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| Problems? What problems? Just keep that fire blazing and no one gets the pit bull treatment. |
For anyone struggling with selvedges, fear not, there's plenty of wisdom out there for you. Today we focus on the common problems of bad selvedges and broken threads.
I had an entire weekend at home this week, and other than taking a long run, knitting with a friend, and watching the Patriots spank the Bears in blizzard (the way football ought to be), I worked in my studio. I'm weaving up my Alpaca-Silk warp with weft of deep blue Colerain Lace (merino-silk, both from WEBS). It's a lovely combination that reminds me of bluewater sailing in Florida. I have enough warp on for 2 scarves, and I'm thinking about a trip to Halcyon to find the second weft . . . .
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| Alpaca Silk in the raddle -- 22 epi. |
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| Not bad, huh? |
Resources:
Selvedges
Weaving Today (downloadable PDF, free membership required)
Weaving Today discussion
Schacht's Yearning to Weave
Weavezine: two colors in selvedge
Peggy Osterkamp's book Weaving and Drafting Your Own Cloth
Floating Selvedges
Weavolution (broken floating selvedges)
Broken Threads
LOL, spanking the Bears huh, that's a very nice way of putting it and yes, it was a great game. I enjoyed every cold snowy minute of it from my quarterback arm chair! ;)
ReplyDeleteI too have seen all selvages in all their variations and like you, I find the more I mess with them, the worse off I am. Your selvages look fantastic!
The merino/silk looks beautiful. I've often wondered how that weaves up and now I know. Hmmmm, looks like an internet shopping moment coming on.
And what a handsome dog keeping the hearth safe. Oh don't I know that look about Kong toys too.....pass some pets along please and those Kong toys, don't forget the treats inside.
I love Webs Colrain Lace. I added the same blue to my collection when it was on sale a couple of weeks ago. And they have some new colors now that I'd like to get.
ReplyDeleteYour selvages look awesome!
Dory looks more than a little content...
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