Bits of weaving wisdom, tips, and tricks, occasional ranting and raving, as well as Schacht Spindle news and views, by Time to Weave author Jane Patrick.
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posted by Jane Patrick at
5:49 AM
Jane Patrick grew up on the broad plains of south central Nebraska where from an early age she earned the moniker of “the family putzer” because she was always making things. It wasn’t until she walked into the weaving studio at Löngumýri home ec school as an exchange student in Iceland that she knew that weaving was something she must do. Since then weaving has been both her livelihood and hobby. Jane is a past editor of Handwoven magazine and is currently vice president of sales and service for Schacht Spindle Company Inc. Jane has taught weaving classes and workshops, given lectures on weaving, and juried textile art shows.
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That reminds me of when I quilted a lot - somewhere I saw a description of quilting as cutting fabric up into little pieces, and then sewing it back together into a big piece again. The point is not always obvious to those not doing the quilting!
Anyhow, my point is that you could frog the dyed blanks and use the yarn as weft (obviously), for a very long color repeat scarf or whatever. I just did that with Noro sock yarn. But this is making me wonder what would happen if you used one blank as the warp and one as weft. Would it be a lovely color gamp? Or a muddy mess? Hmm...I bet the latter.
Or use the dyed yarn as the pattern weft in some sort of overshot thingie.
Or knit plain socks. Mindlessness is not a bad thing sometimes, I find.
January 24, 2008 6:44 PM
Hi Jane,
I machine knit and dye a lot of yarn for weaving. In fact, I'll be teaching a seminar on this very subject at Convergence. The class is called "Machine Knitting to Weave For".
Nancy Roberts
www.machineknittingtodyefor.com
February 11, 2008 4:00 PM
Hi Nancy, Thanks for your info. For those who are not familiar with Convergence, it is the biannual conference of The Handweavers Guild of America. This year it is held in Tampa, Florida, June 22-28. For more: www.spinweavedye.org
February 12, 2008 7:59 AM
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