tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81765584756471871822024-03-13T12:42:15.532-04:00Sunrise Lodge Fiber StudioSunrise Lodge Fiber Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430525418832346974noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176558475647187182.post-59802985910583428192021-04-02T12:51:00.001-04:002021-04-02T12:51:14.412-04:00A New Loom! <p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I’ve been weaving on a Glimakra 8 harness countermarche loom for almost 10 years now. I love it! It weaves like a dream, it’s super heavy, I get an excellent shed when all is going well, and I have a bit of an emotional attachment to it. The only thing that I don’t love about this loom is that I have to climb on the floor to tie up the treadles. Depending on the pattern, I could be under there for quite some time. I’m pretty limber and in pretty good shape but climbing under the loom is back breaking work. So much so that I’m sometimes out of commission for the remainder of the day after. Look how pretty this loom is though! </span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-b882d8b3-7fff-ac06-efbc-ac4d78dc1149"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/sn7vHk3voFa-PoNG0Okmx_j3EQ-iD1D8YkcJABjxVqG1zIlegTOnLYtViJryr01mJmOIgHMZC6mBIvNojUYclRRtBpu9Z1L4tljgH42NUbFndWofJeFpZZQs4UD_Sj-yCUSnlyC3" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I cleaned out the area that this loom has been designating as it’s home and prepped for the replacement. I got an amazing deal on a Louet Spring and couldn’t pass it up! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 624px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="624" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/5vo_sXkGc-5MejDCoC-ODCaGvEWSErS1vueWm0UJZ1J-00SdR5XWVEDCsvKLaBvPJVafc644bCUFW9K4g4qJVQtGZH_zbDlgrVwULmISRPLcsK-pvvr11N_Hjqf5XWdEI58NJUE0" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I’ve been doing a lot of research on looms (well, really when am I not looking at looms!) and know that I love Louet. My Megado has served me well for many years and the reviews on the Spring have me sold! I ordered the loom and it arrived the next day! I eagerly laid out all of the pieces and had it all together in two days! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 624px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="624" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/AAILQmpllYWdqAxpgtOmFRbAK_VdRq3dy4--0uEHKjE7i6cv_x3EHbOOjAEWCEIi1RRdJCjnPw1B1OvLFE2_FM0H90wVcjDOhJ6RCc1t1i0oGHk_IkJDegzoIVWX8h3rpplYIJ-b" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Because of where I live, there are no local guilds or shops where I can try things out before making decisions like this. Essentially, I purchased this loom strictly because I love Louet and Jane Stafford has done various reviews on their looms…..namely the Spring. I am used to weaving under a lot of tension however, my weaving techniques and style have been changing recently and I’ve really been looking forward to the nice clean shed that the Spring offers so that I can stop weaving under trampoline like tension. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/JBWjMb_vVF4XiM_uO0SXKkVWZk5W3HlaPehdQA0kTedM-OJ6Mmgr6eZegvfrlTcbBAedHeynpmM_UVtO8RoMVVoOKf6Cz8D3tvUsLd_NySzfM9gU1_L7mAZCvgNYmwaY8mV-xcDR" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Modification of technique has been one of my weaving goals for 2021. With that comes modification of warping technique. I’ve been shaving time off like nobody’s business. I wanted something simple for the first project on this loom. A plain weave towel run seemed just about right. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/aNcEO_UwfMFMf0t_MoE2mO6btpmQSM4_oQqO1zvGcNGJEIY3Y7xNf5rkJQDlH1Rap1vXf4nPQMzyEiS-1K37Khc73LvZovuen7xAzt5zKpnoATuIWgRTHLoAKY0GGZxmzk9SsXIc" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Louet has that famous built in raddle making the beaming process a breeze!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/BAsZVJDDYi9kPAHyhCGqvcpAgHcsQM5J6wJT6kcVJ8IakgvPmFlPN4h_33xBnwpT0WcGWg6nUKp9IdDoz94JzRKgvAx4bOZ8JsmD75woC4uD6hQ7B4PRPY1XmPcWAoBYLFuiwOIS" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Simple, bright, fun, and very fruit basket like…..perfect color combination for Spring!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/vrJk0d9wZSkPTd1ZIcpmnWClIna1o5orwrdBW9cCZPYpA5RvwAwt2VtF2VCcyCsHGwQN6DYHgVF6jbVYOuvmjkxcm7NiECd1KfaohipjfWMHKAU7yCKp2oKkBgWgaLKbOnerPv47" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The Spring is a 12 harness loom with 14 treadles (did I forget to mention that?!). I wanted to utilize all of the harnesses for the first project. This is a straight draw 1-12 and each treadle tied up with all odd and then all even all the way across each of the 14 treadles. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_OdZA1FoSHyo_Mh8LB0bvLvOBs-z44np_W8GMtDGkqExRYr8gs4y74uzKECiuw-aNP8Qp0bWmVRzWqnygKdFHecvstFOO3oFZS9kNq5n9pFCqJejTOkQi8cdWFRKxEktoaGNMkld" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The thought behind using all of the harnesses and treadles on this first project was that it should be super simple to change tie up since all of the cords are in place. Compared to the Glimakra, the Spring is very simple to tie up because it is a parallel countermarche. Due to the fact that it is parallel, I don’t have to adjust the length of the cords on the upper and lower lamms to compensate for the rise. I can’t believe how quickly I was able to get the pattern in. Also, considering that I’m late on writing about this, the next project was a breeze to change in the tie up. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/QCP8P7XqCTKouqtlEH7EDpjNhnSApP-Lh2lXEbH-VlXqD3hT_BP0_iC65MfLuZSZmRKIT5VVAYBiGFvlu9izEY1C4Y_Hf2jo0RjOQiMbhHqMje20cGNfbO-CA56JKp1ZL3a9yHHH" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> So here we go! The header is woven in and we are all systems go! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-WGfl62cism1gmgkMZZJ5nGd4IUKSk0vAJIsWufD_ybwDcOn-RByFmaU2Apwm0UsDu9rijFlhxbCgYYANl9xht8nDTfnAiDFeLZDjzJyYgHpmU5rimAqCglCs5i_Q_y7vBu9Z6XV" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Would you take a look at that shed! OH MY GOSH! Perfection at its finest! I have NEVER been able to obtain a shed that clean on the Glimakra!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 624px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="624" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/b71zZYzXIGdK8qYSbqgElYUIwLMDhFNle2UgWtO1cfQL4qklnSS6nZj0aoIObOVkq7YKXhBAu8jaHw-HFhy-0ZaZu3o61WBeEGLYy8s5d_2zWO9Sre_cj6wgAEVrVZSs4qwkF1Q_" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Happy stuff for sure! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 624px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="624" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/XbRxGstxZiIQptLZ3F958YX0LVlfxeU23cT9BAqYTIFRan5DO2liHAUtgLzb6NYMKu59GY6zcpVvF24JQdGy5ORwh1nmT6Pz8eajTeVHvcKlkV-Q62FRxuhePNFd_DQyQ84lWiIg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> This was a 10 yard warp. It went on smooth, it wove smooth, and it came off smooth! I’m impressed with this loom in a way that I couldn’t have imagined. Though the feeling of weaving on a massive beam and post is lost, it is replaced with a delicate feeling of precision. I’m blown away! Jeremiah even sat down at the loom and wove for a while. He was super impressed with the action! </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Overall, I’m not only sold on Louet, I’m sold on the Spring! The Glimakra is for sale and the ad can be found on Ravelry in the Warped Weavers Marketplace. I’m willing to negotiate on the price as well as travel a bit for delivery! </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Until next time! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 624px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="624" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/y3W4-3ZuSJRWBN5mgvGWnVj-2PgUozPSIY6_xHpc1lgJD3OF-WJ06hlxj2sQqW3che9PsJ20mkWVFt512crt4A_AaEMxAy-6yUSHZGY3VxZaqVHJ4gxdtaGwRXIhXbsFUycGlH92" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 624px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><br /></span></span></div></span>Sunrise Lodge Fiber Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430525418832346974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176558475647187182.post-39504704312823669482021-02-27T21:14:00.000-05:002021-02-27T21:14:03.516-05:00<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> You know when you make something and the entire process just seems seamless? Well, that’s how this project played out. I have some 10/2 tencel that is natural and I dyed a bunch of it over the summer. I wound off bouts of around 1700 yards each and now know that I would like to make larger skeins so that I can get a couple of scarves using this pattern again...just a bit longer. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 624px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="624" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/yTrzk7Qnms21-pTVVauzOho50tjQYE_ccRrjqTw7qsgCKvcy7TMjP_t5vMc5YINYrMZQY8hMqEihFHuis13CZ89OWQjL4p2PXF6-PdlRO77c3XaR3FvUKxWBuIKwzZCCngJzZLES" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-7546c095-7fff-854a-a628-316fda0b4a5f"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> This picture was taken in natural sunlight of the braid after counting the ends on the warping board. Let’s get this thing on the loom! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 468px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="468" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Zf1d4Srd1MaoxrBLVG5cgGONpAN4VoSSJjNcmMQ8ljI-FtO3SWozysQfEBxB18NgkmiRcfz2SfK1YHwzHNKG-hr_MOR-XQxL8kfIStf_oVuozgKGtkZNslJmLJdtUMzwI0f6mJa" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I learned a new trick for spreading the warp in the raddle. Since this is an A B color pattern, it’s important to not separate the colors in the raddle. To never “separate the twins” makes beaming the warp a piece of cake! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 624px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="624" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/0Gxyr9U-JR0Cj2d6Ha7cLD0CIVKqyGXKmPMJuEG510tE733PuggWK-m7nCanEDmt2cQE8Qtff3SSxyUyYY7a7iAYhupsvOAfnU71sWlc2CKR1XpU_bknXTfVEwRWKrlnlPNHfj3R" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another cool trick I learned was to put the warp under tension while beaming. With a stack of my son’s graphic novels, I had the full six yards beamed in seven minutes! SEVEN!!! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Pm05mQRkyo4-DW2h-_aemOlsWee9vfnbeDgamu3UmB3tEuYWJNKgO9mRjAC6SAgtQgISnRIl432payJJmfdGEJqq-bXtqUW4Va-2LTEIOWD_8_g7-HbF0jNUzldjxzbUzydNGhpU" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My absolute favorite part, threading the heddles! This pattern was a 32 harness network draft in echo weave! Yum!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/FDnI4rM8zAgW7L0erEMZ6sj0xUbLcMF4LPF2yY5fs4gqH2S1LSnqViS0CQlU3BLMw4I7I5U62YMsJ7balzS3v80RhK9eni768KCKsywhF7fmtdKoP7-p-Tw5cgc8IQJfBLasMWCJ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The couple of shafts have some heddles that are pretty tight on the harnesses so straightening them out as I go along rally helps out.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/cKR54HsxcKUSebE6gn8lqd5gHpp7Grp2C8MfpKN7Il_Kwn93I2WEctNn4bXWim4rHU5ufqnsYn1U4KOVCEMKSExhTx-T3_-Kdu1HdfZKY4HC7HJBZ05cqK-T-VKkS9z9Bde-WB9C" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And now though the reed! This first scarf is sett at 36 epi. Oh...I forgot to mention that the whole purpose of this project is to play with the 10/2 tencel and what is the best sett in a twill. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/gzkrlHsBFrIp1G5ZgMAe3KBQ0GbcF9kxkLWnGV_IuQbAlJpySdz9sMd-NP-Jt7GCXErQ_hwf2A5-cXXAXK8Eghgks_mp1ZLyw01QToHmig5xKftLlFLj6plcukK6czke56mLYDkU" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Set your tension! I know that I should probably tie smaller sections but I tend to go for one inch sections.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 624px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="624" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ke4EUql0NaekfsDxso94oJ99_Perzr-cycANcn5RatBbcigONEU-svCgwCi2Umkc0rQTmK1elNAi4F2FoEGxqU5GTqDrHqLoRueoxNm0MGWCHwa6YK8_55pZFs-7eU13PHqgLZDQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So here we are with the 10/2 tencel in the warp sett at 36 epi. The pattern is showing nicely however the fabric is showing predominantly the warp. I’m really interested in seeing how this plays out.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/8V1zpIbWa4zMxHfZp5tT_rGQUvSzSEJ_6AKzrrx-0heGHoILOct-zq0uT25jvoZrLAYatJ96gSkNhc7DyOFl2h1a2HzrpJ21_cAyrs0KNpDkI7RMePyEff0mHmNJWAzkFkkAsAM6" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So there…..cut and continue! I took off the fist one and resleyed the reed at 30 epi.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><img height="832" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Ub37n81fmu6lAYNmK3CS4fiak4b34Ia7j22KHkAEKH8iquLj5esYlRmIIsaoG0nIVGre4hP3P2jnaJZrCc8FG4LNCoyciiIueORHgT3gZlD32F5yqC7QV60T45wyhscK9aLVrD1S" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;" width="624" /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This one is sett at 30 epi so it’s a bit wider and less warp dominant but still warp dominant.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/V_9f3zMyI8lMrdQ62v7bUi6k4TbM7T3KUSYM1rXXOHzhnUU36bHSwBXyqaixr1gVKLEzJNtibDl_38GqVHPq9rZHyb4SuSu0Bc9RNDoI5IQBBrXgyPSiDGdYIGzY3-vjnw-nBZLp" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here they are prior to having the fringe twisted and you can really see on the right side how much of a difference the two different setts make in the width. The 30 epi is much wider than the 36 epi.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/hoXQUx7DiP74w8fGf9Hdt-m4RdRLJAP8ddre4wApzi_Punu6pq32koOxmeOhcXL4iaryoJzis9wJtCF2S819fvK0Z63oGMrCQE90lmfkLn1MdaK7eiR8HmYce3zao7svamF8Vvq-" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Side by side with the fringe twisted. Next up, wet finishing to determine the hand!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/XGzwGIjb3klbgodLoV1UNDQbcpaiBDcu4T9bg0td9-wSbGMcZUdssrHVwcYNNiQQX-xe9lDSIyaTVSrWNRwIQ78cqJePBsWWeXCIyepzGFjjSxyawVhi2loW2hKyDtjqv6IgLEBa" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oh my gosh! It’s like buttah! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/tadLJoaOPm5RZfxjaispq6NWGF8i8w4e1gOXjmoWgwN6YwybZNmOgYLCPqC_9Y2mT_v_DhZBmUPIdKcixvP4JxGIx9_HEtsrtvsTCfseIDDUoWowG2g6RA9JUnhW5671ix-FpIJe" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I can’t say that I was thrilled with the shorter scarf only because of the length. The density of the fabric is so drapy, soft, and silky.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/6ViaW1y6Ti12OuJBuwPfo7Cq62JSz47l2oh_P5E2OYvPsUuivNTJnJa28eVIf66-XjXuJhYah952dV15dd97XHebY9pcrhxehTJAPf-fcOm4UmEEE2ocA-s11kMJg4SHoCtc5pum" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> So what happens next? I certainly need to make a few more of these in different colors and I still haven’t obtained a balanced weave. I’m getting about 24 to 26 picks per inch. I’ll try, with the next project, the warp sett at 24 epi and see what happens :) Until next time!</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Sunrise Lodge Fiber Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430525418832346974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176558475647187182.post-35559286841946659182021-02-14T07:25:00.001-05:002021-02-14T07:25:11.863-05:00Bring On The Color....Even In The Fringe!<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Last year my number one seller was the Rainbow White Pinwheel and Rainbow Black Pinwheel towels. I had a bunch of 8/2 unmercerized cotton and thought a pop of color would do the shop some good. Turns out, a lot of people thought a pop of color would do their kitchen some good!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/CVhX2ghVInGkT3EmZ48yDja6X3T2D9bg8_cZc_HBDi1sE3F2wg-MIdYxc_cYWLRCQ2pRMT_Jd5xIibOvFsjiT6NEjAeEcSNFqsm4GgNRParkMu9uLtpCxxsuaM1gvn7t_DgC_1Qz" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-6b9de425-7fff-a3bb-4965-7327cffce8ba"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I love the way the colors interact with each other and this pattern and color combination is quite mesmerizing to weave. When I had placed the order for more colors since I was nearly out, the black was back ordered, so I’ll get to those when it comes in...if I have any of the other colors left. Towels have been a hot commodity! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/MPL2ZBhsCvaCGQa9pejD31nGvQk3o158RW7Sy9cGACuCPZur_fNMlr4IMGrvuhxXbw44wro7yyKsBtZzKI12I_-ANxlu1-36q3gQrF-AHddnlWwJDruwwvuMmuzrxPaSMv0fefOz" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Another hot seller was a run of red, orange, and yellow sunburst towels. I wound a warp only 8 yards long because I had used some of the main color, orange, in the rainbow pinwheel towels. I knew that I would run short and would have to improvise with another color but sometimes that’s half the fun! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/L2SjYKtFh75ZJpFTUPhTMG7bohs3qot4R4Jcy573qPaOO5e31CwdTRmheFwKl4x18mg0rAOUVXLHN9KC6qPx2VI2i08Ol_sKC705BoQri_VGrD37kRb-h0b0ykuKqV05rppkbJn5" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I love the color pop that the sunburst towels give of the yellow in the middle or rather school bus yellow. I had also found that people really seem to enjoy reds and yellows in a kitchen. It adds a nice pop of color to just about any background.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><img height="605" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/rXpKx0otE2kCrruBiPYz8Q6j_hyl6P-yK0D7CaFae9LvdfhFh0n8E86IyILJVEhQrEdyhI6VXIk3Ye2uXfaP0C3MHpDk9SN0AJ4f66Fy077T4mwkozCZcNH7-kKS_BYI3rH6Q5hM" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;" width="605" /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Since I ran short on the main color orange, I chose to go with a burnt orange in the weft in its place. The results, I felt worked out just fine. I think I may call this one Fire Ants on Parade. The contrast is nice and it still falls in the same warm color combination.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/oO_GWcUXMoGdJ2C3LcBvgiHXXioYq_jeLDZLWxl5-zCX5YUjBlAVVW9xkUjBErLY-ehGmbTn4OPtxJuVA3ps6cJzgRPOPhxiLS1cytU_N5P8KogAXS5UEOgbyvXfAz3tbaBaAr6G" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> All rolled up and ready to be hemmed!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/XdBh3TkpmBjVfkRTMy5J4aZWPsKV_zli8eZLiDtHIvQkot2y92WSpiuJq623TZg7ZWRzeaqn9m-K2Jw36R8xyOtPP4aLPIgyacxLHbTO_G4bbqYYMhIwJ_AK2pAxoJyJwzbZoxJJ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I’m working with a walking foot on my Singer sewing machine because I found that the feed dogs in the plate and the feed dogs in the walking foot move the material evenly through as I’m sewing hems. I bought this foot a couple of years ago to quilt a top, batting, and bottom of a small quilt and decided to try it for towel hems. In the past, I would sometimes feel that the hems would slip when I got to the end, leaving a little bit of a tail. This walking foot combined with even pinning solves the problem completely!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ta1W-rZt91GJqT9l9Pe9cyHomKkp4h-TrBe4a7BEm2K79UbEVh2U0ebBOGTBlGYg9NeKoQkgyoAudkrcbxmYBFfmOKYRWsEUN-h3FVovC7czLwiAlL0QcxMTV37A55qLKkNjGQMe" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> So, if you know me personally, you know that I really don't have an eye for putting color combinations together. I tend to lean towards repeating what has worked in the past. This calls for a facetime phone call to a color expert! I lined up what I thought I wanted to do and we ended up doing a lot of ‘ok...move that one over, move the other one back, go brighter on the blue, where did that other green go, etc.' This is the final result!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/DV_fDYa3E_yvd66lEIO-eDokEQbi6-ydFNXm8CZzmQZTdkUGbT2w_M9Z-TEmON2ls0I3HFRXSQ5l07LKwgQufiFMvD8nlvGKuDfS9fi9dDzvmec8U_B_YEwuJ71PYZUuB9nscZZC" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Here we go again with the same pattern! I wanted to see how the colors would play with each other with the green as the main color and since the treadles were already tied up, why not throw on another run! With one full cone of the green, I knew that I would have enough for 8 complete towels. No need to supplement with another green at the end. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Md-OCAwICeNHieJ4m-ypNDm6yTkYv7X7GTcgLENLUaNUk0fZ_8SGdHPACrvzN_6g7KwxKYfZMuUvDV9ckRZ5R_TdpQSsDkqx4gPTyHvS4VdJfwRrDrkJvRv5t_27z1WNhyPuEBQ0" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> There’s something about the way the sun comes in the house and having a project on the loom! My love cup is full! :) </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/fu-DQMnmcQQptkC4jM7CLDRR7hc7Vi1Fz3297urMxc-Hevzss7cajuWLg1zxZ0qjvhGqTDG5pxkr_mBlPS8fA3H-KSifyft3-d-_A7zAB6wHKuAcQqwbK3_P6acEBcpU7EKpliMu" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The colors seem to play well together!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/B6IMSX-Cx3W86f__sDiHFYGtwLniGaSSXXsV6CHZCMsBsPjJLGitr05BpzHIhuWAesjwhgUm4Y6sJL0bA5ONuETDbT1oCzSFd2kJ7EfmnrCB0Wod2DIj1MvqWTjwx6BcPLND5tn4" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I have been called crazy for this before but threading the heddles is my favorite part! :) </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/rLiqNXsvxwaX4mwCExlNmPvrNJIDKBPOt-_NOnWmh9l5mUSchwo0NubxqTfsZRMUi4NqmiexfTybwMh0A5AmUfHKwrz8qOzbFZM_DPnlatBEdtDyDMw51lV1fWs-Txx3UcmjYf7d" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Sleying the reed and so far, it’s been smooth sailing! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/SltCeU6bayA9tdUWUEu0mrcVM5Rp_zdt7Wae9ygHE1-TWpLh2bJuA-_vfx0MhYgXvLD4-LyZjAO-iUWLK8zVmA59jbdTz0DYBx6bjwuqZFgIn8MLTrOuVQvpVxY14MCHAiSYbVGW" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> So here we go! This picture wasn’t taken in natural sunlight so the colors are a little bit muddled but you get the idea! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/7E4kYzZMXbKsCPMX5Pwx-rddGvqcsM7hfnkutj4Sg2JbkDjeDecl94ZHo8DRWlAtoc9rbnuM0S3xQ1iLLwPEomCS4ck0GP7im1bVBc3LzQTwRiV6vUOYqEeOZAaCZpMUWjajqe40" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Remember that natural silk huck lace shawl that I made? I wet finished it and pressed it and it hung on the back of the Megado staring at me whispering “I need something” for quite some time before I decided what to do. This past summer, I went on a beading binge and remembered some gorgeous turquoise beads that I purchased during a bead sale. In a rummage of the bead box, I found some absolutely beautiful glass beads I’ve had for next to forever. There were 40 of those and I knew if I could get them evenly spaced, they were first in line to be used. Eventually, using safety pins, I was able to find a spacing in the fringe that worked and marked it with safety pins. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/0qiCEvy-awPBIRTYJuNtB8Nnm4vLZTpHNLiGyuXR0V-AujNkDyyQYNHibJwIDno2srrd-vpk1oufu74g1GZyzGsNM2vrgXoGlYX2QI7MbZ_WxS9Vt0NHzw0fuCV__3-CG38MJYmq" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Small turquoise seed bead, followed by a larger silver bead, the glass bead and then back to silver and turquoise was the route I went. I think it adds a nice bit of weight to the silk and just the right amount (subtle) bling in the fringe. The only drawback is this is going to take quite some time to finish. I’m using a beading needle with a double threaded beading thread and doing my absolute best to hide the threads in between each beaded section. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pESzVCU1j1Q_MARAKxcSgWMc-LE97EveI3teNvYJ6TYQwrjSYmkUHduwbV8Xc1WWdKXVhvjK0ytPERHoVfv0BBdEMdWuMaqMfZx1K1ytP1COFsKRkYVnLzsj86c88PKMl1yIJS7E" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> So that’s what’s been going on! The only drawback to my weaving is that I don’t have enough time to finish projects as quickly as I did during the lockdown. I have only an hour or so a night after work to plug away at the loom. Utilizing every opportunity to complete projects has been not only a goal but a challenge! </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I live in an area where there are absolutely no guilds. There are literally no other weavers to communicate with and share ideas with. I’ve been feeling that because of that, I’m missing out on learning new techniques and trying new things. Years ago, there were a lot of active groups and it seems that most of them have fallen by the wayside. I found myself, unsuccessfully, looking at youtube for videos of block weaving and stumbled on an online guild. I did a little research on how the guild was set up and ended up signing up for a year. There’s something to be said to surround yourself with creative people, be it online or in person. I’m a bit introverted so the fact that I don’t have to leave the house to ‘attend guild meetings’ or workshops is right up my alley! I think this is the kick in the pants I need to start my COE! I know I’ve been saying it for years but it’s really time to put some type of label on my weaving. It’s going to take some time to complete all of the requirements but I feel joining a guild and getting insight from other weavers will be one of the best decisions I’ve made in pursuit of pushing my weaving skills to the next level! </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Until next time! ;) Happy weaving! </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Sunrise Lodge Fiber Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430525418832346974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176558475647187182.post-43484542666648004052021-01-18T06:23:00.003-05:002021-01-18T06:23:51.987-05:00More Towels, A Bit of Silk, and A Knitting Project!<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> When the quarantine started, I knew for sure that I wouldn’t get bored...I actually don’t think I’ve ever experienced being bored. With so much time, it was evident that all I had to do was consult my handy dandy ‘things I want to do’ book and start looking through pages that weren’t crossed out. Dye tencel was written on one of the pages. Since dying with fiber reactive dyes is a two day process, I had plenty of time to play so I hopped right in and got my tencel looking absolutely beautiful! I’ve dyed for weaving before so no problem there. It’s getting the dyed yarn back onto a cone so that I can work with it that has always posed problems in the past. Quite frankly, warping from the swift or a ball is a pain in the rear end. Warping from the swift requires another person to feed the yarn and is overly time consuming. Warping from a ball is a nightmare because oftentimes I can’t get the ball to cooperate. It jumps all over the place and I spend more time getting it back to where it was than warping. Not fun! I have spent countless hours looking online for ways to get my dyed yarn back onto a cone. I finally found something that would work and after waiting and a botched order, it finally arrived only to find that it could not keep up with my needs. I had a friend take a look at the cone winder, we made some modifications, and I was finally able to wind the dyed tencel back onto cones so that I could finally work with it! Sloppy mess of skeins of tencel below with the nicely wound cones on top!</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-dccf8a8c-7fff-aa46-4fd9-252f95085ccf"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 313px; overflow: hidden; width: 313px;"><img height="313" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/K1yTmbQy0jVi9NL8qyRC4vUEoRlCTfrRZ28rS-JyybcIm6wGA0FssHS4VgKdXQzqaBKoeh_cVG4Imv_4YnUj_oZlvP_8tu4qPdX5rbD2Jl8QIPGrlmFBVFl2mE5wjo3wnVTp6ymR" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="313" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> In anticipation of a delivery of cotton, I knew something had to be on the loom so I threw on some natural silk noil and wove with the treadle tie up already on the loom that I was using for the Spring Towels. This shawl ended up being around 20” or so wide and super long! I am still surprised at how this natural silk snaps so easily but on the loom cooperates under tension. Not one single break in the entire warp! </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/P9qq7Bf6rx8edGhy3ggaWhozVQDbVA3fFrMOVytCMZWBQ1bMUxlmu7CM0_t5_IiOKD-KSNsX0xlC93SgUhOKs947T9AGBTJeoyPsGDJRBDb4toK-nzMMqbf-YhtbNEzPeg_kkjPQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Using a natural color in the warp and a white silk noil in the weft, it gave just enough contrast to be interesting. Below is a picture of the wrap drying after the wet finishing process. Though it seems a bit bland, I can almost hear the glass turquoise beads calling to be added to the fringe. I’ll get to that soon but I think it will add a little element of color and just enough weight to the fringe to hold it down. As long as this wrap is, 90” or so, it is super light and the weight would help keep it in place while being worn…..or so I hope. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/KPNDnIL-keQmMnWAuwB0lY33jKKhGjiTisfMV-KHd8ftXaqKNdNOYsdLCZLI4xXgeFH9fGFbgGljzKfmeCTzL4X2r1LXZyeXA60MDnMfNNF2OaWvYs7cOJbf9M1mNOQ2JSl2rlR_" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> In the summer, I spend the evenings outside when the weather is nice. In the cold months, I can’t even imagine going out there! What is a girl supposed to do inside at night?! Knit, of course! At this point in my life, I’ve decided that I certainly DO NOT need to purchase another skein of yarn! I have a basket full of ‘brat yarn’ that I’ve been working through for the past couple of years. I literally do not own any other knitting yarn other than this wonderful basket full of quality hand dyed or hand crafted yarns. I purchased this really interesting colorway when I was working a marketing job years ago and found a pattern on Ravelry that just screamed to be used. Lace is a lot of fun to knit and the pattern had a chart and written instructions. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-c3Z6CqnSJz9Fv1hKGmRwDr4idTG5x-SHEOKlnpuppeuj0E55_AKZH8Q6HQNsmvuhm45EAdvfvlfQ3Hk1dr0Rf7nb7oFLeMLNczdWMEloanQC23zABtfHERE5-Ab5oL5ml5-iujV" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> It took me about two months of knitting for an hour or so every night. The pattern is called </span><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/damask-6" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Damask</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and is available on Ravelry. It was well written and any boo boo’s that I made were my fault and not that of the pattern writer. I think I had to rip 4 rows out at the beginning because I accidentally skipped a row. Blocking is so important and especially in knitting lace. You can really see the pattern open up and become visible...really showing off the lacework.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/UGdn6G70YECmyuOo3oP39D0Kjp2fcujcd9V7HY3KPD6OI8IZiSPDxi_63JzhZ1faDiHqYn8ODltf3O04kDx7twuoi4tm2BEsY0NrqM34l0V3tAHw9jiQR5OdezPt4Q4m3MfA9Cjd" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The cotton has arrived! This summer I was weaving like a lunatic! I basically wove down to nearly no cotton inventory at all! I’m completely out of 10/2, 5/2, and 3/2. The only thing left in 8/2 was a bit of purple, pink, a little bit of red and blue. Time to replenish the stock. Considering how well sales were with the towels this year, I’m going to limit my purchases in the future to only 8/2. I feel it wears well, absorbs well, and the size is just right for towels. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/1xudp2F9yLXa0KzHqQNzLPEwRcqCyHBnhgWVURHWk5lh-qgqjzwL96coPysAIC1h1aSK8mQdvzzygL6OZN_7kO2NJxSVrrh9pKwOS_yKvmH0fnve-TFlqkfIDODY-LrAW6jpeSRg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> My number one seller was the rainbow and white pinwheel towels. I sold them out online and in the store lightning fast. So, obviously, recreating them first is first on the list. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/94_K5YJ7mI1Z6WsVyH7xDCX0xy8Gnrb4fngOKWMao2AcKXKam5ojCs7LbwYeeRBmKDJ03_lHdyaqiMoGqMfSuSUmQRj8sCX4Rso-r54PvhDDUtpLWDipKGSZDkp8vTqJzMqSAMCB" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I don’t know if anyone else out there is like this but, I feel like a kid on Christmas morning when it comes to new projects. I literally woke up at 4:30am because I couldn’t sleep! This warp was screaming to get on the loom! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/z29RuvD6IxqWncNe7h1eW_Af_v5nFb-K1dsmXaotp4hCt06cFuL8i2E8p69JchRiWwmhMXvxKmhXDUmz3yI-My3eRpYY0UXc68_todv642G_9ml0ouO16o3TcbkLuzgJYCp04Hi_" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> This warp is 10 yards long in a basic pinwheel pattern alternating white with each color. The yield will be exactly 10 towels and if the black that is back ordered comes in, I will duplicate the rainbow and black pinwheels next. They were my second best sellers from 2020. The heddles are threaded as well as the reed. Tension set, treadles tied up, and we’re cooking with fire!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 605px; overflow: hidden; width: 605px;"><img height="605" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/6fFYflgfIBwNN84nyEibN_j_cRnu4gEs2q53hopyljnZPgUtsq7uUkxqCCp9AOiI56Kba1ebuA7zO0x8GiQCnq_nmDRflz2t-YUV3rVLENaLrjemOOdz4lISe2jMR6cI_bsus5BB" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="605" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Until next time! </span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Sunrise Lodge Fiber Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430525418832346974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176558475647187182.post-48778781715084242772021-01-03T08:24:00.001-05:002021-01-03T08:24:35.557-05:00It's 2021! We Made It!<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Welcome to 2021! Apparently, 2020 will go down in the history books as the most insane year ever. From the start of the Pandemic, social unrest, murder hornets, and politics...I mean...did I leave anything out?! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> I have taken a personal vow not to watch any news, focus in my home and at my job only. I've been doing this for a few months now and can't believe how relaxed I feel compared to when I was glued to the internet every day waiting for the next story or breaking news. I'm getting a lot more done in the weaving department and my online sales hit an all time high in 2020. There are many colorways that I'll have to recreate because they sold out so quickly!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> I have about 15 or 20 draft posts saved from projects that I was working on. I'm half tempted to just scratch them but will probably use them as filler content. I'm not sure how I want to proceed with my blog....do I just blog and say what I'm working on and how it's going or do I make a separate blog post for each project start to finish?! It's important for me to have pictures in there.....I'll have to take a lot of pictures. So, I guess I'll share what is on the loom right now and that's how this post will go. Am I overthinking this?! Yes....of course I am!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> You can always tell when I’m at the end of my color selection because pink is in the run! This is a very popular pattern and I had a ton of pink and purple to play with. I really like the way it weaves up and I had a 10 yard run woven in a day...personal record actually. I really like the window affect and think I will play with this again in greens, blues, and tan….kind of like at the beach. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 624px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="624" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9ot0HcQ6wfs7g7wYIKQGagXbE6OO8f_6ADAz4FjtxCQNDc-g8Gd136l-jm3EEqIZb5yZhyE1cdHekZSjo4_mFaCNOPY4Mw57keYNw_VZVb-xkY8s2tnjhifHxb0TfR_CA6H50Msp" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> Since I have the treadles all tied up to this pattern and I’m waiting for the next shipment of unmercerized cotton, I figured that I would go ahead and use up some of this silk noil with the same pattern. This will be a wide scarf and I may use some silk noil in white for the weft to go with this natural tan….we’ll see what the warp tells me it wants once it’s on the loom. </span><img height="624" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/vXJKr_mwuqbCcJdk0xwwAIpvYiIpSW_hXp3k6gV-4Gvz9FEPLjU4LzfmQkX2VxJgdJLtFf2u5Lm5J0Wfm5CrizWoxdcYLU6sNbp4o6FZo0CFYpJftGW2Y2gfsLnX2OIcVUhrS2id" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;" width="624" /></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> With the Christmas tree up in the middle of the living room, I was unable to weave on the Glimakra and I didn’t have a project on the Megado. Where I set up my warping board is the exact same place I put my tree up. Both looms were bare and there was not much I could do about it other than to be patient. So…..I spun some yarn. I haven’t done that in a while and have more fiber than I care to admit that I have. This first one is a batt that I bought from a seller on Etsy. Basically you purchase a surprise batt and she sends you whatever in the mail. I couldn’t seem to capture the sparkles in this one but I love it and am contemplating making something out of it to keep :) I plied it with a deep purple nylon thread and got a lot of amazing poofy texture out of it! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 624px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="624" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ZimFLxoGgPETVNXVTsXLcnBamuzCz_DOCUBUIwk6mRZLh1qH6K7Fk51CgejM1efgqqRdc08yNHZdRIg3aB1eTfdjnM603TyqnxsAyLc6wtIPATXgc7mlT5MMa0sh70mFpoom4eDa" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> This yellow and blue skein was created from Pennbrook Fibers and I found her on Instagram. I think I like EVERYTHING she makes! She had these sparkly yellow, blue, and white rolags that I just had to have so I bought them. Given the delay in being overseas and the pandemic, they took quite a while to get here and I lost the urge to spin by the time that they finally arrived. I pulled the rolags out, single spun them, wound them into a ball, and plied it onto itself adding some teasworth locks in the same yellow for some texture! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 624px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="624" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/N7pMaa_lbq_6xH0eX0IWpcMl2XFGZ6-q5v_sFF4mBUt6wLX3Gah10udXm1SxeQFo4CAua8Sggcd6qQSFCm14rUV7ewuIjznY0PcoaMCCsYF61XyKVCd3C0nQrIpNaCVmRBEOjjqd" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> This last one is some silk I’ve had in my stash from over 10 years ago! When I pulled out the box it was delivered in and looked at the address, I had to chuckle. The color is amazing! I spun up the cultivated silk in glorious reds and oranges and plied it with a cultivated silk in just white. I might keep this skein too. :)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 624px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="624" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/1N0ftCTvCvTzsWEAmZFqXpyZeGbaa0rvApQY_gv-ZRSuLOS_VCwbkxkM8b0MMAbl123D338ilyb9B9U7sQQ9Q3AiLJOxIOdRGoNhv2b7f-6wi04ID-YNlb-euUWSJykY_u-pMzoq" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 624px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><br /></span></span></div>Sunrise Lodge Fiber Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430525418832346974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176558475647187182.post-16156836377429761132020-08-27T08:59:00.001-04:002020-08-27T12:25:10.278-04:00More Shibori!!!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">During the pandemic and lockdown, I had decided to try to burn through some of the yarn and/or threads that I’ve had in my stash for well over 10 years. There is a LOT of it to say the least! Most of it is in it’s natural state and either white or ecru so it would be perfect for....you guess it....more Shibori! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WnYEegWh9uY6JkztYLm5UoTEMqVyK3VEzmLkie1Q7hNAyp-TLrFBKEE4mJKXim17WaT_k6oR0Js_ocZ0p8_a5rJ2qZ29i-alJL5_dRKjG6Mhkh-lhrNISqye4CNw6Zw9ZaiC8b_j3jM/s3024/IMG_20200601_194100_898.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WnYEegWh9uY6JkztYLm5UoTEMqVyK3VEzmLkie1Q7hNAyp-TLrFBKEE4mJKXim17WaT_k6oR0Js_ocZ0p8_a5rJ2qZ29i-alJL5_dRKjG6Mhkh-lhrNISqye4CNw6Zw9ZaiC8b_j3jM/s640/IMG_20200601_194100_898.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a rayon cotton blend that it super soft on the spool and I have around 11 pounds of it so, it was next in line for me to play with. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQLqaPF5rUIMqbo69_yx6V0gvhjTi7C6Vorq5SEIQL6Y8TFnu2SRue0jH4wX20-8NZ7xuTJxG9izQm9IvHoN1O4GUAN59iytRcHgGSStZrcrMsyfOB_ngS87aG26Wsr8afVY_RIRsx2cU/s3024/IMG_20200513_165704_403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQLqaPF5rUIMqbo69_yx6V0gvhjTi7C6Vorq5SEIQL6Y8TFnu2SRue0jH4wX20-8NZ7xuTJxG9izQm9IvHoN1O4GUAN59iytRcHgGSStZrcrMsyfOB_ngS87aG26Wsr8afVY_RIRsx2cU/s640/IMG_20200513_165704_403.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since this yarn (or rather thread) is not as delicate as the last project in natural silk, I didn’t worry so much about the tension and thankfully didn’t experience any breaks in either the weaving, threading, or winding process.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3JefyuE-kGyOgr4pneCzZIWmvCAUxNjuJJdkVQ6QFn8e44ivWaf4RBKBMOQYiHRtZuAZCwgXP497Q6nFN4yTbfhusWIfteWEP5TUIbFpLjgwfQyc5z1XjSm4dDiXILa9ChAKOOHDuNA/s3024/IMG_20200515_093933_112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3JefyuE-kGyOgr4pneCzZIWmvCAUxNjuJJdkVQ6QFn8e44ivWaf4RBKBMOQYiHRtZuAZCwgXP497Q6nFN4yTbfhusWIfteWEP5TUIbFpLjgwfQyc5z1XjSm4dDiXILa9ChAKOOHDuNA/s640/IMG_20200515_093933_112.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My ‘go-to’ for Shibori is a supplemental weft placed in at every four picks so, I followed suit with that in these scarves as well. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilbaoC3_-7L9VHqFI1KYNvCDbsJ0pA8ypBRzHwjJ_89X0eZ2R7VL4wj2DzF8RQn0mL2pmYoWlte3reIS71Lb20DAvP7ANQnHOcNDu5gXtY4SsFpRo_tF1ORa7fgVnbFgy52u5e60VIvmA/s3024/IMG_20200516_142309_179.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilbaoC3_-7L9VHqFI1KYNvCDbsJ0pA8ypBRzHwjJ_89X0eZ2R7VL4wj2DzF8RQn0mL2pmYoWlte3reIS71Lb20DAvP7ANQnHOcNDu5gXtY4SsFpRo_tF1ORa7fgVnbFgy52u5e60VIvmA/s640/IMG_20200516_142309_179.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did two short runs each around 5 to 6 yards long. Once the fringe was twisted, I bound the fabric using the supplemental weft threads. I typically use left over 8/2 tencel for my supplemental weft threads because they can withstand the pressure that I apply and they are smooth and slick enough to remove easily.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_cMdefJP_HPnqopAFHRvnxZgE_QxKXquMeJB4jb2xqpwszspXHCRpYLpyFCdO7eoHz-NP57ShoJY_alqGUWBqNXgSm0YOUXAJ0E7Z4KkIE_quNyBLr26ox40u665IIJ9mi4JwAdyJ3E/s3024/IMG_20200517_172417_490.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_cMdefJP_HPnqopAFHRvnxZgE_QxKXquMeJB4jb2xqpwszspXHCRpYLpyFCdO7eoHz-NP57ShoJY_alqGUWBqNXgSm0YOUXAJ0E7Z4KkIE_quNyBLr26ox40u665IIJ9mi4JwAdyJ3E/s640/IMG_20200517_172417_490.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pink and blue!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdbLK2yltJp7UfzazXSFXtGu8sKIrtazuSGXcDVHmjzzUUVMNHzOKFuZ4A9qvPo-VNZdmDUCReemLRGAk_W2W4hlLh2YWZxjzvfyOOM7CgdCJif9uhUVi9CAE7r6v_I1ZnV0CQdQZ_Us/s3024/IMG_20200517_175408_945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdbLK2yltJp7UfzazXSFXtGu8sKIrtazuSGXcDVHmjzzUUVMNHzOKFuZ4A9qvPo-VNZdmDUCReemLRGAk_W2W4hlLh2YWZxjzvfyOOM7CgdCJif9uhUVi9CAE7r6v_I1ZnV0CQdQZ_Us/s640/IMG_20200517_175408_945.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqjdpjnnrlI5-BQmCQL4NVYgmBu1I9PfDgE1l6x8VIYlq8mz6mqaL_qqkPpEsIChBFyHCB3hnXrI235EiLAt4LBafwa4jMptg9qRn3nq-75FLSQt7DkSy-j9M-Wk5W48T4SmGEAHgH9Y/s3024/IMG_20200517_175927_968.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqjdpjnnrlI5-BQmCQL4NVYgmBu1I9PfDgE1l6x8VIYlq8mz6mqaL_qqkPpEsIChBFyHCB3hnXrI235EiLAt4LBafwa4jMptg9qRn3nq-75FLSQt7DkSy-j9M-Wk5W48T4SmGEAHgH9Y/s640/IMG_20200517_175927_968.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After soaking the fabric in soda ash for a little over an hour, I apply the dye mixture and then wrap everything in plastic. The hardest part of the whole process is waiting for 24 hours for the dye to cure. Patience patience patience!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSg4EurruG3S76NKOBn4pioBMfTdk4PGzvoEVtjPE57UfBJSyJbO9N_2AvvfdmMVWnUHzmK47RM3DSlZkE1nvHrOU-_BLBQ4wr4Ucqg7kWNoehd65fkU7AUYg8QcAuthDO080TX6LzrU8/s3024/IMG_20200517_181125_922.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSg4EurruG3S76NKOBn4pioBMfTdk4PGzvoEVtjPE57UfBJSyJbO9N_2AvvfdmMVWnUHzmK47RM3DSlZkE1nvHrOU-_BLBQ4wr4Ucqg7kWNoehd65fkU7AUYg8QcAuthDO080TX6LzrU8/s640/IMG_20200517_181125_922.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As time goes by, the colors tend to deepen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmWYzT6GwPC4sM8qH25Rbb62wQjrHr8mFf9tghAbA_Uz2DDED3AtyqC9jmf7Q-8sCw0_6go-1OzbMOZj_W5FzXBxuLgheDTZIJ_jlOEiCQcoKPEKd5p7b0msATO0DdKOwydQPCmk169z0/s3024/IMG_20200518_163326_824.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmWYzT6GwPC4sM8qH25Rbb62wQjrHr8mFf9tghAbA_Uz2DDED3AtyqC9jmf7Q-8sCw0_6go-1OzbMOZj_W5FzXBxuLgheDTZIJ_jlOEiCQcoKPEKd5p7b0msATO0DdKOwydQPCmk169z0/s640/IMG_20200518_163326_824.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After 24 hours, the Shibori, still bound, is rinsed until the water runs clear. I find that blues take much more time to rinse out and that seems like the protocol for almost all blues. Especially turquoise. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARqKGsUkk1lpf5-s7zgiI0AI57C4pV94rTthFHGuuZXI7kRjlEcli0v32BD5HyUk8_fnvo0XL3lQ9UVcBEe7PxurH86uw7oAH5HgSPgipZRQ2f1oFxWDdNk9baI_ggBeTWuNrr3OL77s/s3024/IMG_20200518_164516_106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARqKGsUkk1lpf5-s7zgiI0AI57C4pV94rTthFHGuuZXI7kRjlEcli0v32BD5HyUk8_fnvo0XL3lQ9UVcBEe7PxurH86uw7oAH5HgSPgipZRQ2f1oFxWDdNk9baI_ggBeTWuNrr3OL77s/s640/IMG_20200518_164516_106.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I chose to work with pink and blue because I was pretty sure that I would get magnificent purples where the two colors met. This, in my opinion, gives a depth to the fabric that isn’t as noticeable with just one color. Choosing two primaries almost guarantees that I won’t get muddy areas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglj0dapvqCByJw9XwjF3YcCIyqC3rq8jdQZmSJ2gVmoQMFiDm1Vh6eDz2oW-y2VFiLZTC-7tHt7BWm7Age7SJR2GZdIjL1Qdjn8-jhC1qUkxG3bEDrDbWVz8ew98zIXrSPuiVsr_-Ed7Y/s3024/IMG_20200518_170517_743.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglj0dapvqCByJw9XwjF3YcCIyqC3rq8jdQZmSJ2gVmoQMFiDm1Vh6eDz2oW-y2VFiLZTC-7tHt7BWm7Age7SJR2GZdIjL1Qdjn8-jhC1qUkxG3bEDrDbWVz8ew98zIXrSPuiVsr_-Ed7Y/s640/IMG_20200518_170517_743.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tah dah! This is the best part and feels like Christmas almost every time! Though I have a pretty good idea as to what the finished product will look like, it’s almost always a surprise. I just love Shibori!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZgFNkVdGFgY3E9R4T81NK55MlXg_bWbVFAXGHUSqqV2Jl3sCd41A3sHSlGlbT9Offq47aI0TaUqg6rp8Ss4KnKUryn-OrEFppL1v0-BplIr2BNaFKDOb9xsumeI26QBmuNNHS6QSqWP4/s3024/IMG_20200518_172012_002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZgFNkVdGFgY3E9R4T81NK55MlXg_bWbVFAXGHUSqqV2Jl3sCd41A3sHSlGlbT9Offq47aI0TaUqg6rp8Ss4KnKUryn-OrEFppL1v0-BplIr2BNaFKDOb9xsumeI26QBmuNNHS6QSqWP4/s640/IMG_20200518_172012_002.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And now for the second run. I decided to go with a brown and green as well as a blue and turquoise. Same dyeing process as the first run. Soaking the fabric first in soda ash and then dyeing with fiber reactive dyes and waiting the 24 hours before rinsing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjysx5eJwHKbTe7SjHONivAcRyQgokJXLyTLkvQy9q_AvVhWoq8NXkVTEjBXHEmZKQwNFom1qfuPosVONJVUMWyQ1W2XEVHig0Aci95gjtZSQ53iOIT63e1radyfrI-BFFPs_16URrncGk/s3024/IMG_20200531_093817_297.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjysx5eJwHKbTe7SjHONivAcRyQgokJXLyTLkvQy9q_AvVhWoq8NXkVTEjBXHEmZKQwNFom1qfuPosVONJVUMWyQ1W2XEVHig0Aci95gjtZSQ53iOIT63e1radyfrI-BFFPs_16URrncGk/s640/IMG_20200531_093817_297.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again, the blue (in this case turquoise) took the longest to rinse out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRoyiJS9F73axZ_63BlBVeTRKX89Q5bcpNeNIJPDEPUMgKxytPGHpGvdvDoLc5Y9CW5N31SRpNy4oUezUsICMXaFBwCY520Af88tKRfD15uAb1XowUD-UmSQZV1E7XkSnyEKVwPFwbFo/s3024/IMG_20200601_135024_913.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRoyiJS9F73axZ_63BlBVeTRKX89Q5bcpNeNIJPDEPUMgKxytPGHpGvdvDoLc5Y9CW5N31SRpNy4oUezUsICMXaFBwCY520Af88tKRfD15uAb1XowUD-UmSQZV1E7XkSnyEKVwPFwbFo/s640/IMG_20200601_135024_913.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The brown and green washed out rather quickly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmyMONw5HByfwBvDuNpD10T6dQBZriSSUurksOD9rQLIXbcnXpxfnifng5TeVQ-OJAxpjRNiYo3PV9NGxRcPAy9-PrVFfsmKiyuWVqYSMtkdHLgOwnLrYYvDHIf1ZMhJRQTsw7wiC_BVU/s3024/IMG_20200601_134229_893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmyMONw5HByfwBvDuNpD10T6dQBZriSSUurksOD9rQLIXbcnXpxfnifng5TeVQ-OJAxpjRNiYo3PV9NGxRcPAy9-PrVFfsmKiyuWVqYSMtkdHLgOwnLrYYvDHIf1ZMhJRQTsw7wiC_BVU/s640/IMG_20200601_134229_893.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The scarves were left to dry outside (see my avocado trees in the background?!) and then rinsed again with Milsoft to soften up the fabric a bit more than just traditional fabric softener. I think Milsoft works so much better and really changes the hand of the fabric. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16kQEL9bLv14Kt4qdtU0xyPjoeCkqvOQLhX6ecwnkO2qm2zK4B6Dm3sMyGygC-BDSsVfuyDedQ_aqbvBNKTm-HVX56A3zzpYLQMbX4YPSBNc-8d8K55Sf0I6f0LoGeSXtmbHnpOjIi10/s3024/IMG_20200601_155839_918.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16kQEL9bLv14Kt4qdtU0xyPjoeCkqvOQLhX6ecwnkO2qm2zK4B6Dm3sMyGygC-BDSsVfuyDedQ_aqbvBNKTm-HVX56A3zzpYLQMbX4YPSBNc-8d8K55Sf0I6f0LoGeSXtmbHnpOjIi10/s640/IMG_20200601_155839_918.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> Once the scarves were dry, I pressed them with the iron on a cotton setting with steam and the finished result was just wonderful! I have them listed in my Etsy shop and you can see them by clicking <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/807024878/hand-woven-scarf-shibori-pink-blue?ref=shop_home_active_38&frs=1" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div><p></p>Sunrise Lodge Fiber Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430525418832346974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176558475647187182.post-68420965160715101732020-07-11T19:07:00.002-04:002020-07-11T19:18:12.230-04:00Happy Summer and Silk Noil Test Run! :) Happy Summer😍🌅! <div> New York State has moved on to phase 4 and most everything is open and running with social distancing in place and masks required. Since my job had no funds for summer programs, I’ve been able to really buckle down and make a HUGE dent in the stash. I’ve got absolutely no problem not leaving that house, there’s so much to do here! My love for Shibori has never faded. I love every step in the process. From choosing which yarns or threads to use, their fiber content, the types of dye and colors, to weaving and ripping out those supplemental weft threads. Magic every time!<div><br /><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOp36m3L25DMv2gPZGw5pCyIW-FMU_j7rMmfWwL7wnMP6spk2sqIzKOnKI4yas1nCxxSZq6VY1FLH_IbOK9uwrQ5lwWgx-GcoKqObtoPjAq7ZFuBkVWes4KTNnPZpa_lUBEnu52543lOA/s300/3C63BA92-897A-4845-A4A8-0C06A9A9BAF7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOp36m3L25DMv2gPZGw5pCyIW-FMU_j7rMmfWwL7wnMP6spk2sqIzKOnKI4yas1nCxxSZq6VY1FLH_IbOK9uwrQ5lwWgx-GcoKqObtoPjAq7ZFuBkVWes4KTNnPZpa_lUBEnu52543lOA/s0/3C63BA92-897A-4845-A4A8-0C06A9A9BAF7.jpeg" /></a></div></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"> I purchased some silk noil eons ago with the intention of weaving Shibori scarves. This silk is very delicate and I’ve been quite hesitant in putting it on the loom. It does very poorly on the ‘break test’. With little to no pressure, it snaps almost immediately. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPkcf7I0yoTFfFrekABR2IanqPeX1KGxsF61uFkSyM-VGKa0RhHD7hHgAWpnYnuj2e2PSpYDsLxrw2SgSMkRi2e4rLzEmkGsA0xESv53AdJywZzPv0GK_PXhCo3HhthtStYmvbSy4w8Y/s4032/IMG_20200506_141949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPkcf7I0yoTFfFrekABR2IanqPeX1KGxsF61uFkSyM-VGKa0RhHD7hHgAWpnYnuj2e2PSpYDsLxrw2SgSMkRi2e4rLzEmkGsA0xESv53AdJywZzPv0GK_PXhCo3HhthtStYmvbSy4w8Y/s320/IMG_20200506_141949.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> Since it’s super delicate, I didn’t want to count the warp ends under a lot of tension. </div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-lZvxtf3pRpXp863ciOzaAr3wbWkXThOu8aD_1s4Qv12UdarqZSC7VGTey5U0i9nRFxr9FsghG5uVSvpAscMyNQ_r-ftV_qfkapCB_M4T93qhSb65xVTUEPEgIfrIpckn9Is2lK1PF0/s3024/IMG_20200506_150106_440.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-lZvxtf3pRpXp863ciOzaAr3wbWkXThOu8aD_1s4Qv12UdarqZSC7VGTey5U0i9nRFxr9FsghG5uVSvpAscMyNQ_r-ftV_qfkapCB_M4T93qhSb65xVTUEPEgIfrIpckn9Is2lK1PF0/s320/IMG_20200506_150106_440.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> I counted out ends for only one scarf roughly 8” wide. The sett in the reed would be around 24 epi.</div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvrKY_BVGZdLavpM3VkiN7Fc34_a4ukXM11lNdZZ49HdRE1SEOl0WUAJc1o4rQVGNCvDMjBwnwZYAMR2YMM9gRTcTRJzS-ipKzVHINl4ay8ySZt5ZtxFJNgRhGcVKdES39Dg5Bl5yMl14/s3024/IMG_20200507_105403_042.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvrKY_BVGZdLavpM3VkiN7Fc34_a4ukXM11lNdZZ49HdRE1SEOl0WUAJc1o4rQVGNCvDMjBwnwZYAMR2YMM9gRTcTRJzS-ipKzVHINl4ay8ySZt5ZtxFJNgRhGcVKdES39Dg5Bl5yMl14/s320/IMG_20200507_105403_042.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> Since I wasn’t sure if I would have a lot of breakage along the way, there was a lot of stop and go. I figured that once I had everything tensioned properly, I would really be able to test the strength of all of the threads together. Quite nerve wracking...I just kept thinking...please don’t break, please don’t break.</div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj0gCo1jwyUPU_Hx0dXfU1GHAHgGnzN0XmdFTMv6oi9my6ptVBU2ycZzYgna9W2oQiKuNdR_km8AXG8jZsw4dh2vMZC56jLvnyjlxeiPw2Y4f7z_-9M8JjpRaQg6o5efmTStxNAO6mK2g/s4032/IMG_20200507_113240.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj0gCo1jwyUPU_Hx0dXfU1GHAHgGnzN0XmdFTMv6oi9my6ptVBU2ycZzYgna9W2oQiKuNdR_km8AXG8jZsw4dh2vMZC56jLvnyjlxeiPw2Y4f7z_-9M8JjpRaQg6o5efmTStxNAO6mK2g/s320/IMG_20200507_113240.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> Each thread was carefully threaded through the heddles in a straight draw. Please don’t break, please don’t break!</div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixuwifCAoX8zb-AQhXZzAYnE6-_qi54CaVqLTB-eYoRi5q9rHT1TuyqTrteA9tYzCQzbkNkYjqAylTrSBHTQ3zdO2yuY5CEVjQv-Xstfoe6AuZuSgkbxo3lDPABAH0qqQIwXdp1t4q4BE/s3024/IMG_20200507_140233_490.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixuwifCAoX8zb-AQhXZzAYnE6-_qi54CaVqLTB-eYoRi5q9rHT1TuyqTrteA9tYzCQzbkNkYjqAylTrSBHTQ3zdO2yuY5CEVjQv-Xstfoe6AuZuSgkbxo3lDPABAH0qqQIwXdp1t4q4BE/s320/IMG_20200507_140233_490.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> Absolutely no breakage so far and the ends are then threaded through the reed ready for the tension to be set on the front beam. Please don’t break, please don’t break!</div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTP_nQvtcbT4NtI9RukRtz5NY4zJXuPHl96cIJCNM1KTe3W5JQW-d2jHt1ugntthuC5sg-AEKLabBxpYst5l80E0naGl0PewfUY68CCfFCST96NUcNpUrbbqFT0tNGVbUShSz_pU9Um5k/s3024/IMG_20200508_131128_338.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTP_nQvtcbT4NtI9RukRtz5NY4zJXuPHl96cIJCNM1KTe3W5JQW-d2jHt1ugntthuC5sg-AEKLabBxpYst5l80E0naGl0PewfUY68CCfFCST96NUcNpUrbbqFT0tNGVbUShSz_pU9Um5k/s320/IMG_20200508_131128_338.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> Header woven with barely any tension. I’m a structure weaver so normally, I weave under very high tension. I like a nice clean shed so, this was a bit of a change for me. Please don’t break, please don’t break!</div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50Mu1Ci0ade_r2FQwqx0aDh3rJOg3Cl54Jiv-IpFpbI-iwcR9kEPa49GCwNQxFVNSV1Jlse_wj2FZ47iif8ojn6uOoJZI_NzpBxYDuYYvP_PM1NwRr3HTl_Kxps1PlzHTStLitmaBnsE/s4032/IMG_20200508_132241.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50Mu1Ci0ade_r2FQwqx0aDh3rJOg3Cl54Jiv-IpFpbI-iwcR9kEPa49GCwNQxFVNSV1Jlse_wj2FZ47iif8ojn6uOoJZI_NzpBxYDuYYvP_PM1NwRr3HTl_Kxps1PlzHTStLitmaBnsE/s320/IMG_20200508_132241.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> Here we go! My personal standard for Shibori is a supplemental weft every four picks. I find that the pattern shows through nicely giving just enough space in between for the dye to take to the fabric. Please don’t break, please don’t break!</div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjavQDAGmNt04SI4M3IYdWF04qDncvGZrbv0I927ZfaZryELQmn9tEFQ6NMVQAOvkXFtFxr4R71rs18Nw6vz3WuCYfe1bu2uO0tAGiAfwQPzEkdvoLWuWesYpiUWAOEAREGl4RMYKdi93w/s3024/IMG_20200508_153711_886.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjavQDAGmNt04SI4M3IYdWF04qDncvGZrbv0I927ZfaZryELQmn9tEFQ6NMVQAOvkXFtFxr4R71rs18Nw6vz3WuCYfe1bu2uO0tAGiAfwQPzEkdvoLWuWesYpiUWAOEAREGl4RMYKdi93w/s320/IMG_20200508_153711_886.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> I don’t know if you’ll be able to tell from the photograph above but, if you blur your eyes, you can get an ideas as to how the dye will take on the fabric. This is something much easier to see in person but, this particular scarf will have a long diamond-ish pattern. Please don’t break, please don’t break!</div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlZh5GgO1iHC1VkuO4g64obq0-N92yu-B-jCJ7NBi_9fMfDYqtKEtpxiF-A2MgeTjjDaqinxJjv2prlcqwIq5qZ8b48RNLy5khMNv_4zp1FEP4QvmZK66Q_OlhchumPSTzc3Ye7O4NUU/s3024/IMG_20200511_161454_138.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlZh5GgO1iHC1VkuO4g64obq0-N92yu-B-jCJ7NBi_9fMfDYqtKEtpxiF-A2MgeTjjDaqinxJjv2prlcqwIq5qZ8b48RNLy5khMNv_4zp1FEP4QvmZK66Q_OlhchumPSTzc3Ye7O4NUU/s320/IMG_20200511_161454_138.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> So with all of this ‘please don’t break’ stuff, I’m happy to say that I only ran into one! I used a bit of the warp at the end to test the strength of the silk under tension. I was surprised to find that it actually fared quite well!</div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzxCbBzoBkTypUeqyWPWT2FQqBuzCpCyK4cfy9tPAZDQWVeCwG4YJcq-qbqvejegeBLX4OiWbS6F1xujsyITkr0QotS4ixAWS54DpNWyg_8gCa9lSHsTny44mP8LUFlZ2h_PiRnCvlaA/s4032/IMG_20200512_185028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzxCbBzoBkTypUeqyWPWT2FQqBuzCpCyK4cfy9tPAZDQWVeCwG4YJcq-qbqvejegeBLX4OiWbS6F1xujsyITkr0QotS4ixAWS54DpNWyg_8gCa9lSHsTny44mP8LUFlZ2h_PiRnCvlaA/s320/IMG_20200512_185028.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> So here is the repair of the break. No biggie and I was very happy to find that I can use this yarn again for a longer run.</div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIuyEz_SIBVXFso3Uf2A5An3BJqxLElUcN0Q3X4IE4wAb235wxnrZatbwYuBaaxqF8X018lfVp5TRV20mQxaMb7hlsZlsuk-mC3Nk8paYwgvsDJ_8puEqyAAwMbF4JmEAshsU52ZcLDeo/s4032/IMG_20200512_171655.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIuyEz_SIBVXFso3Uf2A5An3BJqxLElUcN0Q3X4IE4wAb235wxnrZatbwYuBaaxqF8X018lfVp5TRV20mQxaMb7hlsZlsuk-mC3Nk8paYwgvsDJ_8puEqyAAwMbF4JmEAshsU52ZcLDeo/s320/IMG_20200512_171655.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> Time to twist fringe...I was careful again to make sure that I didn’t have any breakage here as well. </div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZzb72kbXadBne9lJSniAphX79kuqxrz-eLbTt7X4yBR0Nr2G737geJEILgbdwVjSxTyHdDgjsKpUE1RSbuCT-RezEk-E_OIyncRsVdzD6aa6HVdaVp5crCzQfOzP_M3qU2FiRZL843k/s3024/IMG_20200512_180252_280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZzb72kbXadBne9lJSniAphX79kuqxrz-eLbTt7X4yBR0Nr2G737geJEILgbdwVjSxTyHdDgjsKpUE1RSbuCT-RezEk-E_OIyncRsVdzD6aa6HVdaVp5crCzQfOzP_M3qU2FiRZL843k/s320/IMG_20200512_180252_280.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> Lookin good! No breakage in the fringe twisting!</div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5qaForDgSN8ZFoE9HTI8mZtbteZTeBLsr-0sdRjh0lX9Z6gT8eEMZHf2ELUSU1rSFMA7qx3z0JdQWh2NNFAbei2QzxfU-ZrcGWYyky5EeOP8PQv7b7EAsVKmDkjJjj_i4Vtx7FTfjVc/s4032/IMG_20200513_173432.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5qaForDgSN8ZFoE9HTI8mZtbteZTeBLsr-0sdRjh0lX9Z6gT8eEMZHf2ELUSU1rSFMA7qx3z0JdQWh2NNFAbei2QzxfU-ZrcGWYyky5EeOP8PQv7b7EAsVKmDkjJjj_i4Vtx7FTfjVc/s320/IMG_20200513_173432.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> Here’s where the magic starts to really happen! Binding! Pulling the supplemental weft to create a resist. It’s important to make sure that the knots stay relatively the same tightness across each side and that the fabric doesn’t bow under the pressure of the knots.</div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAfdP3YJVjs685grQ8tOTqA5xbJKMPawLPIu1MdAF4iJwHtxykAbPu_NE2bQuoqr3t9kt_8bG6EsqqLdhmaxXE7U7jklweQPx6OwZS9oP2jNmqEZvaK-_LR8NiB21k844kz4Rksll_YI/s3024/IMG_20200513_190605_552.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAfdP3YJVjs685grQ8tOTqA5xbJKMPawLPIu1MdAF4iJwHtxykAbPu_NE2bQuoqr3t9kt_8bG6EsqqLdhmaxXE7U7jklweQPx6OwZS9oP2jNmqEZvaK-_LR8NiB21k844kz4Rksll_YI/s320/IMG_20200513_190605_552.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> Tah dah! </div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAf8kwpxPVjKGvXNSZTjdkGuQxVYyJRLoS-mXDz9lpwMvFPC_yIHsSjskrI0aosDTZVUA4xLBRx2H2by94YImdwgoHERmXWocKoycTu9ZXQ2_mWk2LmSQrpqcpF6S43DEXK6rKd_RWyks/s3024/IMG_20200514_111638_258.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAf8kwpxPVjKGvXNSZTjdkGuQxVYyJRLoS-mXDz9lpwMvFPC_yIHsSjskrI0aosDTZVUA4xLBRx2H2by94YImdwgoHERmXWocKoycTu9ZXQ2_mWk2LmSQrpqcpF6S43DEXK6rKd_RWyks/s320/IMG_20200514_111638_258.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> Now for the soak in preparation for the dye bath. Since this is silk, I’m going to dye it using a heat set dye in cobalt blue which was the closest that I had to indigo. </div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia9B0FP28I2xVzYAdPs2pwnAzgbLwjlaDT1htsOIHO7H0wKTCXuyIFKeua7O3IY-zuP9cKdxT2a7FzfnM5sIyer7IrEw7hcXRGnpDzf8yp-ewxPh8wYP5pG2075C0HxAem2JD-Q_zass8/s3024/IMG_20200514_120525_562.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia9B0FP28I2xVzYAdPs2pwnAzgbLwjlaDT1htsOIHO7H0wKTCXuyIFKeua7O3IY-zuP9cKdxT2a7FzfnM5sIyer7IrEw7hcXRGnpDzf8yp-ewxPh8wYP5pG2075C0HxAem2JD-Q_zass8/s320/IMG_20200514_120525_562.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> As I was painting on the dye, it was soaking up right away! I really like the way the fabric took to the dye and when I use this again, I’ll be sure to concentrate the dye mixture a little more.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrbsfc4X-qNx0O1J_1C8Kj02UYv39vQE2GjFg-HPcWJanIBevpsPnBuQ6ZhGW_h9MfllSuqNe15BPTuzy76XX3cCmA8UXawcWQ421knE8V9vZ77GJjmOV42gSbDzcpC47ffGfBAdhkXY8/s3024/IMG_20200514_122831_180.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrbsfc4X-qNx0O1J_1C8Kj02UYv39vQE2GjFg-HPcWJanIBevpsPnBuQ6ZhGW_h9MfllSuqNe15BPTuzy76XX3cCmA8UXawcWQ421knE8V9vZ77GJjmOV42gSbDzcpC47ffGfBAdhkXY8/s320/IMG_20200514_122831_180.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here’s a sample of the final product before washing and pressing. I’ve been using the ‘final photograph’ as the first because of the way blogger layout shows up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here’s a thought about things being a mess. Weaving sometimes gives me some serious insight to life, which is probably why I love it so very much. Sometimes when we ‘think’ we’re a mess, it just takes a little bit of patience and light handed endurance to get the final result. Patience and endurance🌅❤.</div>Sunrise Lodge Fiber Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430525418832346974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176558475647187182.post-51468884682620505722020-06-20T18:58:00.002-04:002020-06-20T18:59:39.731-04:00Festive Runners or Runners for Festivities?<div> In the last post, I shared about how I’m working through the stash of yarn that I’ve accumulated over the years. Ok, maybe it was the last few posts that I spoke of this. I used to weave tons of table mats and had a bunch of 3/2 cotton on the yarn tree. It’s super thick and soft so weaving with this to ‘get rid’ of it shouldn’t take too long. I have a bunch of colors and had originally wanted to weave another run of towels but, by the time I was counting out the warp ends, it spoke differently to me. Runners!</div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6H6Duz0HQfdthn6dvW44OC_7xkRGfZihC34ZWykIeeb9k9-fS0g9Pz1lcYP_yR53Olr-xpWs1MF0iYTqMld5Am7UZ77xnLJxN-q4r-UwDiOLWWAG9Y5MoBvZ8948viv02yAYnkJFvpQ/s3024/IMG_20200506_100120_690.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6H6Duz0HQfdthn6dvW44OC_7xkRGfZihC34ZWykIeeb9k9-fS0g9Pz1lcYP_yR53Olr-xpWs1MF0iYTqMld5Am7UZ77xnLJxN-q4r-UwDiOLWWAG9Y5MoBvZ8948viv02yAYnkJFvpQ/s320/IMG_20200506_100120_690.jpg" /></a></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is what’s left of the 3/2 and the color selection lay out. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDQtKB9jobAxLCnbrp4UIgE8V9t5oo2b4Om1IJERIJxFEA76cbViAdzCuYDDCB_qZv_vzrEok7S7m3bjmwsS0fVTCfW6_2k8a4rF9S_QOmChadT0oIov9oh1SrzXmGV69Ov-7oGhz2zc/s3024/IMG_20200423_135459_668.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDQtKB9jobAxLCnbrp4UIgE8V9t5oo2b4Om1IJERIJxFEA76cbViAdzCuYDDCB_qZv_vzrEok7S7m3bjmwsS0fVTCfW6_2k8a4rF9S_QOmChadT0oIov9oh1SrzXmGV69Ov-7oGhz2zc/s320/IMG_20200423_135459_668.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the first warp chain. There were a couple of white and grey ends on both sides for a type of border.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTEUkVAyGcQJVu8vJAdP0_wtBTfT0lPvwKOu2UsT1iQ37sMvFzLKz5JcipAhfGpIs_jB67S76ZXY_DjuKNthNqUc-62gET1azR6Fql6XYvjGgZtVbGyqe90RJE0SVrezd43TGXjtMLKsY/s3024/IMG_20200423_150843_686.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTEUkVAyGcQJVu8vJAdP0_wtBTfT0lPvwKOu2UsT1iQ37sMvFzLKz5JcipAhfGpIs_jB67S76ZXY_DjuKNthNqUc-62gET1azR6Fql6XYvjGgZtVbGyqe90RJE0SVrezd43TGXjtMLKsY/s320/IMG_20200423_150843_686.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The second chain is much more colorful!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoVTCba7cpTSubfvo9bsHrp_x_4v2sWQn_PzOIA_wRGO0423P_SOj9vFmFHTAORJriyGZiKVinoH8ESqq0A6EKxDpJh3f9FWfA_4bDXzRhZ6ca3qWjOxBaHBOGuXRhJomG6yX2ghol4b8/s3024/IMG_20200424_122030_584.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoVTCba7cpTSubfvo9bsHrp_x_4v2sWQn_PzOIA_wRGO0423P_SOj9vFmFHTAORJriyGZiKVinoH8ESqq0A6EKxDpJh3f9FWfA_4bDXzRhZ6ca3qWjOxBaHBOGuXRhJomG6yX2ghol4b8/s320/IMG_20200424_122030_584.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From the front of the loom through the shafts. I’m very careful to count how many heddles I need and then separating them from the rest. What’s that saying? Measure twice, cut once! 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It really makes the colors pop!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3e7LGx1ap5GWaLZ51VGxwfE4g6iNaSxAKWx8TF9c_YKZkF1-2cAwWmVTX3DglQo_bFf5XV21aOWyzxxup8M9BAql9821DrPSXSByiO8Sjq_TpIG13XW-4jsVOG37rNZ3q8o-pr2_Krmk/s3024/IMG_20200427_170443_877.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3e7LGx1ap5GWaLZ51VGxwfE4g6iNaSxAKWx8TF9c_YKZkF1-2cAwWmVTX3DglQo_bFf5XV21aOWyzxxup8M9BAql9821DrPSXSByiO8Sjq_TpIG13XW-4jsVOG37rNZ3q8o-pr2_Krmk/s320/IMG_20200427_170443_877.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just love it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc5RGr2i48rHIb3r3Zfl2HST31LoK90h4CzJoFLMQNn4brcHQB7A0CovyH34fCHDGvvrQTdBbG2un5ybvRDSrYg4nnhiV6y4LEbLLlRMa77s8L_mgywJhDikzUpgX4IOU-4DjdgGdMIhQ/s3024/IMG_20200429_112027_800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc5RGr2i48rHIb3r3Zfl2HST31LoK90h4CzJoFLMQNn4brcHQB7A0CovyH34fCHDGvvrQTdBbG2un5ybvRDSrYg4nnhiV6y4LEbLLlRMa77s8L_mgywJhDikzUpgX4IOU-4DjdgGdMIhQ/s320/IMG_20200429_112027_800.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So after I ran out of 10/2 cotton for the weft, I looked at the back beam and had an ‘ut oh’ moment. There was so much more to go! At this point, I dove into the chenille stash and just started going cone by cone. This picture is of the white weft. I also had grey and lots of burgundy. I cut these from the run and set them aside for later projects. I’m thinking maybe cowls or something like that. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnrHnR7iNTsRJrXnpzDPdrZN8znowm4nW41VQLGq6wOIybjjkGBUsZNt9XN9NE79qolJ6Ed9vWRiBfsxoqd2Yed69IziBvVM8H06rRRFX7CHYpPy6WJmvQFW2b_lNC1yRT9H6jDUtPFo/s3024/IMG_20200501_195647_352.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnrHnR7iNTsRJrXnpzDPdrZN8znowm4nW41VQLGq6wOIybjjkGBUsZNt9XN9NE79qolJ6Ed9vWRiBfsxoqd2Yed69IziBvVM8H06rRRFX7CHYpPy6WJmvQFW2b_lNC1yRT9H6jDUtPFo/s320/IMG_20200501_195647_352.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This picture doesn’t really show how huge the rolled up yardage was! When it was finally off of the loom, I was cracking up at how heavy it was!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPqw1n6BsWHyF4S6afa_GtiMIOvF-OjNRcxUHFHa69ieN8STlW45OxhqOCGCk-8oxxHK67TjsVio6v93Wi39s-K5ZGGo_Z4bdBpWKMAJUdLczhUAwkYuddWtT16sQFhowIICwHrJ90Y4/s3024/IMG_20200504_155744_443.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPqw1n6BsWHyF4S6afa_GtiMIOvF-OjNRcxUHFHa69ieN8STlW45OxhqOCGCk-8oxxHK67TjsVio6v93Wi39s-K5ZGGo_Z4bdBpWKMAJUdLczhUAwkYuddWtT16sQFhowIICwHrJ90Y4/s320/IMG_20200504_155744_443.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Snip snip snip the header out!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLoDJwzM6ODvFky2P7PYuLfCdobH856nj_DampfO5ZUzfZGqiXEHJ5MqGrT0ZWzxPVnBJ6AjMOwKNTC045GD8J0sayTdm2ouLLKPtF3QerIyWB4NPnebF8w4LsINeM4-CJPx39B5nsDtM/s3024/IMG_20200505_155747_561.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLoDJwzM6ODvFky2P7PYuLfCdobH856nj_DampfO5ZUzfZGqiXEHJ5MqGrT0ZWzxPVnBJ6AjMOwKNTC045GD8J0sayTdm2ouLLKPtF3QerIyWB4NPnebF8w4LsINeM4-CJPx39B5nsDtM/s320/IMG_20200505_155747_561.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I decided to go with a knotted fringe with two layers of knots to give a nice finish.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmw8b7SSr9taUiIRkz0hGHWh2NtDQ_mk2YwQVDn47KRRi5nZ_FT3o51YchbnpI8aPU_6ZTd_Cl8r5SLOYQcwfZHxvxsBW4BP0XxPKn8XJV-yWz0HdWdPjvb477IBnOJAqjmel9FSpL6Sc/s3024/IMG_20200505_172710_489.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmw8b7SSr9taUiIRkz0hGHWh2NtDQ_mk2YwQVDn47KRRi5nZ_FT3o51YchbnpI8aPU_6ZTd_Cl8r5SLOYQcwfZHxvxsBW4BP0XxPKn8XJV-yWz0HdWdPjvb477IBnOJAqjmel9FSpL6Sc/s320/IMG_20200505_172710_489.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, are these festive runners or runners for festivities? I haven’t decided. It might all be the same thing! If you are interested in seeing them in the shop, click <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/sunrisehandwovens">here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDchkMQjOHb14r2egaSqlZE1nnRgO9K20u_Q_77a4ljGypAzMFNofffWU7fPf8ykActFi5zRclveAlX6-HJzct2iSx8K9K5WyEdyLtHzBFYYQiR_wCQ8nKvl7Z2vgg7obKnn1hjcJmEU/s4032/IMG_20200606_132244.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDchkMQjOHb14r2egaSqlZE1nnRgO9K20u_Q_77a4ljGypAzMFNofffWU7fPf8ykActFi5zRclveAlX6-HJzct2iSx8K9K5WyEdyLtHzBFYYQiR_wCQ8nKvl7Z2vgg7obKnn1hjcJmEU/s320/IMG_20200606_132244.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next up is a brave experiment in silk noil!!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><span><!--more--></span>Sunrise Lodge Fiber Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430525418832346974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176558475647187182.post-4036139700715531962020-06-04T19:27:00.000-04:002020-06-04T19:27:26.643-04:00Spring Green Towels in 10/2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
So I wove this run of towels in May and haven’t posted them yet because I’ve been weaving up a storm! Seriously wove through the remainder of my 10/2 cotton.....but, more about that in a later post. This first picture is obviously the hemming process and I always love the way the light from the sewing machine spotlights what is being sewn. </div>
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So, this how this all started. I had a ton of 10/2 cotton left over from weaving napkins years ago and I have taken a personal vow to not purchase any more yarn until there is a serious dent in the yarn tree. What is there is simply what I have to work with. Colors and all. </div>
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This warp was roughly 630 ends at about 7 yards long. I counted out the ends in three chains and this was the absolute last warp that I was going to count out on my current warping board. I made it about 15 years ago and it has stood the test of time.</div>
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So, I wove these in May...as in the beginning of Spring May. As in, the snow is over, why don’t you open up the windows May. Birds chirping in the morning May. NOPE! Snow May? I guess I had a snow May. I don’t recall that ever happening before but, what the heck...just an excuse to stay inside and get some serious weaving done. </div>
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This picture is a little bit sideways but a great example of what I see when I’m sitting at the loom, if I was sitting sideways. Anyway, on the beater, you can see a knot in the wood. I love this because it falls in the exact center. I also have a handwoven rug that I keep under the treadles until I tie them up so I don’t bang up my nice bamboo floors.</div>
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I have woven this pattern probably a dozen times! I love the way it weaves up with the plain weave borders eliminating the need for floating selvedges, which I find an absolute must for almost all of my projects. </div>
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This is a four shaft huck lace pattern. Weaving on four shafts is a breeze. I really tend to get a great shed and can really zip through a project rather quickly. When weaving with all eight shafts on this loom, I feel like me sheds aren’t as clean (see previous post) so I’m still working on perfecting my treadle tie up.</div>
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These towels are available on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/794303248/spring-green-handwoven-towel-hand-woven?ref=shop_home_active_2&frs=1" target="_blank">Etsy</a> already as the weather has been very cooperative since I’ve posted and I’ve really had some serious time to dedicate to weaving. </div>
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It was finally nice enough outside to take some pictures! It was mid 60’s on Thursday when I took these pictures and then it snowed on and off all day Saturday! I’m trying to play with lighting inside but have been finding that natural sunlight is the only way to go. Without further ado...</div>
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This first scarf is an alpaca silk blend in light and dark brown, green, white, and black lines separating the squares. </div>
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How about some towels? These are the ones in the last post. Black and cream in a checker type pattern using 3/2 mercerized cotton.</div>
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I’ve had this super bulky cotton chenille for quite some time and whipped up a run in a sandy beige and sage’ish’ seafoam’ish’ green.</div>
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This one I wove with a solid green weft. This chenille is super soft and heavy, sure to be warm and soft next to the neck on chilly days.</div>
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I love weaving with Tencel! The pattern in this scarf is an echo weave pattern I designed and just love the way it comes out. I used an A-B color combination in the warp and echoed the weft pattern to highlight the diamonds in a black silk. </div>
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This one is my favorite. I used a key lime green silk in the weft and the way this one shows the different colors in the warp in the light is just breathtaking! It gives a blue sheen...LOVE it! </div>
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My rainbow towels sell really well and I had a ton of 3/2 in various colors so why not throw another run on, right? Gosh I love how bright they are in the sunshine!</div>
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Lastly, I wove some towels in 10/2 mercerized cotton in green squares highlighted with a yellow border in a huck lace pattern. I may play with this pattern again. I was surprised at how quickly they wove up. I’ll be posting about the process on these next.</div>
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Ok. So the question looms (pun intended)...where are they listed?! I spent a good portion of this morning cropping and adjusting photos and getting descriptions together for my Etsy handwoven shop. One item will be listed each day over the next week and will be available by clicking <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/sunrisehandwovens" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Oh my gosh! No one has to tell me to stay home twice! Why not make the absolute best of this quarantine and use up as much yarn as I possibly can? Well, that’s my philosophy right now! I have a gorgeous yarn rack in my living room that a dear friend made for me for Christmas years ago. It gets the award for best gift. Handmade and holds 88 cones of yarn and right up until this week, it was full. I’ve woven nearly 40 yards of fabric since March and will be posting about each run weekly until I’m caught up. Honestly, I hope I never get caught up! I counted empty spots on this cone rack and I had 15 free spaces!!! I can’t wait to share those projects. Before I do though....</div>
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There is plenty of cotton on my yarn rack both mercerized and unmercerized. I LOVE LOVE LOVE unmercerized for towels. The untreated fibers make for fabulous absorption and the more use they get, the better they get. However, I do have a lot of mercerized as well and it was time to start making a dent. I have tons of 3/2 that I was working with to make placemats as well as tons of 10/2 that I was using for napkins. There’s that funny little one in the middle......5/2. All I had was three cones. Black, green, and white....or maybe it’s more like bone or cream. </div>
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Black and white/cream won the vote! Simple and traditional was the plan, yet I wanted something that was unique so, I chose a pattern out of the 8 Shaft Pattern Book and started counting ends.</div>
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Counting 452 ends, two of which were for floating selvedges so that way I would have nice neat edges. The warp was only five yards long and winding a solid color made the process of counting ends smooth as butter.</div>
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Ok....let’s talk about this for a minute. I’m weaving these towels on my Glimakra Ideal 8 shaft horizontal Countermarche. I love this loom and everything about it but, let me tell you...if the treadles aren’t tied up just right, the shed is terrible. This makes weaving a horror as opposed to a dream. There’s a little knack for getting the shed just right. The 8th harness has to hold the treadle horizontal almost perfectly in line with the bottom cross post on the front of the loom and then each shaft in succession to the first shaft have to compliment the tension on the 8th. With a countermarche loom, either the top or bottom lamm is tied to the treadle (depending on the pattern). So, when setting the treadles, the 8th harness holds up the treadle initially and each harness thereafter should not have more tension on the treadle but not be too slack. I’ve been battling with getting this just right. Somewhere along the line, I lost my ability to get this right every time. Maybe it just used to fall into place for me, I have no idea. Either way, I spent a good deal of time on the floor getting it right. Success!</div>
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That’s the idea! With a solid warp, solid weft, and a nice clean shed, these wove up in no time.</div>
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Another valuable lesson I’ve learned is that not giving myself enough space for a nice hem only frustrates me after wet finishing. There have been a few times where I pull everything out to be pressed after wet finishing only to find that I have to gear into repair mode. Very frustrating. Solution = big hem :)</div>
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So, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about items for sale. The Etsy shop is up and running and you can access it by scrolling to the top of the page and clicking on the store link or you can just click <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/sunrisehandwovens" target="_blank">here</a>. I’m not an outdoorsy kind of person when it’s cold out and sunlight is the best light for taking pictures. As soon as it’s a nice enough day out and the sunlight is at it’s optimum, I will get out there and take some pictures and have these items listed. Promise! </div>
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So as the quarantine stretches on and I have time to finish schoolwork in the early morning hours, I’ve been dedicating some serious extra time planning projects, thinking of ways to get my yarn stash to a manageable level (chances are that may take a couple of years in reality), and sitting at the loom with audiobooks chatting away. There is a pretty handy yarn tree that I use to see what colors, fibers, and fiber weights I have to work with but, I also have my great grandmother’s hope chest filled with natural coned yarn. Eventually, the goal is to get the hope chest emptied so I can use it to store something else. Preferably something that needs to be stored that I don’t want to look at. So, back to the yarn tree. I needed to make room. Which ones could I get rid of quickly? The 3/2 cotton!!! </div>
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I wanted something bright and cheery so why not a rainbow palette? With the color order laid out, I gave it a go! </div>
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As with all weaving projects, ends must be counted first. The plan was to weave this at 12 ends per inch using just plain weave.</div>
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I was able to evenly distribute the ends onto three chains with roughly 150 ends each.</div>
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This is such a rhythmic therapeutic part. Actually, the whole process is rhythmic and therapeutic....who am I kidding? </div>
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This is the loom before warping. It looks so bare! </div>
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With the warp evenly distributed in the raddle, the warp is now ready to be beamed. The raddle, seen in the picture below tied to the back beam, is a board with nails placed every inch. Since the 3/2 cotton is going to be set at 12 ends per inch, 12 threads need to go into each one inch space so that when the warp is wound onto the back beam, it goes on evenly.</div>
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As the first rotation is completed, paper or beam sticks will be placed between the rounds of threads so that the tension remains relatively even. If the threads are given the opportunity to slip through previous rotations, the tension will be off and will show in the fabric.</div>
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The tension is then set on the front beam. One inch at a time until it’s even all the way across then secured with a second overhand knot.</div>
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Sometimes just plain Jane can be so exciting!</div>
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I purchased some shuttles from <a href="https://www.paradisefibers.com/products/leclerc-colored-boat-shuttles" target="_blank">Paradise Fibers</a> last year because I thought it would be a great idea to weave a project with 11 colors. (I probably won’t be doing that again anytime soon) I didn’t have enough shuttles and was doing frequent color changes. Shuttles are pretty pricy but, Leclerc makes these plastic shuttles that were pretty reasonable. The ends of the plastic shuttles are a bit on the stiletto side but they will probably wear after use. I prefer the blunt edge due to the number of catches on the warp if I didn’t throw just right.</div>
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Pinning! Looking back, I should have given myself more to work with in the hem. I had quite a few daunting repairs to make after wet finishing.</div>
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I used to buy iron on labels because they were beautiful and easy to put on. The person I used to buy them from doesn’t make them anymore and I’m out. I’ve been seeing gorgeous labels on hand knit items so I went shopping to see what I could find and stumbled across a store in New Jersey in Etsy. I contacted the creator and sent her my logo as well as my ridiculously long name. She was quick with response and worked these up for me! I’m thrilled! <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/KnitWitTags" target="_blank">KnitWit Tags</a> comes highly recommended! She’s got quite a selection including cork, acrylic, leather, etc. Great response and shipping time and she even had samples that I could order to try out the different styles!</div>
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I’m pretty happy with these. There’s a little skip or two here and there but overall, they came out pretty good. They look happy and cheery. That’s what I was looking for.</div>
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When the temperatures rise above 60, I’ll take all of my creations outside for a nice weather photo shoot and they will eventually all be available in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/sunrisehandwovens?ref=hdr_user_menu-shop" target="_blank">Etsy</a> shop.</div>
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So while taking classes, it can be very difficult to find the time for sitting down at the loom for a few hours to get a project well under way. I absolutely must have some type of creative time and knitting is my next in line ‘go to’. It’s portable, usually light weight, and I don’t need to buy anything. It’s all right here, accumulated over years of splurge purchases. Here’s a look at what’s been created!</div>
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This first little pink loopy small triangular shawl is from Martina Behm. It’s called Miss Winkle apparently a reference to The Big Bang Theory and she has a great little blurb about it on her website that you can see by clicking <a href="https://strickmich.frischetexte.de/en" target="_blank">here</a>. I used Miss Bab’s Yummy 2-Ply in Deep Sea Jellyfish because I wanted to stand on line for over an hour at the NYS Sheep and Wool Festival. No really, that’s a real thing I wanted to do...and I did it! You can find her gorgeous color ways online by clicking <a href="https://www.missbabs.com/collections/yummy-2-ply" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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Finally, how about a good ol’ pair of socks?! The Lord knows I won’t need to buy any sock yarn until I’m in my early 80’s. :) There are so many wonderful free patterns on Ravelry and my queue has surpassed three pages. So many sock patterns to choose from! This particular pattern is called Zigzagular Socks by Susie White and is available on Ravelry. You can see her website by clicking <a href="https://prairiegirlsknitandspin.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. I remember buying this yarn at The White Barn in Gardniner NY but, it was made by Into The Whirled and you can access their website by clicking <a href="https://intothewhirled.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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So, in a nutshell, that’s what happens when I can’t get to the loom and there are probably another four or five projects I could add to the list but these were the easiest. I’ve had some trouble with Blogger in the past erasing all of what I’ve typed and then auto saving before I can go back and retrieve what I’ve lost. To say the least, it can be very frustrating. I’ve downloaded the Blogger app onto my phone to try to add photos easier and I’m typing this on my iPad so I don’t accidentally hit the finger/mousepad thingy and erase. So far so good. I feel a little more confident about posting. I go through all of this with no boo boo’s! I guess I’ll be back soon. Be well! </div>
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Although these all came out happy and colorful, it looks like I barely touched my yarn stash! </div>
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Last year I purchased some additives such as novelty yarns, sequins, and Angelina and had been adding those to my handspun yarns to create unique art yarns. I was at the end of my fiber stash so decided not to dye the last bit of it and spin the wool in a natural white then later add the additives for some real flair.</div>
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I'm completely in love with this yarn. Actually, I'm not really sure it's going to make it into the store 🙋🙋🙋</div>
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I've been reading a lot about the natural dyeing process and wanted to experiment with a piece of natural muslin. I first cut it into 6 "equalish" sections and then soaked them in white vinegar.</div>
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Wrapping the sections over an old rusty pieces of metal and nails removed from the pallets used to create the raised vegetable garden, gave a glorious result! I wrapped the pieces in plastic and left them outside to allow the oxidation process to bleed into the fabric. </div>
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I pieced the sections together with three pieces together in two sections and then pieced the two sections together to form a type of shawl or wide scarf.</div>
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As I was working on this project, I kept getting ideas for the next step. In essence, allowing the work to 'talk to me' as I went. Having the pieces together, I just felt that it looked...…..bland. I top stitched over each of the seam sides using a decorative stitch on my sewing machine. I have no idea why it was such a pain in the @$$ but, my machine kept bunching the thread on the feed dogs. After almost an entire Saturday, I finally had the result I wanted with the top stitching. There were however, unsightly threads from the muslin fraying out from the edges. I started following the threads along their original woven path to clean this up. This, of course, sparked the next step when this piece 'told me' that disassembling the edges would make mighty fine fringe. I literally sat on the couch with a needle and pair of tweezers removing the threads to create fringe.</div>
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Using size 10 glass beads, I threaded bits of the frayed ends through two small bunches then both bunches through a third bead securing it with an overhand knot. </div>
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This added an elegant touch but, she's not done yet!</div>
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Switching gears and heading over to my Glimakra, I've decided to go with a run of waffle weave towels. Since I don't have any unmercerized cotton left, I'm working with 5/2 mercerized cotton in teal and natural. <br />
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As I was counting out the warp and listening to Gramatik, I didn't realize that I was making an error in the number of ends. The original idea was 410 ends.<br />
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Last second, I decided to add one section of grey. Thinking that I was all set, I spread the warp in the raddle.<br />
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This was when I realized that I had couned the green as part of the neutral sections so, I'm off 40 threads for the entire warp. So much for dancing while counting ends.<br />
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After some reconfiguring, the heddles and reed were threaded and the header started.<br />
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So, the idea for this run of towels is that the green will border the areas of waffle weave. Once they're wet finished, I'm hoping that the borders will reduce the amount of shrinkage that waffle weave is so famous for. Sunrise Lodge Fiber Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430525418832346974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176558475647187182.post-12392131378673814442019-02-23T11:37:00.000-05:002019-02-23T11:37:54.437-05:00The End Of A Run<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The contrast of periwinkle blue and a nice soft yellow for the final scarf in this run brings a fabulous finish to this series. I am still working through a book on design work and haven't been completely thrilled with the curves that I've been designing. Perhaps it's time to go back to the drawing board and select different colors for the weft. </div>
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Since it has been a few years since I've woven towels, I think that I'm going to whip up a run of those next. I've vowed not to purchase any more yarn until my stash is down at least 50% and I have plenty of cotton to work with. Waffle weave is one of my favorite towel structures. The way it's woven flat and bounces with 'almost' uncontrollable texture after wet finishing.....oh.....and not to add that they are super soft and absorbent. Yeah...I think it's time for a run of waffle weave towels :) See ya!</div>
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This year at the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival, I went a little crazy buying additives for my art yarn line. This adds a pop of color and lots of texture. This skein, called <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/646097178/creature-hand-spun-hand-dyed-art-yarn?ref=shop_home_active_22&frs=1" target="_blank">Creature</a>, consists of merino wool plied with a nylon thread and lots and lots of yarn bits, silk ribbon, and Teeswater locks. </div>
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This skein called <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/574231512/disco-unicorn-art-yarn-hand-spun-hand?ref=shop_home_active_40&frs=1" target="_blank">Disco Unicorn</a>, is a 2 ply merino yarn with sequins and Angelina sparkles making it a bulky weight yarn. I found it very difficult to accurately capture how this skein shines with the camera but boy does it sparkle! </div>
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Have a very Merry Christmas from Sunrise Lodge Fiber Studio!!! More to come next year!!!<div>
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Sunrise Lodge Fiber Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430525418832346974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176558475647187182.post-46106584049079816552018-11-18T21:21:00.000-05:002018-11-18T21:21:57.129-05:00What A Perfect Day! We got some early snow this year and what better weather to start a new project! Here's a shot of my home studio. I have plenty of light and high ceilings, which makes me very happy :) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For the first one, I chose a tobacco brown in the weft in a new swirl pattern that I've been working on. The plan is to expand this pattern from the original straight draw on 32 shafts to a progressing twill but, I'll work on that once I see how the other variations in a straight draw look.<br />
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It has a bit of a feathery look to it and I'm pretty happy with the results so far. I have another variation of this same pattern that should play out similar. The plan is one drab color and one bright color for each before modifying the patterns.<br />
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I've been getting some attention from Pinterest in patterns and how they are created. There has been a couple of occasions where people have researched pictures to find my website and send me an email. That means the absolute world to me...to be recognized for my design capability. Please, if you have any questions, I'm ready to answer. My inspiration for weaving came from designers and their readiness to answer questions. Thank you!</div>
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Sunrise Lodge Fiber Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430525418832346974noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176558475647187182.post-26198954136686875172018-11-03T11:13:00.000-04:002018-11-03T11:13:25.929-04:00Handwoven Store Up and Running!!! Well, mission accomplished! The Hand Woven store is up and running with some items that I've worked on recently. The intent being to have a bit of variety and a splash or two of color. There are some shibori scarves, chenille scarves, tencel scarves...scarves, scarves, scarves. Just in time for this year's holiday season! <br />
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Yes. Of course, there are towels as well but, I'll be adding them at a later time. The Etsy store can be located right from this page by scrolling to the top and selecting the Hand Woven Store tab. Well, back to the loom! :) </div>
Sunrise Lodge Fiber Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430525418832346974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176558475647187182.post-84154403166186381732018-05-28T09:29:00.000-04:002018-05-28T09:29:57.102-04:00Americana Chenille Scarves on Memorial DayStill working through the stash of yarn that I already have, I've decided on a run of chenille scarves in red, white and blue!<br />
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There is so much to work through in my stash and at the rate I'm going, I may never have to buy yarn again!</div>
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I took pictures indoors on a dreary day so the colors don't pop like they would in natural sunlight but you get the idea. I went with a classic plaid for two and a plain creamy white for the weft in the third.</div>
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This was a quick easy plain weave...just trying to cut down the stash!<br />
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The weather has finally broken! An extra month of Winter was a little too much for me so, when I'm not home when I should be home, it's on the trail I am. Lush green leaves are finally here :)<br />
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The last two scarves are plaited twills. I started with a silver weft and a strange thing started happening again. I'm getting little lines of fuzz as I weave on the right hand side of the fabric. I'm assuming that the reed is doing this and I can't seem to figure out why. When I wet finish the fabric, the fuzz goes away but I can't seem to figure out why it's happening. Perhaps it's my beat.</div>
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The last scarf is also a plaited twill this time done in a light sunny yellow for a nice contrast.<br />
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Finally...twisting the fringe!</div>
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For the first scarf, I chose a blue weft and the contrast in color with the burgundy warp is just wonderful. At different angles, you can see that there is a lot of movement and once it's off the loom and wet finished, it should have an iridescent quality that tencel is almost always known for. </div>
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For the second scarf, I chose a red-violet weft also in tencel. The final product will be less dramatic than the first for a more subtle look. The broken twill pattern is slight breaking the movement in the overall pattern in rectangular blocks. <br />
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8/2 burgundy sett at 30 epi 8" a straight draw and two floating selvedges for 242 ends. Four scarves at 70" each with 10" fringe on either end for a total of 90"...so an 11 yard warp.</div>
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Ready for the tension to be set and the start of a new run!</div>
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I swear that the hardest part of this is choosing what color warp... </div>
Sunrise Lodge Fiber Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430525418832346974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176558475647187182.post-56736382543227903032017-07-18T20:12:00.000-04:002017-07-18T20:12:35.278-04:00Made in the USA So in celebration of Made in the USA day (yesterday) I spent some time getting things together for the next couple of runs. Here is the progress of the tencel scarves: <br />
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I'm going with an A-B color pattern and an echo weave on an old pattern. I've done this one before just not in these colors.</div>
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A couple of different angles because the pictures just don't do justice to the pattern. Natural sunlight will really show off the drape, shine, and pattern once they're off the loom and finished. </div>
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Threads counted for the next run of table mats on the Glimakra. I went with a color combination that is going to make my aunt's toes curl :) </div>
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<br />Sunrise Lodge Fiber Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430525418832346974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176558475647187182.post-74369044500591509562017-06-28T08:58:00.002-04:002017-06-28T08:59:23.178-04:00Summer Shibori Shawls Completed! It's been abnormally cool and wet for Spring in the Northeast so these shawls fit perfectly. I once did a show in June and remember it being sweltering hot out and there I was attempting to sell scarves with little success. That was years ago...if I had attempted the same thing this year, I may be successful! These shawls turned out beautiful! I'm happy to say that the material used was not poly and the dye really took leaving bold bright colors.<br />
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The first step after removing the fabric from the loom was to twist the fringe and then pull the supplementary warp threads to bind and create the resist.<br />
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Viola! I chose green, blue, and purple because...well, why not? Three different shawls: one with all three, one with green and blue, and the last with blue and purple. All of them were steam ironed as flat as possible and hung out to dry.<br />
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The next run will go on the loom starting this weekend and hopefully the handwoven shop will be open by the end of July...sooner if I ever get pictures taken. :)<br />
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