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-6 pounds of Tencel
-15 Pounds of Rayon
-Goodness knows how many skeins of worsted wool!
Oh my. I have a lot of work to do!!
~JoAnna
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Where am I gonna put all this??
-6 pounds of Tencel
-15 Pounds of Rayon
-Goodness knows how many skeins of worsted wool!
Oh my. I have a lot of work to do!!
~JoAnna
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
More hat
I started knitting another hat last night. I refuse to believe that people don't need hats in the summer. :) haha. Kidding. But this way I'll have an inventory built up for when it gets cold again.
I haven't done much with my boucle scarf for a while. I had used some rayon in the weft and I didn't really like it. I felt like it took away from the bumpiness of the boucle, which is the whole point! So I pulled it out and tried weaving with the same stuff in the weft. I like it better, but now I think I beat it in too hard...I need to get better at just placing my shots instead of beating the crap out of it.
OH! Weaving on the cloque (clo-kay :) sampler was fun! I really enjoyed working with the wool. It was weird for me because I always keep my tension really tight, but with the wool, you have to keep it loose or else it will just keep stretching. And since it's a wool/silk combination warp, it's even worse if you keep the tension really tight because the wool will stretch and the silk won't. Eventually the wool will become so stretched out that even if you have the tension as tight as it will go on the silk, the wool will be droopy and loose.
I am planning on weaving my sections of the two linen warps in class tomorrow...ick. I HATE linen. It's just...terrible. Hopefully I can get it overwith quickly.
Lauren was telling me a few weeks ago about a lovely wool scarf she made out of wool using a canvas weave. It's really pretty. But Jeanne said when she saw it, "Canvas weave should only be done out of linen." Well...I disagree. My canvas weave shawl was beautiful. :) And so was the wool scarf!
Anyway, I think I'd like to do something with Tencel soon...And/or rayon...Oh and I really want to weave my Dune scarf... :) Yes, sci fi nerd. Love it.
~JoAnna
I haven't done much with my boucle scarf for a while. I had used some rayon in the weft and I didn't really like it. I felt like it took away from the bumpiness of the boucle, which is the whole point! So I pulled it out and tried weaving with the same stuff in the weft. I like it better, but now I think I beat it in too hard...I need to get better at just placing my shots instead of beating the crap out of it.
OH! Weaving on the cloque (clo-kay :) sampler was fun! I really enjoyed working with the wool. It was weird for me because I always keep my tension really tight, but with the wool, you have to keep it loose or else it will just keep stretching. And since it's a wool/silk combination warp, it's even worse if you keep the tension really tight because the wool will stretch and the silk won't. Eventually the wool will become so stretched out that even if you have the tension as tight as it will go on the silk, the wool will be droopy and loose.
I am planning on weaving my sections of the two linen warps in class tomorrow...ick. I HATE linen. It's just...terrible. Hopefully I can get it overwith quickly.
Lauren was telling me a few weeks ago about a lovely wool scarf she made out of wool using a canvas weave. It's really pretty. But Jeanne said when she saw it, "Canvas weave should only be done out of linen." Well...I disagree. My canvas weave shawl was beautiful. :) And so was the wool scarf!
Anyway, I think I'd like to do something with Tencel soon...And/or rayon...Oh and I really want to weave my Dune scarf... :) Yes, sci fi nerd. Love it.
~JoAnna
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Sale!
I made another sale today!! I'm so proud and really happy! One of my friends from the clay dept. wanted to buy a hat (I think I mentioned this in another post somewhere) anyway, she stopped by the fibers studio to check out the hats I already had made and look at the yarn I had too in case she wanted to pick her own colors.
She picked one that was already made/felted. I just have to sew the liner into it. :) I'm so happy! It'll look cute on her. It's fun to give/sell things to friends. I plan on lining it later today or maybe tomorrow. I have a test in my psych class tonight that I'm supposed to be studying for, but I'm just so excited that I made another sale! :) I wanted to share.
~JoAnna
She picked one that was already made/felted. I just have to sew the liner into it. :) I'm so happy! It'll look cute on her. It's fun to give/sell things to friends. I plan on lining it later today or maybe tomorrow. I have a test in my psych class tonight that I'm supposed to be studying for, but I'm just so excited that I made another sale! :) I wanted to share.
~JoAnna
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