Hi - I just joined.

However. If it is OK I would like to dare me to finally make the tiger skin I have been planning for a couple of years?

I have this very nice light grey sheepskin - making a "wolf-skin" would be no real challenge, so I have thought I should make a tiger in sheep's clothing instead. The result would be a Frightful Fibre Animal...

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KarenIsenhower

Kerstin, we'll look forward to seeing your progress on this sheep in tiger's clothing... or the other way around... Sounds frightfully interesting! Do you have an intended use for the Frightful Fibre Animal?

kerstinfroberg

I could show it to some expert and become famous and rich?

mneligh

Are you dyeing the skin, or weaving the tiger?

I am in the spinning stage of weaving a 3-D near-life-sized lion. I waited nearly two years until I got the fleece for the pile-knotted mane.  The rest will be weft, except for the tuft at the end of the tail.  I'm worried that I won't have enough weft from one fleece.

I have no reason why I'm doing this or what I'm going to do with it.  It's a compulsion.  Back in the 1970's when I bought my Macomber B-type loom I had it configured for 3-D weaving, and I used to do white-on-white raised relief pictures of people.  I suppose the lion is a grander version of that.

Why are you doing the tiger?  Should I send my lion to see your tiger?

endorph

wait to see the menagerie - sheep had better look out with lions and tigers on the loose!

kerstinfroberg

is going to be the backing.

My inspiration is the traditional Scandinavian "fälltäcke" (fäll=skin, fell; täcke=coverlet). Here is one example on Weavo, here is another from a Swe museum site. They were used to sleep under, skin side down, and had more or less ornate fabric on top. Often boundweave, in a northern province it was popular to use a special variation (see some pictures on my guild site, here. Tie-up for sinking shed - all floats are on the back ) However, I plan to use just one sheepskin, and let it keep it's natural form - just make it look like a tiger skin when the woven side is up.

As it has to be a sturdy fabric, I'm thinking summer&winter. (I meant to insert a picture here, but need to reboot first. Dratted 'puter!)

kerstinfroberg

After a reboot, I'll try again with one of the profile "doodles" I have been playing with:

It still needs to be adjusted for size(s), get more varied stripes... but it is a start!

endorph

cool Kerstin - and thanks for the explanation - I was having a hard time picturing how you were going to make a tiger skin out of a sheep!
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