Fiber Musings – Page 69 – Random thoughts of a fiber enthusiast – mostly fiber related, sometimes coherent

Fabric

On 9 Mar, 2012

I snapped this photo while I was having cocktails with some friends. My girlfriend was wearing this pretty Chanel styled jacket with this beautiful fabric. Perfect for spring.

And guess what? It’s primarily a plain weave. Yup. Plain weave. Okay, a bit of skip dent in there and a few floats. A bit of cotton slub and pops of pink really brightens this jacket. Not too girly, but just a hint of pink.

Hey, I can do this! The jacket isn’t too different from the basic Daryl Jacket. Unlined. No pockets. What could be simpler?

Famous last words…

Silver Lining

By Ann

On 7 Mar, 2012

In Life, Weave

It’s been a hell of a week. Each day presented new challenges. This morning’s challenge was backed up sewer lines through the toilets. Both toilets.

So, while waiting for the plumber, and while he did his thing *, I pulled out the big drill (pre-drill the holes) and the materials for the new raddle that I have been meaning to make for the Gilmore Gem II. It will have 1/2 spacers. I am usingÂ screw eyes for my spacers so I can slide a rod through the eyes to keep all my threads in place. I’ve even sanded down the piece of wood, rounded out all the sharp edges and put a boat of orange oil wax on it.

It’ll take me a while to put all 45 screw eyes in. So, for now, I think a margarita lunch is called for. No?

* It was a giant root ball in the main line to the street.

Even Steven

By Ann

On 4 Mar, 2012

In Spin

Or as close as one can get while plying 2 bobbins.

I spun from a large bag of Polwarth Luxury BlendÂ (Polwarth blended with cashmere, baby camel, yak and baby alpaca) from Spirit Trail Fiberworks. I didn’t split the fiber into piles. I didn’t weigh the fiber nor the bobbins. I just spun until I thought I was about half way through and switched bobbins.

What you see on the left is what was left on one of the bobbins after I finished plying — about 30″.

I can’t get this close when I try to split the fiber evenly into 2 batches.Â Perhaps I should just stop trying so hard, eh?