First Fleece!
First fleece down! I started out with 1 pound 8 ounces of washed Shetland fleece. The listing said the locks were 2-3 inches long, they were actually 4-5 inches long. Since I only had hand…
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Weaving Project #3
Another weaving project! First larger project on the same tiny loom and I used my handspun yarn. My warping pegs (brackets attached to my grow light stand) worked super well and I was very pleased…
Flax Splicing
Flax splicing research article here and a less scientific article hereEssentially you can make super super fine fibers by splicing instead of drafting and I wanted to see if I could do it. I've been doing a…
Weaving Project #2
I made another thing! The only thing I'm not happy about is the braided ends and that was only so I could take it off the dowels and figure out what to do with it.…
Second Project
I warped a second weaving project yesterday, right around lunch time and got so into it that I forgot to eat lunch. Whoops. I was essentially doing the same as my first project but muchwider.…
Another hobby
I said I wasn't going to pick up another hobby but I figured out how to make the world's smallest backstrap loom out of pvc pipe and started weaving with tatting crochet thread and a…
Another rabbit hole awaits
I started working on a fleece. So I bought a washed shetland fleece a few weeks ago and the hand cards back in December. Hand cards were $45 with shipping and that was a great…
Today’s Interesting Read
Reproduction Textiles! Link here.I'm currently working my way through the research paper that is linked in the text and describes the piece that the reproduction is based on. The paper is fascinating too!