Random thoughts of a fiber enthusiast – mostly fiber related, sometimes coherent.
Wednesday * February 22nd 2012
Sep29
I was at a weaving study group last week when talk turned to double weave. I had seen some lovely scarves at the CNCH Boutique that was woven as 2 separate layers with occasional blocks where the 2 layers interacted to lock together. I think I’ve figured out what I need to do to make [...]
Sep28
For the most part, when it comes to drop spindles, I prefer top whorl ones. For bottom whorls, I prefer supported, not drop spindles. But for some reason, I have a weakness for Turkish Spindles. I came across my first Turkish spindle at Sherpherd’s Extravaganza. Kurt Ocker made these spindles for his sister, Kat Dobroth. Kurt [...]
Sep21
I wove a couple more skip dent scarves last week. They are the same structure as this one. I used Henry’s Attic Alpaca Lace this time (sett at 20 epi). Yum! The first one is a 10″x76″. This was my sampler to make sure that I had the sett and beat correct. The second one [...]
Sep17
This exchange has been 2 years in the making, and we finally exchanged our towels last night. Aren’t they pretty? You can see my contributions here.
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Sep11
It’s been finished a while and worn a few times, but I keep forgetting to post it up here. It’s another Artisan’s Vest from the Green Mountain Spinnery book. This time, I knitted it with Tai-Chi from Artfibers, color #3. It doesn’t seem like they carry this yarn anymore. My sister, Grace, gave it to [...]