TEXTILLIAN STUDIOS

Month: April 2007

  • Sofa shawl

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    At the 2005 MAFA conference, Mr. Penney paid me a visit, as he was just a half hour away from the conference site. This was his first exposure to my world of fiber in such saturation. Fortunately, it did not scare him off. I walked him around the vendor area, answering whatever questions he had…

  • After: Dining room curtains

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    Woohoo! Another item off of Mr. Penney’s list. (Mr. Penney is quite the keeper of lists, which is, admittedly, helpful in getting things done.) Here are the curtains for the dining room, photos courtesy of the better photographer of the two of us:      These are considered relaxed rod pocket curtains. I used the same…

  • The old site

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    Well, that is the end of the posts from the old site. I guess it would be cheating to count those as real posts. In any case, there are still plenty of projects that I never got around to posting on the old site. I just need to remember how I did them! (I am…

  • Warp-face placemats

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    Placemats woven to tryout the techniques learned in a class on warp-face weaving.   After taking another class from Tom Knisely at the Mannings on warp-face weaving, I fell in love with this pattern. It just so happened that Christmas was coming up and my mother was complaining that she needed new placemats. The warp-face…

  • Shadowweave towels

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    The results of a study group meeting on shadowweave produced these towels.   I was hosting evening study group for the weaving guild and the topic was shadowweave. I was also giving the demonstration of how this color and weave effect could be used. Since I had to warp the loom anyway for this, I…

  • Plaid towel with tracking

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    The unbalanced nature of the thread used in these towels helps give it an additional pattern.   Yarns that are overspun or underspun (either commercial or handspun) tend not to lie flat when woven in a plain weave. Often, diagonal hills and valleys will appear in the weave. This is called tracking; and can be…

  • Christmas log cabin towels

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    This is dishtowel was inspired by candy canes. I had just recently purchased a small 4 harness loom and was anxious to try it out. Since Christmas was coming, this was the way to do it. This pattern is commonly referred to as log cabin and is a color and weave effect. The warp and…

  • More living room curtains pictures

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    Mr. Penney is a better photographer than I am, so here are his pics. Don’t mind the wrinkles. (Yeah. Yeah. I know. I haven’t ironed them yet.)