Lesson 2 in JST’s Season 3 videos, the idea of using various different setts in a single piece of cloth is the idea … and I loved the design of one of the samples. So, with two small cones of fine threads (red 30/3 silk&wool 50/50, dark brown lace weight alplaca) I worked out a… Continue reading Cramming and denting plain weave
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May flowers and such
Staying at home has pushed me to move some long-term projects forward. I have been interested in weft-faced patterns for a while and have been trying to get my head around creating patterns. Taquete – which I saw somewhere described as “summer & winter with no tabby” – I will update this when I find… Continue reading May flowers and such
Springtime dyeing days
Inspired by unseasonably warm weather last week I decided to get out my dye pots and use up some plant material I had collected – marigolds, onion skins and arbutus bark and savied over the past year or so. I grow marigolds (tagetes varieties) – mine are short, range in colour from yellow to deep… Continue reading Springtime dyeing days