Random thoughts of a fiber enthusiast – mostly fiber related, sometimes coherent.
Wednesday * February 22nd 2012
Mar28
I took at three day workshop with Sharon Alderman a week ago. This is the first of a 2 part series that Black Sheep Handweavers Guild is putting on. Sharon’s class is about designing handwoven cloth for garments. Specifically, cloth for a jacket that Daryl Lancaster will help us create in September. We created a [...]
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Mar26
Is this not the coolest book cover ever? Cover features card woven bands from guild member (and wife of one of the authors), Gudrun Polak. And whose idea was it to use the card woven bands? The co-author, Eleanor, not the weaver’s own husband. Hmm. If you wonder what card weaving has to do with [...]
Mar15
Specs: Fiber: Foot Notes Unspun! from Fiber Optics Yarns Colorway: Stormy Monday Blues Fiber Contents: 80% superwash merino, 20% nylon Weight: 3.25 oz (package was for 4 oz, but part of it was used for Batts in the Belfry) Yardage: 396 yards, pre wet finishing Plies: 2 WPI: don’t know. Didn’t measure, but sock weight. [...]
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Mar09
I bought this from Morro Fleece Works at Retzlaff Winery. When? I’m not sure, but at least 2 years ago. Maybe 3. The photograph doesn’t do the color justice. It’s a much deeper teal color. Stats: Source: Morro Fleece Works Fiber: 80/20 Cormo/Bamboo pin drafted roving Yardage: 1198 yards (pre-finishing) WPI: 24 (also pre-finishing) It [...]
Mar08
It only took 4 months, but I finally added a panel and re-seamed the hat Team Batts in the Belfry made for the Batts to Hats competition. (I needed the spinning bobbins that the rest of the yarn was on.) I first wrote about it here, and the full article at Interweave’s site. We will [...]