TEXTILLIAN STUDIOS

Category: Weaving

  • Take a Chance on Me

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    Reference  One of my favorite classes in college was Non-deterministic Systems, which could have been simplified to the name: Probability. Or even Statistics. Yes, I know. Geek. Anyway, the guild had done some presentations and work on stripes, and I wondered whether I could get a pleasing distribution of warp stripes by getting a random…

  • (Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind

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    Reference Another thought popped into my mind on the way home from work tonight: Is there some kind of formula that you can just plug in the needle size, yarn diameter, and stitch pattern to determine the yardage needed to knit something? I ask because it seems like a basic thing, but yet I don’t…

  • Suddenly, Last Summer

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    Well, since I am still trying to get back to work on the rug that I am trying to put on the big loom, I thought that maybe putting up some of the weaving that has not made it up onto the site would help me. Ok, maybe not, but here it is anyway. This…

  • Work in progress: Warp-face wool rug

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    Part of the reason for me to change my website over to a blog was to publicly humiliate myself. How? By highlighting projects that have been stuck in limbo, thus giving me a reason to get my rear in gear and get the dang thing done. This is one of those projects.    Mr. Penney…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Tim’s scarf

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    This is scarf has a great feel and drape due to the fiber and the weave structure. I wove this scarf as a birthday present for my best friend. And he has to be a good friend, with the cursing that I did with this yarn. I never felt I could get a good, consistent…