I borrowed Lydia’s loom to weave a stack of placemats last month and it turns out I find it impossible to weave placemats to scale. They varied widely in length when I took them off the loom, but shrank to a somewhat consistent shape once they were washed. I think for the meantime I’ll stick [...]
Archive for May, 2009
placemats and looms
Posted in Weaving, tagged loom, placemats, Weaving on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Deadly hubris
Posted in spinning, tagged novelty yarns on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was so excited about novelty yarns I decided to try plying yarn with feathers, as depicted in my wonderful new spinning book. Now I, my wheel, my room, the dogs, and everything that comes near us are all covered in fluffy feathers. Until further notice, I will be vacuuming.
Spinning
Posted in ravelry, spinning, tagged boucle, spinning, yarn on May 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This spring I started teaching spinning at Yarns Unlimited. After the class ended I decided to invest more time in my own spinning, which I’ve negeclted for a while. Now spinning is almost the only thing I do, and eve though it’s probably a far less marketable product, I think yarn will be the bulk [...]
