xRZBQmN/s2048/54C1ACE7-9529-44CC-9D43-2D21254C8F9A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFG4AOdkXthlJhp7ivVqBUURWtGIvm_5Y4TV1dXzyUseCeLQjc4Dg-W4NRzSdFWWzy_-Nv8U1mQzKjJpt8z2wAnRCNRB0EJwrkCkIUOQdM6-QhoLr24tshAS0R_ViR0CVKfqoc3xRZBQmN/w209-h320/54C1ACE7-9529-44CC-9D43-2D21254C8F9A.jpeg" width="209" /></a></div></div></div><div>These are not folded over! This is the actual edge-on view of these towels! Cool, eh?</div><div><br /></div><div>Madelyn van der Hoogt suggests using a twill spacing on the sett. Check out some waffle weave patterns and take advice from those designers. And then sample and wet finish your sample (wash as you intend the finished project to be washed) - especially do the sample if the finished size is really important - because your yarn might be different, or your "beat" in weaving might be different. </div><div>Next month I'll post any discoveries that my study group finds.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>3. Going wild with color (or not)</b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>This structure is lovely with stripes to bring out the edges and the pockets (see Teaching with Towels for some color ideas). And here's a 7shaft sample I wove in a Janet Dawson class with her draft and her own color design. I love the way the white highlights the peaks and the brown deepens the valleys on the stripes.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2s5Pkc3CselzfHk92Svrh7RRURm0C0pIwEJ5AaJuQ82HrshNsaco8CmyHVwcYKKtL-42PUIh_uN5qOzpwxmE4NFJD-nmCTL1yuNThLQfiPB2UqcXNuq-unKGi8iSwDPzY303-2vXUfRg5/s2048/7B05C7CA-0264-416C-B592-07818DE9BCCF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2s5Pkc3CselzfHk92Svrh7RRURm0C0pIwEJ5AaJuQ82HrshNsaco8CmyHVwcYKKtL-42PUIh_uN5qOzpwxmE4NFJD-nmCTL1yuNThLQfiPB2UqcXNuq-unKGi8iSwDPzY303-2vXUfRg5/s320/7B05C7CA-0264-416C-B592-07818DE9BCCF.jpeg" /></a></div><br /></li><li>In a color gamp (the Lunatic Fringe kit has 2 - 8shaft waffle weave patterns in the instruction packet - <a href="https://lunaticfringeyarns.com/product/dinner-kit/" target="_blank">https://lunaticfringeyarns.com/product/dinner-kit/</a> ) the full waffle (first photo) and the waffle with little tie downs in the middle of the waffle (second photo)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8DUmDCYTejBTcVj18umOZng4be_kuLUWoIJ0bJ9hNf-7KlhuaHQEU4FJCgAVyxbTLFk5TZ9WeFZilthi9sRevOl_54fUinV4ZeySPtljFKU9bav5MrEdHivDqGrg7MSp67-15YJtT4br/s2048/D976CC67-BFC5-439E-8472-8081EB6C926F_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1991" data-original-width="2048" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8DUmDCYTejBTcVj18umOZng4be_kuLUWoIJ0bJ9hNf-7KlhuaHQEU4FJCgAVyxbTLFk5TZ9WeFZilthi9sRevOl_54fUinV4ZeySPtljFKU9bav5MrEdHivDqGrg7MSp67-15YJtT4br/w244-h237/D976CC67-BFC5-439E-8472-8081EB6C926F_1_201_a.jpeg" width="244" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxbpwbzW4hgjDq84jPZCBA63aApTGi81SDV43bwVAVPGDREWCnUhx9zQ5QHgHYRta8ZExnK66uA51DUStcy4rfl2UTUQUuXIw_Kd0ROxbq_M2SOSgSnIBDtFNRuTorbO6JSKFXsl3AEUc/s2048/6F4082FB-CFE0-49DB-BFFC-F7AF48901D2B_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2007" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxbpwbzW4hgjDq84jPZCBA63aApTGi81SDV43bwVAVPGDREWCnUhx9zQ5QHgHYRta8ZExnK66uA51DUStcy4rfl2UTUQUuXIw_Kd0ROxbq_M2SOSgSnIBDtFNRuTorbO6JSKFXsl3AEUc/w283-h288/6F4082FB-CFE0-49DB-BFFC-F7AF48901D2B_1_201_a.jpeg" width="283" /></a></div>And here's a closeup of those tie downs - those little dots in the center mean that the waffle pocket doesn't get quite as deep so it doesn't shrink quite as much.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1zkSQpSELuyAbi1dfzmWaJk2oZYPszva_otT5m13ApbL43cBcQLuSAWoTvKyzAq6by4LspOquAgzPD3qKw3Mlg5cz6pb-T28qvnVlgY55gsyOH8-g9IAuVP3CyDtEPEG1FxPA9Uuw0XQd/s2048/1D8047CA-E3A6-44A7-AEFC-46DC3E83624D_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1zkSQpSELuyAbi1dfzmWaJk2oZYPszva_otT5m13ApbL43cBcQLuSAWoTvKyzAq6by4LspOquAgzPD3qKw3Mlg5cz6pb-T28qvnVlgY55gsyOH8-g9IAuVP3CyDtEPEG1FxPA9Uuw0XQd/s320/1D8047CA-E3A6-44A7-AEFC-46DC3E83624D_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>And just with a lovely soothing solid color - seen here on a Sue Willingham cotton bath towel (7shaft?). (She sells these (and more) at <a href="https://willingham-weavery.square.site" target="_blank">https://willingham-weavery.square.site</a> if you're interested). <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_6xs0ci9xP7t0IiDH3DE4h-lG6v2YsFOpWmcKMvyPkfPup_8y3bQvK_coJqa8qxvPjF5pmtOIh7FjsrK6BBVbiV0XGGCbd3kC9XWfqHVlqa0QSz_504jkRXdn0_qHy8YfRMSCMDzKA_8H/s2048/07C401F9-F1A3-4298-82BC-5A82B6A84C70_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_6xs0ci9xP7t0IiDH3DE4h-lG6v2YsFOpWmcKMvyPkfPup_8y3bQvK_coJqa8qxvPjF5pmtOIh7FjsrK6BBVbiV0XGGCbd3kC9XWfqHVlqa0QSz_504jkRXdn0_qHy8YfRMSCMDzKA_8H/s320/07C401F9-F1A3-4298-82BC-5A82B6A84C70_1_201_a.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><p><b>4. Yikes! I almost forgot to talk about yarns!</b></p></div><div>Cotton, cottolin, linen, hemp, tencel, wool, fabric strips, and probably anything else that's appropriate to your project! (no acrylics or nylons or other manufactured yarns in the kitchen please - they might melt!) </div><div><br /></div><div>In Handwoven Magazine Jan/Feb 2013, Laura Fry has a brief comparison of Lamb's Pride Worsted from Brown Sheep Company and Pony Worsted from Henry's Attic (both wools) and how they perform in waffle weave after fulling the cloth. Short but really interesting.</div><div><br /></div><div>And the different fibers probably all shrink at different rates - we'll find out!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>5. Resources</b> (as of April 2021 anyhow) - sorry, these are in no particular order at this time.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i>Weaver's Craft Issue 29</i> - Jean Scorgie - this issue is all waffle weave all the time - the draft, the sett, the yarns, and interesting variations. Projects for 4, 5, 6, and 8 shafts and fun color ideas. <a href="http://weaverscraft.com/back_issues.html" target="_blank">http://weaverscraft.com/back_issues.html</a></li><li><i>The Best of Weaver's: Fabrics that go Bump</i> - ed. Madelyn van der Hoogt - 17 pages of waffle weave, the draft, the sett, the yarns. Projects for 4 to 8 to 16 shafts! Some lovely simple drafts and it goes up to blocks and networking if your brain is adventurous (and you have the shafts and treadles to go there)! <a href="https://www.eugenetextilecenter.com/best-of-weavers-fabrics-that-go-bump" target="_blank">https://www.eugenetextilecenter.com/best-of-weavers-fabrics-that-go-bump</a></li><li><i>A Weaver's Book of 8-Shaft Patterns</i> - Carol Strickler - 5 pages of waffle and waffle-ish variations including one with off-set cells (#515), and a checkerboard with plain weave (#519), and even one based on a Rosepath threading (#103).</li><li><i>The Handweaver's Pattern Directory</i> (4-shaft) - Anne Dixon - 1 page with info including ideas for extending the size of the "pocket" plus 3 draft ideas.</li><li><i>Simple Weaves</i> - Birgitta Bengtsson Bjork and Tina Ignell - 5 waffle weave projects, 4 shaft to 8 shaft, towels to bathrobe to rug, linen to cottolin to wool!</li><li>Best of Handwoven: Projects in Waffle Weave e-book <a href="https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/best-of-handwoven-projects-in-waffle-weave" target="_blank">https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/best-of-handwoven-projects-in-waffle-weave</a> </li><li>There are also patterns in Best of Handwoven: Top Ten Dish Towels on Four Shafts e-book <a href="https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/best-of-handwoven-top-ten-dish-towels" target="_blank">https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/best-of-handwoven-top-ten-dish-towels</a> and Best of Handwoven: Top Ten Placemats on 8 shafts e-book <a href="https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/best-of-handwoven-top-ten-placemats-on-eight-shafts" target="_blank">https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/best-of-handwoven-top-ten-placemats-on-eight-shafts</a> (it's interesting to note that the waffle weave patterns make the cover both times!)</li><li>Handwoven Magazine Mar/Apr 2002 4 shaft towel set, Jan/Feb 2020 Waffle Weave Bath Mitts, May/Jun 2012 - 3 patterns with interesting variations, and more.</li><li>Handwoven Magazine - do an index search! Here's the 2012-2020 link, but all the years are indexed in other links. Yeah, waffle is way down in the alphabet, so scroll away (or get lost in any rabbit hole you like). <a href="https://assets.ctfassets.net/i02azkqjustf/vShurbCJcv4sML0VYvq4L/ad751e042890224f6558f2d996bc9e4b/Handwoven_Index_2012_through_2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.ctfassets.net/i02azkqjustf/vShurbCJcv4sML0VYvq4L/ad751e042890224f6558f2d996bc9e4b/Handwoven_Index_2012_through_2020.pdf</a></li><li>Teaching with Towels - Rosalie Neilson - 4 shaft and 8 shaft draft (waffle with plain weave stripes in 8 shaft version), exploration of color interactions in waffle weave. Kinda fun! <a href="https://assets.ctfassets.net/i02azkqjustf/2erVQpGjQmfZ9ze6kA2lhc/339157f4658356019fed3b417f9e7f74/Neilson-towels.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.ctfassets.net/i02azkqjustf/2erVQpGjQmfZ9ze6kA2lhc/339157f4658356019fed3b417f9e7f74/Neilson-towels.pdf</a></li><li><a href="https://durhamweaver64.blogspot.com/2014/12/what-is-on-my-loom-hand-towels.html" target="_blank">https://durhamweaver64.blogspot.com/2014/12/what-is-on-my-loom-hand-towels.html</a><br /></li><li>Waffle Weave Baby Blanket <a href="https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/waffle-weave-baby-blanket" target="_blank">https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/waffle-weave-baby-blanket</a> or get the pattern free <a href="https://handwovenmagazine.com/new-free-ebook-woven-baby-blankets/" target="_blank">https://handwovenmagazine.com/new-free-ebook-woven-baby-blankets/</a></li><li>A free kitchen towel pattern from Schacht <a href="https://www.schachtspindle.com/waffle-weave-kitchen-towel-fabric/" target="_blank">https://www.schachtspindle.com/waffle-weave-kitchen-towel-fabric/</a></li><li>And an article with the basics <a href="http://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/articles/mw_01_06-3.pdf" target="_blank">http://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/articles/mw_01_06-3.pdf</a></li><li>Cotton Clouds kits and/or patterns! <a href="https://cottonclouds.com/search?page=1&q=Waffle+weave&type=product" target="_blank">https://cottonclouds.com/search?page=1&q=Waffle+weave&type=product</a></li><li>Lunatic Fringe kits and/or patterns! <a href="https://lunaticfringeyarns.com/?s=waffle+weave" target="_blank">https://lunaticfringeyarns.com/?s=waffle+weave</a></li><li>gist yarn - free 4shaft pattern or $$ kit with yarn and pattern <a href="https://www.gistyarn.com/products/waffle-weave-lap-blanket-free-pattern-pdf-download" target="_blank">https://www.gistyarn.com/products/waffle-weave-lap-blanket-free-pattern-pdf-download</a></li></ul><div><br /></div><div><b>6. Especially for Rigid Heddlers!</b></div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>OK, so I have a blog post about it with a photo tutorial! <a href="https://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/05/rigid-heddle-waffle-weave.html" target="_blank">https://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/05/rigid-heddle-waffle-weave.html</a></li><li>Looks like there's a waffle project in the Best of Handwoven: Rigid-Heddle Technique and Pattern e-book #3 <a href="https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/best-of-hw-rigid-heddle-technique-and-pattern-ebook-3" target="_blank">https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/best-of-hw-rigid-heddle-technique-and-pattern-ebook-3</a> Well it's the same one I used on my waffle project on the blog! (from Handwoven May/June 2010). And here's that same waffle weave in a set of table runners <a href="https://handwovenmagazine.com/free-table-runner-patterns-from-weaving-today/" target="_blank">https://handwovenmagazine.com/free-table-runner-patterns-from-weaving-today/</a></li><li>Handwoven Presents: Top Ten Rigid-Heddle Table and Kitchen Linens <a href="https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/handwoven-presents-top-ten-rigid-heddle-table-and-kitchen-linens" target="_blank">https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/handwoven-presents-top-ten-rigid-heddle-table-and-kitchen-linens</a> - has the Nautical Waves Towel by Jodi Ybarra. And you can get a kit for this one from Cotton Clouds (the yarns you need to make them and the pattern instructions too) <a href="https://cottonclouds.com/products/nautical-waves-towels" target="_blank">https://cottonclouds.com/products/nautical-waves-towels</a></li><li>And while we're here, Cotton Clouds has kits and/or patterns for many of the Handwoven Magazine patterns as well as Liz Gipson patterns and Jodi Ybarra too - do a search for rigid heddle patterns and voilá! <a href="https://cottonclouds.com/search?type=product&q=rigid+heddle+patterns" target="_blank">https://cottonclouds.com/search?type=product&q=rigid+heddle+patterns</a> or do a search for waffle weave (some of the rigid heddle patterns didn't make it to the rigid heddle search including some specifically for Cricket looms!) <a href="https://cottonclouds.com/search?page=1&q=Waffle+weave&type=product" target="_blank">https://cottonclouds.com/search?page=1&q=Waffle+weave&type=product</a> And I've made these color block ones - they're quite nice (my stepdaughter loves them) <a href="https://cottonclouds.com/products/playing-with-blocks-waffle-weave-towels?_pos=11&_sid=af4177112&_ss=r" target="_blank">https://cottonclouds.com/products/playing-with-blocks-waffle-weave-towels?_pos=11&_sid=af4177112&_ss=r</a> - the pattern is also in Handwoven May/Jun 2015</li><li>Handwoven Magazine has some patterns/articles - May/Jun 2010 "Waffle Weave on a Rigid Heddle Loom? Oh yes you can!" is the one I used way back when. </li><li>gist yarn - free pattern or $$ kit with yarn and pattern <a href="https://www.gistyarn.com/products/rigid-heddle-waffle-weave-blanket-free-pattern-pdf-download" target="_blank">https://www.gistyarn.com/products/rigid-heddle-waffle-weave-blanket-free-pattern-pdf-download</a></li></ul></div><p></p>FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-41415426289235735652013-05-31T08:46:00.006-07:002021-04-13T12:37:52.661-07:00Spinning Silk Bibliography<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]--><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">When I did the knitting with Mawata demo for my spinning group, I put together a bibliography that I thought I might as well share with all of you. These are just the resources that I know about at this time - I'm sure there's more out there!</span><br />
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Bibliography (with emphasis on Mawata, but a little of everything else, too)</u></b></div>
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1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spinning Silk: Sensous, Successful Yarns
from Luxurious Silk</i> (DVD) Sara Lamb</div>
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<u>Great</u> process video – she spins (and you get to watch
closeups and spin along with her) the whole time she is talking about what
she’s doing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Excellent for
learning/practicing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not a great source
for mawata spinning (she even says that she doesn’t like to spin mawata) but
fabulous for everything else about silk spinning.</div>
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<a href="http://www.interweavestore.com/Spinning/DVDs-Videos/Spinning-Silk-DVD.html">http://www.interweavestore.com/Spinning/DVDs-Videos/Spinning-Silk-DVD.html</a></div>
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2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spinning Luxury Fibers</i> (DVD) Judith
MacKenzie – 3 disc set - disc one is all about silk</div>
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Always relaxing and fun to learn from Judith (a wealth of
lore and a lifetime of experience) – includes a great section on spinning
mawata.</div>
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<a href="http://www.interweavestore.com/Spinning/DVDs-Videos/Spinning-Luxury-Yarns-DVD.html?relatedid=22799">http://www.interweavestore.com/Spinning/DVDs-Videos/Spinning-Luxury-Yarns-DVD.html?relatedid=22799</a></div>
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3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spin-Off Presents: All About Silk</i>
(eBook)</div>
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Silkworm lore (wild and cultivated), mawata spinning and
dyeing, spinning fat silk singles, spinning for weaving, spinning embroidery
thread</div>
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<a href="http://www.interweavestore.com/Spinning/Books/Spin-Off-Presents-All-About-Silk-eBook.html?relatedid=22800">http://www.interweavestore.com/Spinning/Books/Spin-Off-Presents-All-About-Silk-eBook.html?relatedid=22800</a></div>
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4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>A Guide to
Spinning Silk Fibers + Free Knitting, Weaving, Crochet, and Embroidery Projects
Using Silk Fiber </i><i><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">(free eBook)</span></i></div>
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Spinning silk for knitting (hat project) and weaving (pillow
project) in the same colorway, spinning and chain ply/Navajo ply for crochet
and beaded rope (necklace/bracelet) project, spinning embroidery thread and
small embroidered badge/medal project.</div>
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<a href="http://www.spinningdaily.com/spinning-silk/">http://www.spinningdaily.com/spinning-silk/</a></div>
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5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spinning Silk
Hankies photo tutorial</div>
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<a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter05/FEATsilkhankies.html">http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter05/FEATsilkhankies.html</a></div>
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7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spinning Silk caps
(like mawata, only a different shape) tutorial</div>
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<a href="http://www.hjsstudio.com/silkcaps.html">http://www.hjsstudio.com/silkcaps.html</a></div>
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8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spin-Off magazine</div>
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Winter 1999 “Wild Silks Part One”</div>
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Spring 2000 “Wild Silks Part Two”</div>
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Summer 2001 “Learn to Spin Silk with Sara Lamb”</div>
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9. YouTube (only one of many available videos – this one is recommended
by Blue Moon Fiber Arts and WormSpit)</div>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAHeRIR_T8Q">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAHeRIR_T8Q</a></div>
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10. A great reference page on spinning all kinds of
silk preparations, with info on spinning mawata (though I predraft more than
they do) and links to more videos!<br />
<a href="http://www.treenwaysilks.com/kc-spin.php">http://www.treenwaysilks.com/kc-spin.php</a></div>
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11.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Silkworm rancher
and silk reeler/weaver – tons of info about the dear wee beasties that make
silk (domestic and wild) as well as tons of info on how to process their
product.</div>
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<a href="http://www.wormspit.com/">www.wormspit.com</a> </div>
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12.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <a href="https://aurorasilk.com/wp/product/silk-workers-notebook-3rd-edition/" target="_blank">https://aurorasilk.com/wp/product/silk-workers-notebook-3rd-edition/</a></span></div>
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I have not used this book, nor do I have it yet, but include
it because it is referenced by many who work with silk (especially dyers).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Her current website (below) has mostly fabrics and yarns and
natural dyes, including kits for dying silk, plus organically raised in the US
“peace silk” cocoons (no silkworms were killed, but were instead allowed to
hatch out).</div>
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<a href="http://www.aurorasilk.com/">http://www.aurorasilk.com/</a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Shopping: (these
are just a few of my current favorites – mostly local Pacific Northwest-ish
vendors, though the silk probably mostly comes from China
or India)</u></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.bluemoonfiberarts.com/newmoon/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=430_516">http://www.bluemoonfiberarts.com/newmoon/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=430_516</a></div>
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above is the link for mawatas, but she also has lots of silk
top and silk blends (below)</div>
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<a href="http://www.bluemoonfiberarts.com/newmoon/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=430">http://www.bluemoonfiberarts.com/newmoon/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=430</a></div>
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in lots of colorways </div>
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<a href="http://www.treenwaysilks.com/">http://www.treenwaysilks.com/</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.treenwaysilks.com/productlist.php?secondary=14&showall=0&sortby=name&sortdir=asc" target="_blank">https://www.treenwaysilks.com/productlist.php?secondary=14&showall=0&sortby=name&sortdir=asc</a><br /></div>
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Great source of silk and silk lore, plus beautiful hand-dyed
colors in fibers, yarns, silk ribbon, and kits.</div>
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Also undyed silk of all kinds (Bombyx, Tussah, Eri, Muga) in
different preparations (sliver, bricks, noil, laps, etc., including undyed Bombyx
mawata) as well as yummy blends (with camel, cashmere, yak, etc.) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.treenwaysilks.com/productlist.php?category=16">http://www.treenwaysilks.com/productlist.php?category=16</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.paradisefibers.com/ashland-bay-cultivated-silk-hankies.html">http://www.paradisefibers.com/ashland-bay-cultivated-silk-hankies.html</a></div>
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source for undyed silk hankies (mawata)<br />
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<a href="http://weavingworks.com/" target="_blank">http://weavingworks.com/ </a></div>
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Seattle
store with lots of spinning fibers including silks, blends, mawata, noil, etc.
– natural and dyed<br /><a href="https://weavingworks.com/blogs/news/spinning-silk-hankies" target="_blank">https://weavingworks.com/blogs/news/spinning-silk-hankies</a><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://weavingworks.com/products/frabjous-fibers-hand-dyed-silk-hankies?_pos=3&_sid=6c9d26803&_ss=r" target="_blank">https://weavingworks.com/products/frabjous-fibers-hand-dyed-silk-hankies?_pos=3&_sid=6c9d26803&_ss=r</a> - colors! semi-solids and multi-color gradients<br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://weavingworks.com/products/dhg-dyed-silk-hankies?_pos=2&_sid=6c9d26803&_ss=r" target="_blank">https://weavingworks.com/products/dhg-dyed-silk-hankies?_pos=2&_sid=6c9d26803&_ss=r</a> - solid/semi-solid colors<br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://weavingworks.com/products/dhg-silk-hankies?_pos=1&_sid=6c9d26803&_ss=r" target="_blank">https://weavingworks.com/products/dhg-silk-hankies?_pos=1&_sid=6c9d26803&_ss=r</a> - undyed<br /></div>
</div>FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-62645541131219183912013-05-20T09:47:00.003-07:002021-04-13T13:34:26.838-07:00Of Swans and Springtime, of Love and Migration<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Lara is gone again.</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">But wait, you need to hear the story from the very beginning! </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">We have a swan. </span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><br /></span>
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Or the swan has us, it's hard to say how these things go. At any rate, his name is Boris, and he lives on the pond down on our wetland - he came with the property when we moved here 13 years ago (it was a condition of the sale that we take care of him - he's not a native, and so his wings are clipped and he is confined to our property - </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">and we have to supplement his diet since he is unable to leave to look for food elsewhere</span>).</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">And he is in love with a Canada Goose.</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">I figured this out some years ago when I saw them gently twining necks out on the pond!</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Since he is Boris, we call her Lara. </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">He shares his food with her and he protects her while she eats (that puffed neck and head down posture is warning me to keep my distance or else!), </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">and he walks in the orchard with her (he also has a pair of Mallard minions that follow him). </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">There's only one problem - </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">(cue up Lara's theme from Doctor Zhivago)</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">She migrates.</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Every Spring and Fall, she stops by for a few weeks, but the urge to travel on must be strong and she always leaves.</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Every Spring and Fall, when the skeins of geese fly by, he cocks his head and watches, looking for her, waiting for her. </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">In the spring he builds huge nests to tempt her to stay.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">He even sits on the nests to prove his willingness to co-parent with her!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">but she always leaves, eventually.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">People on the island have commented to me about seeing one large white goose in a flock of Canada Geese (swans and geese can produce offspring, but their offspring is infertile) and yes, we are just a little way south (80 miles or so) of a major snow goose and native swan winter habitat, so it could be a stray, but still, </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">it makes us wonder.</span>FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-759162138874855112013-05-15T19:42:00.003-07:002021-04-10T09:09:14.823-07:00The Problem with UFO April ~or~ "What I did Instead"<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Well, honestly, April was not as good for UFO's as I had hoped! This is what happened:</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">1. The sun came out.</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">OK folks, this is the Pacific Northwest and when the sun comes out, the siren call of the garden is irresistible.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">(please ignore the hundreds of volunteer kale plants that are about to smother everyone else. They are destined for the salad bowl.)</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">2. Hung out with the barn beasts. And everyone.</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">It got too warm for the alpaca boys, so spent some time cooling them off. </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">And collected brambles for the goats. And took walks with the kitty. And looked for tadpoles in the pond (still too early). And did some birdwatching.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">( a flock of 15 crossbills stopped by for a snack on their way to wherever they were going)</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">3. Hurt my back.</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Well, I thought I was taking it easy on the gardening, but there was a lot of remedial weeding (garden never got tucked in last fall, so the weeds took over) and I guess I overdid a bit (resulting in not being able to do the slightest bending, reaching, or twisting for about a week). All better now. I hope.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">4. Played guitar and banjo.</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">My dear husband and I are planning to attend a music retreat and I have not been playing much, so really had to put more time in (and get my calluses back!).</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Thinking about going to the retreat made me look for extremely portable fiber projects to take along, and though I'm pretty confident on my spinning wheel, it's too much to bring to camp, and since I'm not very proficient with spindles, I watched Abby Franqemont's "Respect the Spindle: The Video" (Interweave Press) and played a little. (the spindles are all Ed Jenkins Turkish Spindles)</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">The small spindle is 28 grams, Burmese Rosewood, with some 70/30 finewool/tussah from the Spinning Ewe (got it at the Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival). A challenge to spin with irregular silk noils and cut silk strands - some long and some short - but it makes a fun little yarn.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">The larger spindle is 53 grams, Honduras Rosewood, with some of Fantasy Fibers Naturale "mystery" roving (OK, we all know that it is random leftovers from the carder, all smooshed together in one new blend, but it's fun and pretty) (also from OFFF).</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">6. Wove some on my Rigid Heddle Loom.</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Continued the unbalanced weaves study for my Rigid Heddle Study Group with a little weft faced "mug rug" (weft is wool, mostly Cascade 220, warp is 8/4 cotton carpet warp, reed is 8 dent):</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">This first one is just one of the patterns that's in that little project book that comes with a Cricket loom, but I've got lots of plans for this little warp - tapestry, knotted pile, soumak, twining, and more!</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Definitions for the weavers here:</span><br />
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a smaller/thinner weft, lightly placed - to emphasize the beauty of
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<u>weft emphasis</u> - warp sett slightly farther apart than usual and
paired with a bigger/thicker weft - to emphasize the beauty of the
weft </span></div><div>
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<u>warp faced</u> - warp sett much closer than usual and paired with a
smaller/thinner weft to hide the weft completely
and only show the warp yarn or with a fat weft/alternating with a thin weft and the warp sett so close that it still completely covers the weft (like Rep weave)</span></div><div><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br />
<u>weft faced</u> - warp sett much farther apart than usual and paired with
a bigger/thicker weft - to completely hide the warp and only show
the weft (tapestry is an example)</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">7. </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Gave a silk demo to my spinning group.</span><br />
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cooked cocoons (used baking soda to soften the seracin - it worked
great), opened and stretched cocoons over a frame to make mawata (silk hankies), stretched commercial mawata one by one and
knitted them without spinning, and had some fun. Here's our stack of handmade stretched cocoons (photo is before washing - they're whiter and softer now).</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">and here are my unspun mawata mittens - the dye work is my own, from the Knot Hysteria silk retreat several years ago - the pattern is the generic mitten pattern from <u>The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns</u> by Ann Budd (Interweave Press).</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">They are soft and silky and warm and yummy!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">8. Went to see Seattle Shakespeare Company production of "The Taming of the Shrew"</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">This is not really one of my favorite plays (in fact, some of the scenes make me grind my teeth) but the SSC is such an excellent group that I took a chance, and their trailer park interpretation was such a clever, wild, and fun way to tell the story, that all is forgiven.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">9. Found some beautiful yarn when I was in Seattle, and started knitting.</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Wait a minute - getting this yarn was one of my April goals! Yeah! There's one finish!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">yarn is Classic Elite wool/bamboo (a little splitty, but lovely soft and a rich color)</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">pattern is "Wyvern Wrap" by Angela Hahn</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">10. Started another pair of socks for dear husband.</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Look, he loves the first pair so much that he washes them by hand and lays them out flat to dry. Such diligence must be rewarded.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Pattern is "Chevvy" by Jody Pirrello from <u>Knitting Socks with Handpainted Yarn</u> (Interweave Press).</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Yarn is Malabrigo Sock in the Arbol colorway.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">11. Finished the fingerless mitts and delivered them to my friend. She liked them.</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> </span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">(sorry, forgot to take a "finished" photo before they left for their new home).</span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">OK, that was one of my April goals, so I guess that makes 2 finishes!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">12. Did 8 of the quilt pieces for the challenge quilt (not quite my April goal).</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Since I need at least 12 in order to have a finished piece, and the quilt is due at the guild meeting next week, there's no hope of finishing in time, so it looks like I will be bailing out of this challenge. But I'm having fun with the color study I'm working on, so will keep puttering away at this in my own time.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">And since absolutely nothing got done on the giant flower quilt this month, that will be my only UFO goal for May and June (months that are congested with other distractions, from weaving conferences to birthdays to more gardening)!</span><br /></div>FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-46032628935502653022013-04-07T10:05:00.002-07:002021-04-10T09:11:21.621-07:00Finished and Unfinished March<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">It's time once again to do the UFO challenge and to celebrate successes (and to confess to what is not really failure, but perhaps an opportunity to experience how things can go astray).</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">1. </span><u><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">WIP - The granddaughter dress revision </span></u><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">- done and sent</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Once I got over my fear of not knowing what I was doing and just started putting needle to fabric, it finished up pretty quickly. Put a matching fabric bias trim on the opening, added some matching bias trim fabric to the neck trim, and put in a snap (couldn't find a button that looked right).</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> OK, so I had to do the snap several times since first, </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">I sewed the second part of the snap upside down (with the bump up instead of the hole) and had to re-do it, and then, </span>I found I had neglected to leave a tab to grab onto to undo the snap and had to re-do my neck trim extension, and then I sewed the second part of the snap on upside down (again!).</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">And I probably should have made a little bow to cover the snap tab, but the dress has been mailed away already, so that will only happen if mom and dad request it.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"></span> <span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Fabric is by <a href="http://lidaenchefabric.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lida Enche</a> (a local artist/fabric designer)</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">2. <u>WIP - the "Journey" Challenge Quilt </u>- slow progress, not what I had hoped for this month!</span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Since the study I am doing is a design process, everything is taking much longer than I thought it would, so instead of my 12 unit goal, I have only completed 2 and a half!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">I still have hopes for finishing by the deadline, since I can always do the quilting and finishing in May (yeah, last minute, I know, but still an option) and I have a new plan for progress - </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Instead of working so hard to make each unit perfect, I'm going to be more intuitive about it (I've got all the fabrics, they just need to be "arranged") and crank out a lot of units, and then select the most successful ones to assemble into the challenge quilt (the rejects can still become a lap quilt or something).</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">This will also give me more opportunities to make mistakes and take more risks, and in doing so, to learn more from my study!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">3. <u>NewFO - </u></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>Fingerless Mitts</u> - done and I love them (I think these may be for me) </span></span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Pattern is <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fluency-gloves" target="_blank">"Fluency" </a>by </span></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.siviaharding.com/" target="_blank">Silvia Harding</a></span>- in the fingerless mitt variation. </span></span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Yarn is Mini Mochi merino sock yarn by Crystal Palace Yarns</span></span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Beads are Toho Metallic Nebula size 6/0</span></span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">4. </span></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>UFO - The giant flower quilt</u> - top is done (though I may still add a stem and some leaves) and is now a WIP</span> </span> </span>
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<b><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Unscheduled March finishes!</span></b><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">1. </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">NewFO - </span>Beaded Cuffs</u>!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Pattern is <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aquitaine" target="_blank">Aquitaine</a> by </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> </span></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.siviaharding.com/" target="_blank">Silvia Harding</a></span></span> and uses both prestrung and hooked bead techniques.</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Yarn is Malabrigo Sock superwash Merino color 871 Playa<a href="http://www.bluemoonfiberarts.com/newmoon/" target="_blank"></a></span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Beads are Toho Metallic Hematite megatoma 3mm, round 6/0, and cube 4mm, and Toho round 8/0 Matte Opaque Gray. </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">2. </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>NewFO -Color and Weave scarf</u>!</span></span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> (the color is not quite right in the finished scarf photo above, but is good in the process photo below)</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">I wanted another color and weave sample for the beginning Rigid Heddle Weaving class I was teaching, so did a </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">houndstooth and variations (fun). Will blog this later.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">3. </span></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">NewFO -Warp emphasis scarf!</span></span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">My Rigid Heddle Study Group is doing a study of unbalanced weaves (where the warp and weft are not the same number of threads per inch), and my beginning weaving students saw this novelty yarn and asked if it was possible to weave with it, so I had to give it a try and combined two experiments in one!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">It turned out to be a lovely, soft, drapey scarf - and fun and pretty too! Will blog later.</span></span><br />
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<u><b><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">April Goals</span></span></b></u><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">1. WIP - "Journey" Challenge Quilt - crank out those study units so I can quilt and finish this in May!</span></span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">2. WIP - Giant Flower Quilt (see photo above) - Quilt and thread sketch</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">I'll have to whip together a fused quilt </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">practice </span>"sandwich" since I've never done any thread sketching before (I like a good challenge)!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">3. NewFO - beaded fingerless mitts </span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">A friend of mine saw my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fluency-gloves" target="_blank">Fluency</a> mitts and asked for a pair, so here they are. </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">They just need the thumb gussets finished, yarn ends woven in, and a nice bath and blocking.</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Yarn is Mini Mochi merino sock yarn by Crystal Palace Yarns (color 108)</span></span> </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">4. NewFo - <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wyvern-wrap-dragon-skin-wrap-for-women" target="_blank">Wyvern Wrap Sweater</a></span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Have been wanting to make this for my daughter-in-law, but haven't found the right yarn on my little island (and I don't buy internet yarns unless I know what they feel like and look like and smell like). </span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Goal is to make the big shopping trip to the mainland and search for yarn (and get it cast-on if I find the right yarn)</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">And that's it for now!</span>FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-79711018784662559622013-03-17T09:31:00.002-07:002021-04-10T09:11:57.786-07:00February Finishes and UFO Update<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">A little late on my posting, but here's my finishes and flubs for February (whoa, an alliteration attack!)</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">1. WIP - The granddaughter dress revision - slow progress</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Got the neck elastic stabilized, the back sliced open, and some matching fabric bias tape made, but that's it. I now must recognize what my problem really is here - I am not a seamstress/garment maker. In fact, the only clothing I've sewn since Junior High Home-Ec classes (a loooong time ago) has been puppet costumes, and they don't really count since not only do they not really have to fit well, in most cases they are actually stitched to the puppet body!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">2. WIP - American Girl Doll beaded mitts - finished</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> and in the mail</span>!</span> <br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">3. WIP - Stepdaughter beaded mitts - finished and in the mail!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">5. WIP - pinwheel weave scarf on Rigid Heddle loom - finished and <a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2013/03/rigid-heddle-8-shaft-pinwheel-weave.html" target="_blank">blogged</a>!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">4. UFO/WIP - The challenge quilt that was originally due at quilt guild on March 19 was rescheduled for the May meeting, and it is now completely re-imagined, but in process.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">After doing some design sketches, I realized that what I was designing would not fit into the time constraints (firm deadline) or the size limits of the challenge project. So though I really love these ideas, these sketches go in the idea incubator for a future finish (after this year's quilt show time crunch). </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> (this is not the challenge quilt but has become an incubating story quilt)</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">So, after briefly considering just dropping out of the challenge, suddenly a new idea popped up that would help me complete 2 projects in one! I've been trying to work on some "studies", but keep running out of time - but - the studies can be finished in modular units, using the fabric from the challenge, and when assembled as a quilt, will easily meet the theme (journey).</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">I did select and color sort and wash fabric this last month, so this is now a WIP.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">And the fabric will work for the incubating story quilt too, so I have a head start on that one as well!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u><b>March challenges</b></u> (yikes! March is half over!)</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">1. </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">WIP - The granddaughter dress revision</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> - (see photo above)</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Will try to be bolder and just dive into completing this (before Easter, perhaps?).</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">2. WIP - The challenge quilt</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Cut and piece the study modules (12 to 16 units, depending on how the study progresses) this month (hope to be ready to do the quilting in April). That's really only one a day, so seems totally doable. </span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Sorry, no photos till it's done - just in case a guild member happens to see my blog! So you'll have to trust me on this one!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">3. NewFO - OK, the whole beaded fingerless mitt thing sent me off on another pair that is actually almost done already! Pattern is <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fluency-gloves" target="_blank">"Fluency" </a>by Silvia Harding - in the fingerless mitt variation. </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">One, maybe two evenings of knitting to finish.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">4. UFO - The giant flower quilt.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">I started this in a class a year ago in January and love it and would really like to finish it for the local quilt show (late June). My goal for this month is just to finish cutting and fusing the picture. (April will be for thread sketching and quilting).</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">This shows the picture I'm working from in the lower right corner - and that's an 8x10 photocopy so you can get an idea how big the quilt is!.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">And that is my own photo from my garden too! </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">And that's enough! </span>FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-7551536619750389672013-03-17T08:31:00.001-07:002013-03-19T07:23:42.760-07:00Rigid Heddle 8-shaft Pinwheel Weave!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thanks to <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/jeen" target="_blank">Jeen on Ravelry</a>, I found a "recipe" for 8-shaft weaving on a rigid heddle loom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is Pinwheel Weave. Yes, it is very cool. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is also somewhat time consuming (with 6 pick-up rows out of every 8 weft throws), so if you like rigid heddle to be a quick weave, this is not the draft for you! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is possible to get a nice rhythm going with it though, and the pick-up pattern is not hard to memorize, so if you do not have access to an 8-shaft loom, give this a try! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I used a merino sock yarn and a 12 dent reed (wanted more wheels across the width) but I think I should have followed Jeen's advice and started out with chunky on a 5 dent, or maybe worsted on an 8 dent. This would give fewer pinwheels in a row, but also fewer threads to pick up, which would make a significant difference in the time and difficulty of the pattern.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So here's how it goes (though I do recommend going to <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/" target="_blank">Ravelry</a> for <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/jeen/8-harness-pinwheels-on-a-rigid-heddle-loom" target="_blank">Jeen's step-by-step instructions</a> and many examples of <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/jeen/pinwheel-dish-cloths" target="_blank">this pattern in different color combinations</a> plus <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/jeen/pinwheel-experiments" target="_blank">other variations</a> and <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/jeen" target="_blank">other weaving patterns</a>). (OK, I like Jeen - she's bold and experimental and likes to try out lots of crazy ideas.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><u><b>Directions:</b></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A. Warp your loom with 8 threads of each color, alternating 8 thread colors blocks all the way across.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">B. With your darker color, weave a plain border of some kind, at least 2 rows (more, if you like).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">C. Starting with your darker color, begin the pattern. You'll do all 8 rows of the pattern with this color.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><u>row 1</u> - Heddle in neutral. In each 8 thread color section all the way across the row, from right to left, go over 4 threads and pick up 4 threads. Turn the pick up stick on its side to create a shed and weave your color through. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><u>row 2</u> - </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Heddle in neutral. </span>In each 8 thread color section all the way across the row, go over 3 threads, pick up 1, over 1, pick up 3 threads. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Turn the pick up stick on its side to create a shed and weave your color through.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /><u>row 3</u>
- </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Heddle in neutral. </span>In each 8 thread color section all the way across the row, from right
to left, go over 2 threads, pick up 1, over 1, pick up 1, over 1, and pick up 2 threads. Turn the pick up
stick on its side to create a shed and weave your color through.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><u>row 4</u> - no pick-up (take a breath) Heddle down, plain weave shot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><u>row 5</u> - </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">no pick-up (take a breath) Heddle up, plain weave shot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><u>row 6</u>
- </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Heddle in neutral. </span></span>In each 8 thread color section all the way across the row, from right
to left, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">pick up 2 threads, over 1, pick up 1, over 1, pick up 1, and </span>go over 2 threads. (for those who think analytically, this is the opposite of row 3)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Turn the pick up
stick on its side to create a shed and weave your color through.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(this shows the pick up stick making the shed)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><u>row 7</u>
- </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Heddle in neutral. </span></span>In each 8 thread color section all the way across the row, from right
to left, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">pick up 3 threads, over 1, pick up 1, and </span>go over 3 threads. (opposite of row 2) </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(sorry, apparently I neglected to take a picture of this one)</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Turn the pick up
stick on its side to create a shed and weave your color through.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><u>row 8</u>
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to left, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">pick up 4 threads and </span>go over 4 threads. Turn the pick up
stick on its side to create a shed and weave your color through.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Repeat this pattern (rows 1 through 8) with your second color.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And that's it, alternating colors to the end of your project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">D. End with the 8 row pattern in your darker color.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">E. Put in your plain weave border.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">F. Finish fringes as desired (I twisted mine in solid color 8 thread units)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And voila, a pinwheel scarf (or dishtowel, or whatever project you choose)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So even though it's pretty slow going, it's actually fun! Really! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And it's pretty flash, oh yes it is!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(edited post on March 19 - so sorry, I was in a hurry when I first did this, and put all the process photos in upside down! All better now.)</span>FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-87271191647213597002013-03-16T12:08:00.000-07:002013-03-21T07:55:29.733-07:00International Quilt Day Color Study<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Ever since I started working with fiber arts, I've been studying color. What colors do I like, what colors play nicely with each other, what surprising color combinations are fun, and most of all, how do I use color in my work. It is a study that will take the rest of my life, I'm sure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Along the way, I've had some great teachers - in classes, in books, in videos. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My first teacher was Deb Menz who was teaching a color carding class (for yarn spinners) at the Spin Off Autumn Retreat. Here I got re-acquainted with the color wheel.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(here are a few of the color wheels I use now) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And all those fun color variations (pure hues, tints, shades, tones) and relationships (analogous, complementary, triadic, tetradic, and more) that you can play with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Then I "discovered" Kaffe Fassett, and realized that I didn't know anything about color, not really. So I took up quilting, and took a few classes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Still a bit clueless, but wandering off into some interesting territory. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Then I found Joen Wolfrom, and all her wonderful books, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the new color wheel </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in which the primaries are yellow, cyan, and magenta - not the version I learned back in school all those years ago!</span></span> And her flip pad (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-3---1-Color-Tool/dp/1607052350/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1363653210&sr=1-2&keywords=color+play+by+joen+wolfrom" target="_blank">3-in-1 Color Tool</a>) of color hues. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Plus handy filters for helping see value (because </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">value is valuable! Hah!). </span>Wow, did that open my eyes! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This fabric is mostly a Triad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And this one is a wide analogous spread (7 colors in a row) centered on green-yellow (far left in photo) with splashes of a complementary color (magenta), and just a hint of the other two legs of the triad (blue violet in the background and orange red in the flower centers).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And not only can you play with color wheel relationships, but there are all these effects of light and depth and distance that you can get using color and value! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Christine Barnes (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Quilters-Color-Club-Temperature/dp/1607050099/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363653136&sr=8-1&keywords=the+quilters+color+club" target="_blank">The Quilter's Color Club</a>) has a <a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/lessons.php/classes_id/1031/teacher/colorbychristine" target="_blank">great special effects with color class </a>that explores these color and light effects over at the Quilt Show. It has lessons (and excellent homework assignments) on value, temperature, color wheel, transparency, luminosity, luster, and more and more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And Joen Wolfrom (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Play-Steps-Imaginative-Quilts/dp/157120105X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1363653210&sr=1-1&keywords=color+play+by+joen+wolfrom" target="_blank">Color Play</a>) has a <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/class/color-play-for-quilters/120" target="_blank">color play for quilters</a> class over at Craftsy (OK, I have to warn you that though she is a lovely person and a brilliant color designer, she is not at all a dynamic teacher - in fact, I have to knit while I'm watching the lessons so I don't go mad) with more great info about color relationships and effects (including some rather fabulous examples of quilts that use these techniques and effects).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And that is my current quilting project - to work through Christine's and Joen's lessons. Here is the stash I pulled together today to complete these lessons - it's set up to work with one main color (green-yellow or spring green) so that, hopefully, when I'm done, all the lesson samples can be put together in a quilt! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I've got monochromatic
and analogous (bottom row), complementary and split-complementary (top
right), and triad (top left) - all in a variety of saturated hues,
tints, shades, and tones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(OK, some of those colors still need to be sorted a little better, but I'm getting closer!)</span><br />
<br />FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-77962003340535128182013-02-10T16:30:00.002-08:002021-04-10T09:13:00.283-07:00I've been busy!<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Whew, January has been quite a journey (well, it did include a road trip from Vashon, WA to Wimberley, TX!), and though I did not finish everything on my UFO challenge for this month, I did most of it!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">(yes, that's the palm desert, and a giant Saguaro, and a giant tumbleweed waiting at a stop sign, and snow in New Mexico, and mixed snow and dust storms in west Texas)</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">#1 - UFO <b>finished</b> - The 7 yard color gamp warp on my new loom is done and off the loom! (that's the very end of the warp, just before I cut it off)</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">This project mostly stalled because I was sick off and on all summer and fall in 2012, and then it was the holidays. </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Then I signed up for a February weaving class and needed an empty loom, so had to put on the speed. </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">I built up my weaving stamina slowly, but when I got up to more than 4 hours a day, the bottoms of my feet started to hurt (treadling barefoot helps me keep track of a pattern since my feet feel where I am on the 10 treadles). So I had to use my sneakers, which helped my feet, but slowed me down (I had to look down to see where I was) and created mistakes when my shoes accidentally caught the edge of a neighboring treadle. Changing to a different treadle tie up using fewer treadles and with space in between pairs of treadles helped enormously and I was able to crank it all out before the big road trip.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">And here they all are (wrinkled and folded from being stuffed in a basket for a few weeks while I traveled and then came home and took my class) . The color gamp warp actually made 9 napkins instead of 8! The bottom right frame show #9 waffle weave (after washing) on top of #8 waffle weave (unwashed) to show how much it shrinks when washed! The plain weave and twills will not shrink as much. Later this week I'll write up another post with more weaver tech for those who are interested.</span>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">#2 - WIP - FMQ Challenge - <b>finished</b> (blog post with all the details <a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2013/01/fmq-december-bonus-challenge.html" target="_blank">here</a>)! Not only finished in time to link up To SewCalGal, but I won a prize and will be getting my own Kaleidoscope maker program so I can play and play!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">#3 - WIP - Granddaughter dress revision - didn't happen. Well, if I hadn't gone on a last-minute-ish 10 day road trip, this would have gotten finished. But the sewing machine doesn't travel like the knitting does! So this goes to the February list.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">#4 - WIP - Rigid Heddle scarf - didn't happen. Turns out I actually had 10 inches left to weave, and pinwheel pick-up is slow, slow, slow. On to the February list.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">#5 - NW - American Girl Doll mitts - <b>almost</b> done! Thought I would get these done when it was my turn to be passenger on the long drive, but it turns out that I can't knit in the car at night (when dear husband does the driving) unless I bring a headlamp!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Plus, my stepdaughter requested a pair for herself, and I worked a bit on those!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">So, 5 finishes may be a bit ambitious for one month, but some success all the same!</span><br />
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<u><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><b>February challenges</b> - in order of priority:</span></u><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">1. WIP - finish revising the 2year old granddaughter's dress before she outgrows it!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">*Needs to be revised
and have a tie or button and loop put on at the back of neck - she's a
wee little thing, but she has a big active brain and needs a neckline
that is small enough for her little shoulders, but big enough for her
head to go through comfortably.</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">2. WIP - finish the little American Doll mitts for other granddaughter!</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">(see #5 above for photo) - a quick evening's knitting and finishing.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">3. WIP - finish second fingerless mitt for stepdaughter before she runs out of Texas winter (if it ever was winter at all - seems like it was in the 70's almost the whole time we were there)! Second mitt is cast on and beads are loaded onto the yarn (see #5 above for photo) - good project for car trips (passenger only!), ferry lines, and meetings.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">4. UFO - This is the big one - the challenge quilt that's due at quilt guild on March 19! The challenge rules and the fabric were both given to us back in early summer, and I've made some lists, and done some design sketches, but have not really started construction yet! So the plan for this month is first to simplify and finalize the design and make any pattern pieces I need (this week), then to select fabric and cut and piece or fuse the quilt top (next week), and finally to layer the quilt sandwich and do the basic outline and stabilizing quilting (last week of month). The rest will go on next month's UFO plan (I'll have 3 weeks in March to finish).</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Sorry, no photos till it's done - just in case a guild member happens to see my blog! So you'll have to trust me on this one!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">5. UFO - </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Pinwheel Scarf on Rigid Heddle loom - abandoned in November - not as finished as I thought it was.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> So it need 10 more inches woven, plus hemstitching and fringe twisting. Can probably get this one done at the Rigid Heddle Study Group meeting!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">And that's the plan!</span><br />FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-77852657348497883922013-01-14T14:36:00.001-08:002013-01-14T14:36:31.310-08:00FMQ December Bonus Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For the <a href="http://www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com/2012/12/2012-free-motion-quilting-challenge_12.html" target="_blank">final Free Motion Quilting Challenge</a> from <a href="http://sewcalgal.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">SewCalGal</a>, <a href="http://terificreations.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Teri Lucas</a> gave us a bonus tutorial on using <a href="http://kaleidoscopecollections.com/store/index.htm" target="_blank">Kaleidoscope Kreator </a>software to create beautiful patterns on inkjet printed fabric. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I
decided not to invest in the software at this time, though some of the
patterns that people created were quite gorgeous. Instead, I used that
sample pattern that was given to us for this tutorial.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the fabric copy is on the left, </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and </span>a paper copy is on the right) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After printing my fabric, I stitched it up and did a row of echo quilting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The white (and blue) lines are for placing a background pattern - which was next. I sketched several ideas on a tracing of the star, and chose my favorite.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">At this point, I decided to go a little wild and try a novelty thread (Glitter Hologram by Superior). A few notes for you if you want to use this thread:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1. Set up so the thread will pull off the side of the spool (instead of off the top)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2. When threading your machine, skip that last little guide hook right next to the needle</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">OK, it's probably hard to see that I skipped that last hook, but trust me on this - if you don't, then thread breakage is in your future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Thanks to <a href="http://www.cindyneedham.com/" target="_blank">Cindy Needham</a> for the hints on using this thread - I took her "Open Thread Bar" class at <a href="http://www.mqxshow.com/MQX/West/Home/index.cfm" target="_blank">MQX</a> back in October - fun class, lovely teacher, great handouts, lots of info on threads (OK, the focus is on Superior Threads, but a lot of the info is applicable to other brands), and plenty of time to try out lots of different threads and use some really sweet machines (Janome) in the lab.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(this is my class sample - I tried to make some patterns really small like Cindy does)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Back to the tutorial - once I made those thread set-up adjustments, it sewed up easily.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(this is before I washed out the guide lines)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It doesn't show in the photo, but this thread sparkles like tinsel and changes color with a different viewing angle. It's very flash and fun!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Stitching Tech:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I
used Dritz Sew-On Printed Treasures for this - a washable (washed twice
in cold water with no bleeding and no change in quality), Inkjet
printable, 200 thread count Pima Cotton. The pattern printed
excellently, and was fine to sew on, but the fabric does have a bit
of a stiff "hand". I think it's worth trying out some other brands for
comparison before I use inkjet fabric in a project. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">90/14 topstitch needle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Feathered Star outlined with <a href="https://www.superiorthreads.com/product/Brand/magnifico/" target="_blank">Superior Magnifico</a>, 40 wt. 4-ply high sheen trilobal poly, color 2096 "Zesty Lime"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Background feathers are <a href="https://www.superiorthreads.com/product/Brand/glitter/" target="_blank">Superior Glitter Hologram</a>, metallized poly, color 108 "Atlantis"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bobbin thread is <a href="https://www.superiorthreads.com/product/Brand/bottom-line/" target="_blank">Superior The Bottom Line</a> 60wt. poly, color 650 "Champagne"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What a great year of FMQ this has been! And I've still got 1 lesson and 2 bonus lessons to try out!</span>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span>FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-67246023239814675222013-01-09T17:16:00.001-08:002021-04-10T09:14:00.866-07:00An Abundance of UFOs<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Like you, I have UFOs. (that's unfinished objects - this is not a sci-fi post, though the UFOs do seem to propagate in a mysterious way). It's OK, really, and nothing to be embarrassed about. It is, in fact, the sign of a healthy, questing brain combining with rampant creativity. And that's a good thing!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">That said, there comes a time when it may actually be too much of a good thing. </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Last year, I set myself a goal of finishing one UFO before I started anything new. This wouldn't reduce my UFO load, but it would stop its growth. It didn't work. Oh, I did finish a few things, which was good, but I started, well, more than a few.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">In fact, when I started this post, I went back to <strike>a list</strike> lists I made last year to document the extent of my problem, </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">and I thought, no, it's too much, let me summarize. So while doing my morning walk, I thought through what that summarizing blog post would look like and I thought, no, it's still too much. </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Let's just say that the long list includes many projects of knitting, multi-shaft weaving, rigid heddle weaving, quilting - piecing and applique, free-motion quilting, sewing, and spinning in the following categories:</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>UFOs</u> - (unfinished objects) - projects that have not been touched for 6 months to 6 years</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>WIPs</u> - (works in progress) - projects that have seen some action in the last 6 months</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>NWs</u> - (new works - sometimes optimistically referred to as NewFOs) - projects for which I have most of the yarn/fabric/fiber, the instructions/design/pattern, and the enthusiasm to start now, right now.</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>ITBs</u> (in the brain/in the book) - projects that I have been thinking about, designing in my head or in my design book, and want to start, though I don't have a finished plan or all the supplies needed.</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>Classes</u> signed up for already (including <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/" target="_blank">Craftsy</a>) - and classes, as you know, always create more UFOs/WIPs/ITBs/Stash! </span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>SABLE</u> (stash accumulation beyond life expectancy) - fiber, fabric, yarn - and it's all beautiful and high quality and needs my attention.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">On my sidebar, you will find buttons with links to several blogs that are hosting UFO finishing challenges this year. I like a good challenge, so will participate in these to the best of my ability, and hopefully, will finish some of the really great projects I've started!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">You may note that I also posted one that challenges you to start at least one new project each month without having to finish any first. There's nothing wrong with that (waves hand in a Jedi manner, "these are not the contradictions you seek") and will hopefully free my mind to not feel too locked in to old projects. </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">That said, I also posted the "blogging without obligation" button. To me, this means that if life gets in the way/I'd rather create than blog about creating/blogging starts to feel like a chore, then there may be a blogless gap, for which I will not apologize. I'd rather wait and give you a post when I'm excited about something and have some useful info to share!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">So here are my year of the finished project goals for this month:</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">1. UFO - The 7 yard color gamp warp on my new Baby Wolf that has languished since I warped the loom and wove off the first of 8 towels back in June.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">*Needs 7 towels woven, each with a different tie-up or color sequence in the weft.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">2. WIP - The <a href="http://www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com/2012/12/2012-free-motion-quilting-challenge_12.html" target="_blank">FMQ December Bonus challenge from Teri Lucas </a>- have already </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">printed </span></span>off </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">the Kaleidoscope pattern (paper copy on right) </span>onto the Inkjet printable fabric (fabric copy on left).</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">*Needs to be layered into a quilt sandwich and free motion quilted!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">3. WIP - Dress for 2 year old granddaughter - dress is actually finished, as per the published pattern.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">*Needs to be revised and have a tie or button and loop put on at the back of neck - she's a wee little thing, but she has a big active brain and needs a neckline that is small enough for her little shoulders, but big enough for her head to go through comfortably.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">4. WIP - Pinwheel Scarf on Rigid Heddle loom - abandoned in November, though weaving is finished (this is an older photo).</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">*Needs to be hemstitched, taken off the loom, and fringe twisted.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">5. NW - fingerless mitts for an American Girls doll, to match the fingerless mitts I made for my 11 year old granddaughter (the owner of the doll).</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">(sorry, no photo - forget to take one when I gave the mitts to her!) </span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">*Needs me to find the right little beads, estimate a stitch count, cast on, and knit (that seems like a lot, but they're going to be really small).</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">That's enough for now.</span><br />FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-70568725650368034022013-01-04T16:33:00.029-08:002021-05-09T12:48:51.857-07:00Rigid Heddle Resources<div><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Update April 2021</span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Many new and wonderful resources have appeared since I first made this list, so this month is update month. </span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">New entries will be labeled <span style="color: #cc0000;">NEW2021</span>.</span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">And if you find any dead links in the original list, please let me know. I'm trying to clean them out, but it takes (too much) time!</span></div><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>Rigid Heddle Resources</u></span></div>Well, my blog traffic seems to have skyrocketed, thanks to a lovely link from <a href="http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/" target="_blank">The Yarn Harlot</a> (thanks Stephanie, you're very kind), and since most of you are here for info about the Rigid Heddle, I thought I'd just put up a quick links page of the posts I've done on RH weaving. Some of these posts include photos to show the process, some are just show-and-tell. Many list resources for further study.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">1. Simple plain weave projects that let the yarn do the work - probably the best use of this loom for a beginner (or anyone, really, it's always fun).</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2010/02/silk-garden-scarf.html" target="_blank">Feb. 4, 2010 first scarf ever</a></span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2010/02/finished-another-scarf.html" target="_blank">Feb. 16, 2010 after Madrona class</a></span><br />
<a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2010/03/scarf-for-spring-and-some-colorful.html" target="_blank"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">March 2010</span></a><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">2. Color and Weave Effects - Log Cabin - also plain weave, but with 2 colors in a pattern</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2010/09/end-of-summer-blues.html" target="_blank">Sept. 2010</a></span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">3. Spaced Out Felted Weave - plain weave again, but with spacers (and felting)</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2010/02/spaced-out-felted-scarf.html" target="_blank">Feb. 5, 2010</a> and <a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2010/02/ready-to-felt.html" target="_blank">Feb. 6, 2010</a> and <a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2010/02/spaced-out-felted-scarf-is-finished.html" target="_blank">Feb. 10, 2010</a></span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">4. Woven Shibori - plain weave with a supplemental weft (or warp) thread, and over-dyeing (August is Indigo Dye Day)</span><br />
<a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2010/02/woven-shibori-scarf.html" target="_blank"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Feb. 19, 2010</span></a><br />
<a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2011/08/indigo-dye-day-and-shibori-weaving.html" target="_blank"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Aug. 2011</span></a><br />
<a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/08/summer-blues-woven-shibori-part-1.html" target="_blank"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Aug. 2012</span></a><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">5. Pick-up Lace and Float patterns - plain weave with hand manipulated and pick up stick textures and patterns</span><br />
<a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2010/03/lace-sampler-scarf.html" target="_blank"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">March 2, 2010</span></a><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">6. Waffle Weave - plain weave with weft floats (pick up stick)</span><br />
<a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/05/rigid-heddle-waffle-weave.html" target="_blank"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">May 2010</span></a><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">7. Double Heddle/Pick Up Stick Weave Structures</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2010/06/rigid-heddle-double-heddle-double-weave.html" target="_blank">June 2010</a> Double Weave - plain weave, but kind of not simple plain weave (needs a pick up stick!)</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/04/rigid-heddle-summer-winter-weave.html" target="_blank">April 2012</a> Summer and Winter - well, it's got some plain weave in it . . . </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">And since I taught beginning and intermediate Rigid Heddle Weaving last year, I just happen to have a bibliography handy:</span><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">NEW2021</span> Mitchell, Syne, <i>Inventive Weaving on a Little Loom, </i>Storey Publishing, 2015 - Another big book of endless (and interesting) ideas and variations with full color illustrations + basic weaving info, direct peg and indirect (warping board) warping, materials/sett selection, color theory, color and weave, using pick-up sticks, hand manipulated lace, inlay, textured yarns, double and <u>triple</u> (!) heddle techniques, glossary of weaving terms, and so much more.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">NEW2021</span> Gipson, Liz, Handwoven Home, Interweave Press, 2017 - Has 20 rigid heddle projects to fill your home! Includes all the info you need to create these items, as well as handy tips for better weaving. (errata available on her website <a href="https://yarnworker.com/shop/handwoven-home-by-liz-gipson/" target="_blank">https://yarnworker.com/shop/handwoven-home-by-liz-gipson/</a> - autographed copies too!)</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">NEW2021</span> Easy Weaving with Little Looms - magazine from Long Thread Media (the new Interweave) has zoom loom, inkle, card weaving and other small loom articles/projects, but mostly rigid heddle. Published 4 times yearly now - print and digital subscriptions or buy single copies - <a href="https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/easy-weaving-with-little-looms-summer-2021" target="_blank">https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/easy-weaving-with-little-looms-summer-2021</a></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Davenport,
Betty Linn, <i>Hands on Rigid Heddle Weaving</i>, Interweave Press, 1987 -
good variety of projects including pick-up lace and band weaving +
excellent basic weaving info, but beware - the warping shown uses a
warping board and much more complicated process (like the multi-shaft
looms use).</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Davenport,
Betty Linn, <i>Textures and Patterns for the Rigid Heddle Loom</i>,
Revised Edition, 2008 - no basic weaving info, but lots of info on using
pick up sticks for floats and textures (includes an excellent section on
double weave) - note: all illustrations are black and white.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Hart,
Rowena, <i>The Ashford Book of Rigid Heddle Weaving</i>, Ashford
Handicrafts Limited, 2008 - new edition with some really interesting and
creative projects (color and weave, tapestry, lace, shibori, rya) +
excellent basic weaving info and direct peg warping with lots of photo
illustrations (double heddle threading info is great, but there are easier
ways to do summer/winter). </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Gipson,
Liz, <i>Weaving Made Easy: 17 Projects Using a Simple Loom</i>, Interweave
Press, 2008 - good simple projects (including some laces) + excellent
basic weaving info and materials/sett selection, but beware - the warping
shown uses a warping board and much more complicated process (like the
multi-shaft looms use).</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Lamb,
Sara, <i>Woven Treasures: One-of-a-Kind Bags with Folk Weaving Techniques</i>,
Interweave Press, 2009 - great variety of techniques + excellent basic
weaving info including direct peg warping for single and double heddle,
and warping for band weaving (project note - only the first bag is single
heddle, for the rest you need 2 heddles).</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Menz,
Deb, <i>Color Works: The Crafter’s Guide to Color</i>, Interweave Press,
2004 - no weaving, but lots of great info about color and color combinations.</li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Patrick,
Jane, <i>The Weaver’s Idea Book: Creative Cloth on a Rigid-Heddle Loom</i>,
Interweave Press, 2010 - The big book of endless (and interesting) ideas
and variations with full color illustrations + basic weaving info, direct
peg warping, materials/sett selection, double heddle techniques, glossary
of weaving terms.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">NEW2021</span> "Best
of Handwoven: New Technique Series: Rigid Heddle Pattern Book" 1, 2, and 3 PDF
(e-book) - <a href="https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/rigid-heddle-weaving" target="_blank">https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/rigid-heddle-weaving</a> <a href="https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/best-of-handwoven-rigid-heddle-technique-and-pattern-book-2" target="_blank">https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/best-of-handwoven-rigid-heddle-technique-and-pattern-book-2</a> <a href="https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/best-of-hw-rigid-heddle-technique-and-pattern-ebook-3" target="_blank">https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/best-of-hw-rigid-heddle-technique-and-pattern-ebook-3</a></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">More Long Thread Media - "Handwoven Loom Theory rigid heddle scarf collection" <a href="https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/handwoven-loom-theory-rigid-heddle-scarf-collection" target="_blank">https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/handwoven-loom-theory-rigid-heddle-scarf-collection</a> and "Handwoven Loom Theory rigid heddle scarf collection 2019" <a href="https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/handwoven-loom-theory-rigid-heddle-scarf-collection-2019" target="_blank">https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/handwoven-loom-theory-rigid-heddle-scarf-collection-2019</a> And free table runner patterns (log cabin, waffle weave, and spaced warp) <a href="https://handwovenmagazine.com/free-table-runner-patterns-from-weaving-today/" target="_blank">https://handwovenmagazine.com/free-table-runner-patterns-from-weaving-today/</a></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Handwoven Presents: Top Ten Rigid-Heddle Table and Kitchen Linens <a href="https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/handwoven-presents-top-ten-rigid-heddle-table-and-kitchen-linens" target="_blank">https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/handwoven-presents-top-ten-rigid-heddle-table-and-kitchen-linens</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Hand
Woven Magazine, Long Thread Media - mainly for multi-shaft and only has Rigid Heddle sometimes, but
also look for 2-shaft projects and plain weave projects (they may be set on a 4-shaft loom, but if it's plain weave, we can do it!)(probably). Try the indexes <a href="https://handwovenmagazine.com/2012-septoct-2016/" target="_blank">https://handwovenmagazine.com/2012-septoct-2016/</a></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">NEW2021</span> And if you really need a challenge, here's David Xenakis "for the construction of four- harness textiles on a rigid heddle loom - <a href="http://www.knittinguniverse.com/XenakisTechnique" target="_blank">http://www.knittinguniverse.com/XenakisTechnique</a></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom</i>,
with Jane Patrick, Interweave DVD, 2011.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Slots and Holes: Three Ways to Warp a Rigid Heddle
Loom</i>, Liz Gipson, Interweave DVD, 2012.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Fiber Artist’s Guide to Color</i>, with
Laura Bryant, Interweave DVD, 2011.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">NEW2021</span> -<i> Double your Fun:Doubleweave on a Rigid Heddle Loom</i>, Liz Gipson, Interweave DVD and/or download, 2016 <a href="https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/double-your-fun-doubleweave-on-a-rigid-heddle-loom-video-download?fbclid=IwAR2bLrL2YeEiyirWAXWoVlMxZksD_iOYY5-Ue3Ijgbv1LAmCixjIju_7als" target="_blank">https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/double-your-fun-doubleweave-on-a-rigid-heddle-loom-video-download?fbclid=IwAR2bLrL2YeEiyirWAXWoVlMxZksD_iOYY5-Ue3Ijgbv1LAmCixjIju_7als</a></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><i><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #cc0000; font-style: normal;">NEW2021</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: normal;"> - </span>Life after Warping</i>, Liz Gipson, Handwoven DVD and/or download, 2013 <a href="https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/life-after-warping" target="_blank">https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/life-after-warping</a></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #cc0000;">NEW2021</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> - Twice as Nice:Weaving with Two Heddles on a Rigid Heddle Loom, Liz Gipson, Interweave, 2016 <a href="https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/twice-as-nice-weaving-with-two-heddles-on-a-rigid-heddle-loom-video-download" target="_blank">https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/twice-as-nice-weaving-with-two-heddles-on-a-rigid-heddle-loom-video-download</a></span></li>
</ul><div><u>Online Classes</u></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #cc0000;">NEW2021</span> Yarnworker (Liz Gipson) - website, links, blog - <a href="https://yarnworker.com" target="_blank">https://yarnworker.com</a> as well as classes ($) and weave-alongs (free during the weave-along, small fee after that) - <a href="https://www.yarnworkerschool.com" target="_blank">https://www.yarnworkerschool.com</a> also a YouTube channel with free videos on various topics and a store with handy products and books <a href="https://yarnworker.com/?s=a+weaver%27s+guide" target="_blank">https://yarnworker.com/?s=a+weaver%27s+guide</a> to go with the classes and weave-alongs. Think about becoming a patron (Patreon) - support the Yarnworker School and get perks!</li><li><span style="color: #cc0000;">NEW2021</span> (coming soon) Jane Patrick at Schacht Spindle Company is starting to offer classes soon ($) - <a href="https://www.schachtspindle.com/product/weaving-with-two-heddles-sampler-course-kit/?__s=wj2aqugmnvmsyorq7yvo&utm_source=drip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Check+out+Schacht’s+newest+product+and+upcoming+two+heddle+weaving+courses+and+kits!&utm_content=HW+04.02.21+Schacht+%28A%29" target="_blank">https://www.schachtspindle.com/product/weaving-with-two-heddles-sampler-course-kit/?__s=wj2aqugmnvmsyorq7yvo&utm_source=drip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Check+out+Schacht’s+newest+product+and+upcoming+two+heddle+weaving+courses+and+kits!&utm_content=HW+04.02.21+Schacht+%28A%29</a></li><li><span style="color: #cc0000;">NEW2021</span> Deborah Jarchow - check her class schedule page for $ classes and some free demos (Textiles and Tea) <a href="http://www.deborahjarchow.com/?fbclid=IwAR2yH-d1L4YOcEDzgYRGA7uiDTpuddC37V_B7x3S26H_oAzgbFEOUN4ZeHU" target="_blank">http://www.deborahjarchow.com/?fbclid=IwAR2yH-d1L4YOcEDzgYRGA7uiDTpuddC37V_B7x3S26H_oAzgbFEOUN4ZeHU</a></li><li><span style="color: #cc0000;">NEW2021</span> Amy D McKnight - lots of great YouTube videos (free) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIJEAR4FAtxjXuJJKSAZlcQ/featured" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIJEAR4FAtxjXuJJKSAZlcQ/featured</a></li><li><span style="color: #cc0000;">NEW2021</span> Esther Rodgers - Expressive Weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom - Expressive and free-form weaving with mixed warps with mixed weave techniques (Soumak, loops, Rya knots, inlay, etc.) ($) <a href="https://learn.longthreadmedia.com/courses/expressive-weaving-on-a-rigid-heddle-loom" target="_blank">https://learn.longthreadmedia.com/courses/expressive-weaving-on-a-rigid-heddle-loom</a></li><li><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000;">NEW2021</span> Kelly Casanova - website, blog, short videos, classes ($) (ads on site - a little annoying) - <a href="https://kellycasanovaweavinglessons.com" target="_blank">https://kellycasanovaweavinglessons.com</a> also a YouTube channel with a few free videos on various topics.</div></li></ul></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><u>Yarn and Patterns</u></div><div class="MsoNormal"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #cc0000;">NEW2021</span> Cotton Clouds - patterns, kits, and clubs as well as yarn (mostly cottons)(yeah), looms, books and DVDs - <a href="https://cottonclouds.com/collections/clubs/products/weaving-through-the-seasons-towel-kit-club-for-rigid-heddle" target="_blank">https://cottonclouds.com/collections/clubs/products/weaving-through-the-seasons-towel-kit-club-for-rigid-heddle</a> and <a href="https://cottonclouds.com/products/super-soft-cotton-towel-kit-of-the-month-club-for-rigid-heddle?_pos=5&_sid=8b2e5b6f4&_ss=r" target="_blank">https://cottonclouds.com/products/super-soft-cotton-towel-kit-of-the-month-club-for-rigid-heddle?_pos=5&_sid=8b2e5b6f4&_ss=r</a> and <a href="https://cottonclouds.com/collections/patterns" target="_blank">https://cottonclouds.com/collections/patterns</a> and more <a href="https://cottonclouds.com/search?page=1&q=rigid+heddle&type=product" target="_blank">https://cottonclouds.com/search?page=1&q=rigid+heddle&type=product</a></li><li><span style="color: #cc0000;">NEW2021</span> gist yarn - yarn and patterns and kits - <a href="https://www.gistyarn.com/collections/weaving-patterns-and-kits?_=pf&pf_t_loom_type=loom%3ARigid%20Heddle" target="_blank">https://www.gistyarn.com/collections/weaving-patterns-and-kits?_=pf&pf_t_loom_type=loom%3ARigid%20Heddle</a></li><li><span style="color: #cc0000;">NEW2021</span> Lunatic FringeYarns - yarns and patterns - <a href="https://lunaticfringeyarns.com/product-category/kits/rigid-heddle-projects/" target="_blank">https://lunaticfringeyarns.com/product-category/kits/rigid-heddle-projects/</a></li></ul></div><div class="MsoNormal"><u><br /></u></div><div class="MsoNormal">
<u> Social Media</u></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">NEW2021</span> Ravelry
- <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/account/login">https://www.ravelry.com/account/login</a>
has several weaving groups that share info - still active ones are “Rigid Heddle Looms” for all RH weavers, and "Yarnworker" for followers of Liz Gipson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s free,
but you have to join Ravelry (it's good, just do it).</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Facebook also has a few Rigid Heddle Weavers groups - my favorite is Rigid Heddle Looms (very supportive people).</li>
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<u>Online resources:</u></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="https://www.weavezine.com/spring2008/wz_sp08_SyneMitchell.php.html" target="_blank">https://www.weavezine.com/spring2008/wz_sp08_SyneMitchell.php.html</a> - shawl/scarf from a painted skein warp (yarn with regular repeating
pattern).</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="https://www.weavezine.com/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.weavezine.com/index.html</a> the weavezine archive - every kind of weaving, but some of these are for Rigid Heddle!</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="https://handwovenmagazine.com/master-yarn-chart/" target="_blank">https://handwovenmagazine.com/master-yarn-chart/</a> - the master yarn chart! find your sett (the middle number in a set of three is for plain weave) (but you should still sample, just to make sure it's what you want)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/PattyAnnesPlace">http://www.youtube.com/user/PattyAnnesPlace</a>
- lots of how-to videos</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">NEW2021</span> And here's an interesting blogger I just discovered (she also has a YouTube channel) - <a href="https://www.therogueweaver.com/blog" target="_blank">https://www.therogueweaver.com/blog</a></li>
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<u>Project Planning</u></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="http://weavolution.com/weaving-calculator">http://weavolution.com/weaving-calculator</a>
your online fill in the blanks form for figuring out how much yarn you’ll
need!</li></ul>
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<u>Lace Weaving</u></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2010/03/lace-sampler-scarf.html">http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2010/03/lace-sampler-scarf.html</a>
- pick up lace sampler (like the one we’ll be making in the intermediate
classes)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Best
of Handwoven: New Technique Series: Rigid Heddle Pattern Book 1 PDF
(e-book) <a href="https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/rigid-heddle-weaving" target="_blank">https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/rigid-heddle-weaving</a> has a pick-up lace wall hanging project with lots of nice patterns, plus 6
other Rigid Heddle projects</li>
</ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Davenport, Betty
Linn, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hands on Rigid Heddle Weaving</i>,
Interweave Press, 1987 - has a few good lace patterns in a linen table
runner project</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Patrick,
Jane, The Weaver’s Idea Book: Creative Cloth on a Rigid-Heddle Loom,
Interweave Press, 2010 - has tons of info on various lace structures</li>
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<u>Color and Weave Effects</u></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2010/09/end-of-summer-blues.html">http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2010/09/end-of-summer-blues.html</a>
- scroll down for log cabin weave</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Patrick,
Jane, The Weaver’s Idea Book: Creative Cloth on a Rigid-Heddle Loom,
Interweave Press, 2010 - has tons of info on various color and weave
effects</li>
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<u>Double Heddle Weaving</u></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">HandWoven
magazine, March/April 2010, "Rigid-heddle Doubleweave" by Jane
Patrick</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2010/06/rigid-heddle-double-heddle-double-weave.html">http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2010/06/rigid-heddle-double-heddle-double-weave.html</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Betty
Linn Davenport, <i>Textures and Patterns for the Rigid Heddle Loom</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">, Revised Edition, 2008</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">, pgs. 58 - 60</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></li>
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<u>Woven Shibori</u></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="https://www.weavezine.com/content/woven-shibori-rigid-heddle-loom.html" target="_blank">https://www.weavezine.com/content/woven-shibori-rigid-heddle-loom.html</a> - woven Shibori step-by-step</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in;"><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2010/02/woven-shibori-scarf.html"><span color="windowtext" style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2010/02/woven-shibori-scarf.html</span></a>
- woven Shibori scarf</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in;">Hart,
Rowena, <i>The Ashford Book of Rigid Heddle Weaving</i>, Ashford
Handicrafts Limited, 2008 - fun improvisational woven Shibori</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in;">Ellis,
Catharine, <i>Woven Shibori</i>, Interweave Press, 2005 - the ultimate
woven Shibori resource to have, although only some of the patterns are
plain weave (for Rigid Heddle)</li>
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<u>Summer/Winter Weave</u></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in;"><u><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/04/rigid-heddle-summer-winter-weave.html">http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/04/rigid-heddle-summer-winter-weave.html</a></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in;">Hart,
Rowena, <i>The Ashford Book of Rigid Heddle Weaving</i>, Ashford
Handicrafts Limited, 2008 – has a different way of doing Summer/Winter (I
think my way is easier, however)</li>
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<u>Waffle Weave</u></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in;"><u><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/05/rigid-heddle-waffle-weave.html">http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/05/rigid-heddle-waffle-weave.html</a></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">NEW2021</span> most of my waffle weave info is now on a new blog page (rigid heddle resources are at the bottom, but you might like to browse the rest of the info) <a href="https://farmnana.blogspot.com/2021/04/waffle-ing.html" target="_blank">https://farmnana.blogspot.com/2021/04/waffle-ing.html</a></li></ul><div><u><span style="color: #cc0000;">NEW2021</span> Krokbragd</u></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Patrick, Jane, <i>The Weaver’s Idea Book: Creative Cloth on a Rigid-Heddle Loom</i>, Interweave Press, 2010 </li><li>Handwoven Magazine Mar/Apr 2021, pgs. 29-31 - krokbragd "Mid-Mod Coasters" by Yvonne Ellsworth. </li><li>Davenport, Betty Linn, <i>Textures and Patterns for the Rigid Heddle Loom</i>, Revised Edition, 2008</li><li>Yarnworker class (Liz Gipson)($) <a href="https://www.yarnworkerschool.com/courses/rag-rug-weave-along" target="_blank">https://www.yarnworkerschool.com/courses/rag-rug-weave-along</a><br /></li><li>Kelly Casanova class ($) <a href="https://kelly-casanova-weaving-lessons.teachable.com/p/krokbragd-101/?preview=logged_out" target="_blank">https://kelly-casanova-weaving-lessons.teachable.com/p/krokbragd-101/?preview=logged_out</a><br /></li><li>blog tutorial with link to sheep pattern PDF <a href="https://www.schachtspindle.com/krokbragd-on-the-rigid-heddle-loom/" target="_blank">https://www.schachtspindle.com/krokbragd-on-the-rigid-heddle-loom/</a></li><li>and David Xenakis (master of multi-shaft to rigid heddle conversions) - this is a Dropbox item - just download it and save it or print it <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ncn5wh1haqcv6j0/Blended%20Draft%20for%20Krokbragd.pdf?dl=0&fbclid=IwAR2KWVY_3qWSxSM-M1NvPQnqZ8gpnOyBc7arqOqRRXBdoKxKuvN6Il3xq_I" target="_blank">https://www.dropbox.com/s/ncn5wh1haqcv6j0/Blended%20Draft%20for%20Krokbragd.pdf?dl=0&fbclid=IwAR2KWVY_3qWSxSM-M1NvPQnqZ8gpnOyBc7arqOqRRXBdoKxKuvN6Il3xq_I</a></li></ul></div>
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<u>Supplies</u></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">Yarns,
looms, weaving supplies, and more – <a href="http://www.paradisefibers.net/">http://www.paradisefibers.net/</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">Yarns,
looms, weaving supplies, and more - <a href="http://www.yarnbarn-ks.com/">http://www.yarnbarn-ks.com/</a></li>
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<![endif]-->FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-63719089146443088332012-12-31T14:56:00.003-08:002012-12-31T15:04:48.452-08:00Free Motion Quilting Year in Review<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I actually finished the whole year of the <a href="http://sewcalgal.blogspot.com/p/free-motion-quilt-challenge.html" target="_blank">FMQ Challenge</a> from <a href="http://sewcalgal.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">SewCalGal</a>! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Well, I took "the pledge", so it had to be done - and here it is, last minute-ish, but done! Yeah! Hooray!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/01/free-motion-quilting-challenge.html" target="_blank">January</a> - Heart Shaped Leaves tutorial by <a href="http://frantastic-stitchwitchery.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Frances Moore</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thanks to her fine tutorial plus a little <a href="http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/2012/01/quilt-along-2-quilting-in-rows.html" target="_blank">supplemental info from Leah Day</a> at the <a href="http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Free Motion Quilting Project</a>, I learned how to comfortably fill in a space with a wandering fill. A fun way to start the year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/02/february-feathers.html" target="_blank">February</a> - Echo Feathers tutorial by <a href="http://dianegaudynski.net/" target="_blank">Diane Gaudynski</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Great tutorial, but way beyond my abilities back in February - though I learned a ton, all the same (sometimes it's fun to dive into the deep end!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/03/free-motion-quilting-challenge-for.html" target="_blank">March</a> - Loopy Loops and Stars tutorial by <a href="http://www.annfahl.com/" target="_blank">Anne Fahl</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Great fun, and much more comfortable for a beginner - it let me play and be a little wild! And then I got to learn about how using a new kind of thread can mess you up - and, thanks to <a href="http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/2012/01/question-thursday-3.html" target="_blank">Leah Day</a> again, got to learn how to track down those messy tension problems and fix them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/04/fmq-challenge-for-april.html" target="_blank">April</a> - Stencil Patterns tutorial by <a href="http://www.mrquilt.com/" target="_blank">Don Linn (Mr. Quilt)</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Learned a really clever way to transfer printed patterns onto fabric, and learned a lot about how tricky it is to actually follow a marked line/curve/pattern with stitches!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/05/free-motion-quilting-challenge-for-may.html" target="_blank">May</a> - Foundational Designs tutorial by <a href="http://daystyledesigns.com/" target="_blank">Leah Day</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A whole new way of thinking about fill patterns - starting with a large flowing line and crossing it/covering it with another pattern - fun! But more than that, I learned that it's OK to stop and take a breath and think every now and then (still working on that one)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/06/free-motion-quilting-challenge-for-june.html" target="_blank">June</a> - Divide and Conquer Space tutorial by <a href="http://www.cindyneedham.com/" target="_blank">Cindy Needham</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Amazing way of looking at a blank area of fabric and changing it into a complex stitched design with texture and movement and pattern. Plus a great collection of new patterns to use! And the hum-purr of the sewing machine!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/07/july-free-motion-quilting-challenge.html" target="_blank">July</a> - Stacked Tiles tutorial by <a href="http://www.quiltingismytherapy.com/" target="_blank">Angela Walters</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Another great way to divide and conquer a large blank area! And though it's a great way to try out a bunch of patterns, it also looks great with only one pattern in each "tile".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/08/fmq-challenge-for-august.html" target="_blank">August</a> - Jester's Hats tutorial by <a href="http://wendysheppard.net/bio.php" target="_blank">Wendy Sheppard</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A fun little fill pattern that turned out to be a bit of a mind bending little trickster - but oh so satisfying when you finally get the flow of it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/09/september-free-motion-quilting-challenge.html" target="_blank">September</a> - Feathered Wreath Stencil tutorial by <a href="http://www.battsintheattic.com/" target="_blank">Paula Reid</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sweet stencil, and good to have another try at the whole stitching on a line thing. Plus she gave us some great bonus info on how to manage a big quilt on a small machine - that's coming up soon for me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">October - OK, so I actually missed the October lesson, for many reasons, and while I intend to get back to the <a href="http://terilucas.us/9415.html" target="_blank">Teri Lucas</a> tutorial (it looks fun and I love the nautilus shell and the idea of stitching text), I chose to do one of the bonus tutorials as a make-up lesson to try something entirely new and different.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Trapunto has intrigued me, and this was a great way to try it out. And to try out that silk thread, too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/12/november-fmq-challenge.html" target="_blank">November</a> - Spirals tutorial by <a href="http://www.sarahvedelerdesigns.com/" target="_blank">Sarah Vedeler</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A really nice structured approach to learning a new pattern. And those pesky in-and-out again, labyrinth patterns have always flummoxed me - so this was great practice!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://farmnana.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-fmq-challenge.html" target="_blank">December</a> - Complex Borders tutorial by <a href="http://www.patsythompsondesigns.com/" target="_blank">Patsy Thompson</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What a sweet and fun way to end the year! I loved trying all the border designs and learning some new feather borders too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So there you have it - 12 months of fun tutorials from fabulous teachers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And I haven't even mentioned all the extra little hints the teachers gave us on threads, needles, handy gadgets, sketchbook practicing, FMQ feet, tension adjustments, fabric handling, keeping in sync with your machine, and more and more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And I haven't done all there is to do! Obviously, I've still got the October lesson to return to, and there are still 3 more bonus tutorials that I want to complete, and each lesson had a few extras I never had time for that I still want to try out (Patsy Thompson's "hyperquilting" is at the top of the list), and each lesson had bits that need more practice still, and then I have to start applying this to actual quilts! And all these teachers have books and videos and classes and websites and blogs! And on and on! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thanks so much to SewCalGal and all the generous quilter/teachers that started me on this path! It's been a great year and I look forward to continuing on in the New Year to come!</span>FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-52680451047494653812012-12-31T14:53:00.001-08:002012-12-31T14:53:46.252-08:00October FMQ Bonus Challenge<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thanks to wonder of the Tardis, I have gone back to October (briefly) to make up the lesson I missed when I was sick. Instead of diving into the regular monthly tutorial, I decided to go for something completely different and try the very fun <a href="http://www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com/2012/10/2012-free-motion-quilting-challenge_15.html" target="_blank">Trapunto bonus tutorial</a> presented by <a href="http://www.dianeloomisquilts.com/" target="_blank">Diane Loomis</a> (thanks Diane!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A very well structured tutorial to introduce a cute but tricky little technique.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To start, I transferred the pattern to my fabric - lacking any tulle, I used the old default method of taping up on a window to trace. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After drawing in all my main lines, I pinned a small piece of medium thick 80/20 cotton/poly batting to the areas that would have that trapunto puffiness. Then stitched only the outer outline with <a href="https://www.superiorthreads.com/shop/product/vanish-lite-300-yds/" target="_blank">water soluble thread</a> in top and bobbin (Don't wet your finger to thread the needle. Just sayin')</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Then very carefully trimmed away the batting close to the stitches (looking at the back of the top fabric piece here).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Then assembled the quilt sandwich with Quilter's Dream Cotton batting and stitched it all up using <a href="https://www.superiorthreads.com/product/Brand/kimono-silk/" target="_blank">Kimono Silk Thread</a> color 302 "Origami" and a 70/10 topstitch needle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Added some echo stitching around the trapunto areas, to make them pop (hopefully). I'm still pretty sloppy with that echo stitching - I've got lots of light where I work, but I can't really see exactly where I am stitching (especially with a matching thread color). Maybe I need to invest in a new free-motion foot with better visibility (or maybe it's time to get a new machine! yeah!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After a cool soak to remove the blue markings, I could still feel some scratchiness where the water soluble thread had been, so I gave it a warm water soak and now it's all soft and nice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's an angled view to show how puffy the trapunto really is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And here's the back - no puffiness here (but you can really see where my stitches got a little out of control).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Luckily, none of that really shows on the front!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And what a great final project for us!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This month, <a href="http://sewcalgal.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">SewCalGal</a> brought us <a href="http://www.patsythompsondesigns.com/" target="_blank">Patsy Thompson</a> with a fabulous <a href="http://sewcalgal.blogspot.com/2012/12/2012-free-motion-quilting-challenge.html" target="_blank">tutorial</a> on using multiple border designs to create a more complex, textured "frame" for your quilting. We also got two really sweet new feather border ideas to try out!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(here's a peek at some of my notes from the video part of the lesson) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As usual, we started out by drawing what we intended to stitch - both to work out our design ideas and see how they might look, and as pattern practice to get the feel for how the different stitches move. I actually did several different corner designs before I found ones that worked for me. And some of these patterns are definitely easier to draw than to stitch!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Then I marked my fabric and created fake pieced borders with lines of stitching to imply a seam line with "stitch in the ditch" (used Gutermann 50 wt cotton top and bobbin). Then, after marking corner blocks and diagonals, and a few extra dots to help space the repeating patterns, I started stitching. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This lesson was lots of fun, and a great test of how far I've come (and where I still need to practice, practice, practice!). I highly recommend Patsy Thompson's videos - her instruction is clear and the lessons are well organized and follow a logical sequence that helps the viewer learn the new techniques. She also has some very fun and creative ideas!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Border designs used </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.superiorthreads.com/product/Brand/king-tut/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Superior's King Tut</span></a> - 40/3 cotton, and <a href="http://www.sulky.com/thread/thread_blendables.php" target="_blank">Sulky's Blendables 30 wt cotton.</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Specific threads and colors, from inner to outer borders:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1. Sulky #4041 Fiesta </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2. King Tut # 955 Sunflowers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3. Sulky #4108 American Antique</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">4. King Tut #911 Flower Pot</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">5. Sulky #4019 Forest Floor</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">6. Sulky # 4006 Autumn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">7. Sulky # 4002 Buttercream (the center motif is this color as well).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">OK, so all these colors were just what I had on hand from previous projects or impulse purchases - I'm just glad they all look kind of like they belong together, mostly!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Used a 90/14 topstitch needle, quilting cotton fabric, 80/20 cotton/poly batting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bobbin thread for the whole thing is <a href="https://www.superiorthreads.com/product/Brand/bottom-line/" target="_blank">Superior's "Bottom Line"</a> - 60wt polyester in color #650 "Champagne". I wasn't sure how this would work, but I had no tension issues at all really. Now the question is how well will the cotton top threads last with the poly bottom thread - will this be a friction/abrasion issue?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, almost done now, just have to do a make-up for the missed October lesson and I will have completed the year's challenge!</span>FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-4655959295522172982012-12-05T19:41:00.001-08:002012-12-05T19:46:36.489-08:00November FMQ Challenge<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">OK, so you may have noticed that it's not quite November anymore, and October kind of slipped past without a word, and there are reasons, but let's not get into all that. I took the pledge, and so I will get caught up (Oct. and Dec. lessons) and finish the challenge entirely before the end of the month!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This last month <a href="http://sewcalgal.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">SewCalGal</a> brought us <a href="http://www.sarahvedelerdesigns.com/" target="_blank">Sarah Vedeler</a> with a really nice structured <a href="http://sewcalgal.blogspot.com/2012/11/2012-free-motion-quilting-challenge.html" target="_blank">lesson</a> on how to spiral in and get back out again. I really appreciated her clear and organized instruction - starting with drawing the spirals in a row, in a grid.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And then marking the grid on a quilt sandwich and stitching/practicing. At the top I did rows of the spirals in both directions, and then rows of the reversing spirals, and ended with a row in which the exit line is right on top of the spiral in (a new look)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And here's what it looks like after the washable pen is washed off (OK, it's upside down) (and the back of the sample is at the top of this post).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Top thread is <a href="https://www.superiorthreads.com/product/Brand/rainbows/" target="_blank">Superior's Rainbows</a>, a 40 wt. trilobal polyester (my first use of poly thread!) in color #801 "Jester", and the bobbin thread is <a href="https://www.superiorthreads.com/product/Brand/so-fine-50/" target="_blank">Superior's Sew Fine</a>, a 50/3 polyester, in color #450 "Spring Green". Used a 90/14 topstitch needle on quilting cotton with 80/20 cotton/poly batting and had no tension adjustment issues at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I still need a lot more practice making smooth curves, and spacing lines evenly, but even all irregular as it is, the pattern has a certain spunk and movement that I find charming.</span><br />
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<br />FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-52950385592387388992012-09-29T14:48:00.000-07:002012-09-29T15:11:16.657-07:00September Free Motion Quilting Challenge<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's my September challenge sample (at last!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://sewcalgal.blogspot.com/2012/09/2012-free-motion-quilting-challenge.html" target="_blank">This month, SewCalGal</a> gave us <a href="http://battsintheattic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Paula Reid</a> who gave us lots of great hints for how to manage big quilts in a little machine. It's probably about time to give that a try and use some of these FMQ patterns I've been learning!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Her practice lesson was about using stencils in FMQ, so she and <a href="http://quiltingstencils.com/" target="_blank">The Stencil Company</a> allowed us to use this <a href="http://quiltingstencils.com/search.aspx?find=SCL-215" target="_blank">"Fancy Feather"</a> wreath design (as a PDF). Since I don't have any transfer papers, I went back to <a href="http://www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com/2012/04/april-2012-fmq-challenge-tutorial-by.html" target="_blank">Don Linn's Tutorial</a> and used his method of transferring a design to fabric.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">First to trace the design on tulle with a permanent marker,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> and here's what you see after the xerox copy is removed</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Then after heat setting the marker, put the tulle stencil on the fabric and go over the design with washable pen</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> and here's a closeup where I've moved the stencil slightly so you can see the tracing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Then you stitch! Using plain old Mettler Silk Finish Cotton 50 weight thread here - since there would be some traveling stitches (going back over lines) I went to a lighter weight to reduce bulk in those areas. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And I've set the design on point and added a background grid (from <a href="http://sewcalgal.blogspot.com/2012/06/june-fmq-challenge-by-cindy-needham.html" target="_blank">Cindy Needham's tutorial</a>).</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Though if I did it again, I would either put an echo or a straight line border around the stencil design first (meant to do that, planned to do that, drat those best laid plans anyhow).</span>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Front above (white) and back below (black)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I deliberately did not match my top thread and bobbin thread, since I wanted to see how I was doing as far as thread tension, and noticed an interesting phenomena - in one direction my stitches look fine, but in the very next row (opposite direction) I get bobbin dots on the top! What's that about? </span><br />
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clearly it's to re-emphasize that it's best to match the colors in top
and bobbin since there's no tension adjustment to fix dots on both
sides! </span>(and yes, it is the opposite rows that have dots on the other side)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So here it is after washing out the blue lines (post washing back is at the top of the page). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you look closely there's lots of funky irregularities, but it looks just fine from a distance.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I think that means not to stress so much when irregularities happen on a "real" quilt and just go for it and have fun (especially if the threads are chosen to match instead of contrast) (and you're not hoping to win a prize or something).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Still having fun, learning lots, and feeling more confident. Thanks SewCalGal!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This week is a WIP/UFO week, so I'm just cutting out diamonds - and there's lots of those little rascals to cut! And of course, I found a few new fabrics that would work on this quilt, so I'm cutting a few diamonds out of them just to see if they need to be part of this project too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'm running a little behind the times, thanks to having too much fun!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Stepdaughter's
zoo birthday trip (and the 3 week old Sumatran Tiger Cub), </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the Rigid
Heddle Weavers Study Group (back in the indigo vat with woven Shibori), </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the Vashon Weaver's
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the Island Quilt Guild meeting (<a href="http://www.kapamaker.com/" target="_blank">Sharon L Baker'</a>s amazing trunk show of quilted art kimonos), </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the good fall weather creating an
unbelievable berry harvest. It's all good!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This week I had 2 goals - to continue with my Diamonds Quilt (so it doesn't fall back into UFO-ness) and to create a handwork travel kit so I could make use of down-time at meetings, on ferries and in ferry lines, and any away-from-home wait times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1. Diamonds Quilt Revision - after living with this on the wall for several days, I switched a few fabrics (OK, so I switched quite a few but came back to something really close to the original) and ended up with this revision that I think is going to be the final version (only two fabrics got switched - feel free to compare with last week's photos and comment). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now I just need to cut out more diamonds so I'm ready to start sewing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2. Created a little kit for my applique sampler so I'm ready for up coming meetings and traveling - blocks and cut pieces are in a simple portfolio, needles/thread/scissors/markers/etc. are in pencil bags, and everything is safely stored in a zippered tote.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2 UFO goals completed!</span>FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-63008637293214650852012-09-03T17:32:00.000-07:002012-09-04T08:30:17.380-07:00UFO Sunday #2<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So last week, I took inventory and checked the status of my many UFO's, and this week I chose one to work on. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Diamonds Quilt was stalled in the design process due to lack of vertical space, but the downstairs bathroom has a cathedral ceiling (don't ask me why, the house came that way) and though the bathroom is probably not the ideal design studio, it has wall space and light, and if you stand in the back of the shower stall, you can get far enough away to see the whole design.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1. Cleaned out cobwebs, evicted spiders, took down wall decorations, got out the ladders.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2. Pinned all the diamonds to the flannel (for transport), took down the flannel, pinned the flannel up in the bathroom, and there you have it, ready to go! (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Luckily there's another door!</span>) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3. Went up to the studio and cut into the fabric I'd collected for this project (some nice stuff came out during those 2 years!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> 4. With the project up where I could see it, it really didn't take long to get a layout that I think I like. The colors and patterns flow from one to the next without either mushing into each other or fighting with each other - they have a "conversation" with their neighbors, and sometimes say good things about someone farther away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> 5. With the bottom section under control, then I had to finish the top, which was now too high up to work on! So I pinned all of the new diamonds down and moved the whole thing back to the other room, added some flannel at the top (safety pinned a strip on), and finished the top. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And here it is, in two photos, from top to bottom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'll let this hang for a few days, til I get used to it and can really see what I've done and whether or not this is the final version. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now I just have to decide how big to make it (my husband wants it on our bed, so it may be destined for a queen size), then cut out the remaining diamonds needed, and start sewing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I think this one just moved from UFO to WIP (works in progress)!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thanks <a href="http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/2012/09/ufo-sunday-2-from-ufo-to-wip.html" target="_blank">Leah</a>, for putting out the challenge!</span>FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-76361059456874972762012-08-31T09:24:00.004-07:002021-04-11T09:20:46.403-07:00UFO Sunday<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">OK, so it's not Sunday today, but it will be Sunday soon, and I want to be ready!</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Leah Day, over at the <a href="http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Free Motion Quilting Project</a>, has started a UFO Sunday Quilt-Along </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">and since one of my goals for this year is to lighten my load of random unfinished projects, I've decided to join this challenge.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">I've got a few to choose from:</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">1. The Sampler Quilt from the local quilt guild beginning quilting class I took 2 years ago</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> in the Winter and Spring </span>2010 (thanks Margaret and Annie!).</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>status</u> - Blocks are done, but just pinned on a flannel sheet. </span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>needs</u> - </span>blocks sized, sashings, borders, layering and quilting, and binding.</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>notes</u> - I hope to quilt each block with an individual design to suit the pattern,</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">and I can't decide whether to put it all together first, or do a quilt-as-you-go (which I've never tried before)</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">2. The Diamonds Quilt I started in a Kaffe Fassett Design Class 2 years ago in October 2010 (thanks Kaffe and Brandon! And Anja!).</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>status</u> - Almost done designing, but ran out of vertical wall space! </span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>needs</u> - </span>a little re-arranging, and 3 more rows of diamond design, then sewing diamonds together, layering and quilting, and binding. <br /><u>notes</u> - Fabrics are the focus, so quilting will be simple lines.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">3. Needle Turn Applique Sampler from a local class 2 years ago (thanks Judy) in </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">September 2010</span>.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>status</u> - 2 blocks are done, 1 is half done, and one is not started yet (it's only a 4 block beginner sampler)</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>needs</u> - </span>blocks hand stitched, blocks sewn together, maybe a border, layering and quilting, and binding. </span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>notes</u> - could do hand work as ferry wait line project (instead of knitting). Uncertain about quilting patterns for applique.</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">4. Story Quilt from a <a href="http://marylouweidman-marylou.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mary Lou Weidman</a> class 1 year ago in May 2011 (thanks Mary Lou!).</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>status</u> - What you see is what you get! Although I do have the "story" part all sketched out and ready to go.</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>needs</u> - the wonky border blocks finished, the story sketch photo copied/enlarged/outlined into pattern pieces, story pieces cut, arranged, and appliqued, story and border sewn together, layering and quilting, and binding, and embellishing. </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">5. Giant Flower Quilt from a class started last January (thanks Mary!).</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u> status</u> - flower is fused, photo is all outlined into pattern pieces, and copied on tracing paper for proper placement, and I have all needed fabrics selected. </span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>needs</u> - <span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> picture needs finishing (missing the bee you can see in the small 8x10 photo) - pieces cut and fused, then <span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">layering and quilting, and binding.</span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>needs</u> - lots of work</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u>notes</u> - haven't decided what size quilt to make, or maybe this one will become a potholder!</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Well, I hate to admit this, but I've also got two projects cut out but not sewn (a counting panel for granddaughter, and a raggy quilt for her too), plus several piles of fabrics that I fell in love with and started matching/blending with other fabrics for unknown projects . . .</span><br />
<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Yikes, and I almost forgot the whole cloth quilt from Leah's stippling quilt-along that's all starched, and drawn, and ready to quilt</span><br />
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">So now the only question is - Where do I begin?!</span>FarmNanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505671390864397795noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516068670244980838.post-80195667804298986302012-08-28T15:02:00.000-07:002012-08-28T15:10:32.771-07:00FMQ Challenge for August<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
Here we are in August already and another Free Motion Quilting challenge slides under the needle.</div>
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I started out trying to draw it, and only started to make anything worth looking at after 4 pages of tangled spaghetti - </div>
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and even then I knew I didn't quite "get" it, but I went to the sewing machine to see what would happen. </div>
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I kept getting lost/stuck and throwing in random plumes and curves and points just to try to get out of a tight spot. Kind of lost the little hats, but it looks pretty cool anyhow.</div>
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The second tassel of the hat (the one that's round like a little pom-pom) is actually the first tassel (the pointy one) of an upside down hat! </div>
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Big light bulb moment. </div>
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You can see what I mean on the bottom of this closeup (from my second sample), as the hat on the lower left magically turns into the upside down hat going off diagonally in the lower right. </div>
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Then each point (on the end of a tassel or in the center of the hat) becomes a pivot to move the next part of a hat where you need it to be. </div>
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As you can also see in the closeup, I still need to work on even stitch length (matching hand speed with machine speed). Right now, I guess I can only think about one detail at a time!</div>
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So here is my second sample, in which I finally have little Jester's Hats! (I washed this one after quilting, so it's a bit wrinkly just now - just click on the photo for a closer look to get past the wrinkles.)</div>
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Fabric is quilting weight solids, thread is <a href="http://www.sulky.com/thread/thread_blendables.php" target="_blank">Sulky Blendables 30 weight cotton</a> #4108 American Antique (on the blue) and <a href="http://www.sulky.com/thread/thread_rayon.php" target="_blank">Sulky 40 weight Rayon</a> #1021 Maple (on the black), needle is 90/14 topstitch, batting is Hobbs 80/20 cotton/poly.</div>
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And thanks again to <a href="http://sewcalgal.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">SewCalGal</a> for hosting this great challenge! </div>
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Every month is a new adventure!</div>
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