END OF WARP KROKBRAGD EXPERIMENT
After finishing off my Pendleton selvedge rugs, I decided to play with the remaining warp. I never wove Krokbragd before so I re-threaded and re sleyed. I had some hand spun, hand dyed wool, some that I spun, some from a retired weaver that I wanted to use before the moths ate it. It was all heavy duty rug grade, not enough of one color for an entire project. The weaving started slowly, but went a little faster after I got started. I really enjoyed playing with the colors.
My only question is, how do I get the ends to stop curling up? I read in Collingwood's book that to eliminate this problem with a weft faced weave, one has to use the plain weave shed during the weaving, which I did. I had the rug rolled the other direction for about a week, I even weighted it down with bricks. It still wants to curl a little. Other than that, it was fun to do.
Shetland Style Wedgewood (discontinued
Percentage: 100
unwashed
Shetland Style #72 Lilac
Percentage: 100
unwashed
Shetland Style #72 Lilac
Percentage: 100
unwashed
Shetland Style #18 Aubergine
Percentage: 100
Unwashed
Romney Blanket
This was a dog of a project. I could get a decent shed the entire time plus my repair heddle was a royal PITA. Don't know why I didn't attempt to retye the stupid thing. But once we got it off the loom, wet finished and hemmed, it looked very nice.
Rio Grande Rug
I took the Rio Grande weaving class at Convergence 2010 with Karen Martinez. It was a well-designed class, and we finished a generously-sized rug while learning four different wefting techniques on traditional Rio Grande looms and using the unique open-sided shuttle. I loved weaving on this loom, and liked that the project design reinforced the skills we were learning several times throughout the project.
If you want to read more about the experience, visit chat > "New Mexico...We're Here" for more photos of the looms and the class experience.
V shaped shawl no 2
My second V-project, this time with much thicker yarn, much easier to do, and looked better at the tricky seam in the middle. This was the first project I ever actually sold, - to a neighbour at our summer house area
Harrisville Shetland
Percentage: 100
This is a great yarn for shawls and scarves. It gets very soft with wet finishing.
