Seeing Red

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12 shaft twill first variation
Project
Project Status: 
Finished
Project Date: 
Tue, 08/23/2011 - Fri, 09/30/2011
Yarn
Yarn: 10/2 tencel
Color: black, red
Type: warp
Yarn: silk
Color: black
Type: weft
Loom
Loom Used: 
Louet Spring
Number of Shafts: 
12
Number of Treadles: 
12
Sett: 
28.00 EPI
Length on Loom: 
9.00 yd
Width on Loom: 
8.00 in
Finished Length: 
72.00 in
Finished Width: 
7.00 in
Notes: 

I wove two scarves using two treadling variations. I used relatively fine weft and so this project seemed to take forever to weave off. Particularly scarf #2! It was hard to get decent pictures due to the high sheen off the silk weft when my flash went off.

Full story at my blog http://weeverwoman.blogspot.com/2011/10/done-like-dinner.html

Thanks!  Susan

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WOW!

Nice design, yarns, everything!

Sharon Carey

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Wonderful!

What loom did you use?

SallyE

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Your work is always

Your work is always superb! 

 

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Ooooooh! Aaaaaah! Lovely as

Ooooooh! Aaaaaah! Lovely as usual. I'm off to read your blog.

Carie

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what loom did I use?

Thank you for your comments!  I listed my loom as as Louet Spring 12 shaft / 36" width  but for some reason it didn't show up when I posted the project. I'll try editing it back in....

 

Thanks! Susan

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So sophisticated! Beth

So sophisticated!

Beth

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It is beautiful, Susan. Try

It is beautiful, Susan.

Try taking pictures without the flash, I sometimes find that's better for shiny things.

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flash/ no flash

Hi Ellen,

Trust me! I tried everything and every setting including no flash and another setting called 'landscape' where it uses the natural ambient light.  They turned out way too dark! I end up using one of the better shots and then manilupating the image later to improve it as best I could.

I like your new avatar picture! I must get a new one of myself but hard to do when I hide when the camera comes out!

Susan

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Yes it can be really tricky

Yes it can be really tricky sometimes. I have had to post some really bad photos of very fine silk shawls,found no way to work around it. I think you did really well.

Thanks for your comment about my avatar. I chose one my cousin took of me on my 60th birthday, an occasion when I couldn't avoid cameras anyway, so .....take courage and just do it ;-) It didn't hurt!

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Lovely scarf and the colours

Lovely scarf and the colours look as though they glow