Random thoughts of a fiber enthusiast – mostly fiber related, sometimes coherent.
Wednesday * February 22nd 2012
Jul31
As I finished the last rounds of Chart 7, I moved on to the next color in the sequence…100% of the lightest brown, as opposed to the marled of the lightest brown with white. Last round of Chart 7 means 178 of 234 rounds complete. A whole whopping 58% of the main body of the [...]
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Jul26
Remember my fabric samples from Sharon Alderman’s class in March? My vision was to have flashes of color running along the warp. For the sake of expediency, I samples with the colors I wanted running the full length of the warp instead of creating the yarn of my vision. The intention was to dye and [...]
Jul23
One of the boutique hotels I stayed at in Istanbul was across the street from the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum. We walked by it often in the first few days. The banner showed an exhibit of 17th – 19th century kilims. But it was closed on Monday. (I arrived on Sunday evening.) Tuesday afternoon, [...]
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Jul22
The feedback from various sources overwhelmingly say “continue with the pattern.” And they are right. The shawl will be much too big for me to wear. Although, wearing the shawl was something that never crossed my mind. My goal was to make a shawl out of the yarn I spun, and to use as much [...]
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Jul20
As you can see, I’m making slow and steady progress. But I’m at a crossroad. I have just finished the last round of the last chevron increase at the edge of each panel in the pattern. I need to make a decision on whether to continue with the pattern as written, which sets me up [...]
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