TEXTILLIAN STUDIOS

Category: Kitchen

  • Paralyzer

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    Reference About a month or so ago, I took a gander at our dishtowels, and thought that we could use some new ones around here. The towels are starting to show some wear after being used and going through the laundry about every week or so for about ten years. Besides, since moving into this…

  • Blue Monday

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    Ok, Tuesday. Reference  This entry is in honor of Opal’s favorite colors. I wove these towels a few years ago to play around with color. I feel one of my weaknesses is putting colors together. On occasion, I do a project like this to try things out and try to expand my horizons. The weave…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…