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Portable Property

5/1/2018

 
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Round Yoke; Hand Woven Tapestry (four selvedge); spindle spun wool and linen 3" x 3"
"as to myself, my guiding-star always is,
'Get hold of portable property.'"
(John Wemmick; Great Expectations (24.41)
PictureMud Bricks; Hand Woven Tapestry (four selvedge); hand spun linen and cotton (natural colors); 3" x 3"

I can't help but agree--
it's nice to have one's treasures at hand.
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All Ready Here; Hand Woven Tapestry (four selvedge); spindle spun wool; natural dye; 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"
With no restrictive or fragile mounting devices, 
dreams can be carried about, and ​fondled.
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Here I Am; Hand Woven Tapestry (four selvedge technique); Hand Embroidery; Wool; 4" x 3"
They can be pinned temporarily to a wall,
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My New Car; Hand Woven Tapestry (four selvedge); wool; natural dye; 2" x 3"
then tucked in a place where it is possible to
see and feel them on a regular basis--
where they might bring delight to an otherwise
​ pedestrian transaction--
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or even serve
as a reminder of relative value.
​
Where DO I want my money to go?
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Four Tapestries from the Twenty Tiny House Series; linen, cotton, wool; natural dye; each 3" square
It is hard to describe the pleasure I find in these tiny works
and I'd love for you to get to hold them too.

To that end,
I've just put ten tiny tapestries in the now open store! 
(button in the menu at the top of the page
and hope everything works--
turns out I was not quite as close as I thought last week.).


 I'll leave them there for two weeks
with free shipping
to celebrate what feels like 
a ridiculously 
mammoth accomplishment.
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Then hopefully I'll get back to making some more --
even as I work on handouts
and Rebecca edits video
for our upcoming class for her school:
Fringeless: Four Selvedge Tapestry with Sarah C. Swett
which we hope will be ready by the end of June (double yippee)!
making it possible for some of you
​ to weave your own magic
into pieces of portable property
​to tuck in your purse. 
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And once again, I cannot thank everyone enough
 for the wonderful support and heartwarming encouragement
in last week's comments.
​It's all so much fun with you there.
Chriss
5/1/2018 04:33:46 pm

I love these wee tapestries! I'm looking forward to registration opening for your class. I may already be stalking my email for notification...just practicing. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, skill and yourself with us.

Jennifer Edwards link
5/1/2018 05:35:58 pm

Hi Sarah! I am so inspired by your little tapestries and I look forward to your offering of a class! I have just resumed weaving again after a year away. I love it! I have no training in it and have just come up with my own solutions to this and that. I do have a question: Is traditional tapestry weaving marked by there being NO warp showing through the weft? I am thinking this may be so from your work as well as Rebecca Merhoff (sp?). I suppose it doesn’t really matter much as I do love the look of warp showing through. But I may have to give it a try...covering up the warp. 😊 Thank you for your excellent inspiration! -Jennifer

Sarah Swett
5/2/2018 10:36:56 am

Hi Jennifer — making things up is one of the delights of tapestry — I mean really, despite the ‘official’ definition: “a weft faced plain weave where the wefts are discontinuous across the shed,” getting the weft into the warp in sections is about all there is. Yes, traditional tapestry usually covers all the warp, but many people have it show to great effect — esp color blending kinds of things where the warp could contribute. I’ve woven quite a few tapestries with completely open warp sections, which is also a blast.
One of my favorite ways to work is to learn a little from someone else, then go off and do ny own thing till I have more questions, then go get some more input, then go back and weave for a few more years. It’s worked a treat so far!
Rebecca Mezoff has some great free YouTube Videos you can check out as well as her classes.
And Rebecca is putting together a page about the class with a basic outline of what is happening and what will happen, so you can check up on it if you like. I’ll probably get a button on my blog page before long that leads to it.
welcome back to weaving!

Jennifer Edwards link
5/6/2018 03:27:58 am

Thank you so much for this reply! I am doing just as you say...seeing something someone does in their weaving and giving it a try with my own twist. We shall see where this goes... All the best to you Sarah!

Patti Kirch
5/1/2018 10:49:37 pm

You have a fun and Friendly blog site Sarah, thank you.
I am looking forward to signing up for the online, four selvedge class,
a tapestry team teach, dynamic!

Nancy Kramer
5/2/2018 05:17:22 am

FINALLY!!!!!! A re-use for toilet paper rolls. Brilliant.

Sarah
5/2/2018 10:39:10 am

Yes — I use them ALL the time — winding endless spindles full of singles for storage till I’m ready to ply. I mostly use them for wool though. I’m a little apprehensive about using them for cellulose fibers for long term storage as linen and cotton don’t like acid and I think there is acid in toilet paper cardboard. Wool, on the other hand, thinks acid is fine. It doesn’t’ LIke alkaline conditions...

Yancey Gillies
5/8/2018 09:54:16 am

Please add to the post by email group

Tal Landeau link
5/9/2018 09:11:35 am

Bravo! Now I need to go get all my l'il tapestries and stuff 'em in my pockets, wallets and such!

laura
5/9/2018 04:37:18 pm

Sarah,
Those are SO CUTE!! I am heading over to see if there are any left right now! <3 Thank you for all of the inspiration and uplifting insights you provide for us all. Reading your newsletters is like finding a packet of happiness and sunshine - (haha- similar to the delight of using little tapestries in places you never knew you needed them!) Heartfelt gratitude, Sarah.<3
Loads of love and happiness back at you,
Laura

Cianne
5/15/2018 01:41:32 pm

Did the wee tapestries sell out already? I can’t find them in the store link.

Sarah
5/15/2018 02:06:20 pm

Thank you so much for looking — and yes, they did all sell. How lovely is that?
My hope/ plan, however, is to reopen that ‘branch’ of the store with another batch — perhaps time in June?
I’ll definitely announce it here...


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    ​Sarah C Swett 
    tells stories
    with
    ​ and about

     hand spun yarn. 


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    my four selvedge
    warping class
    with
    ​ Rebecca Mezoff  
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