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Plain Weave for Joy

9/5/2017

 
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Harrisville Highland; 10 epi
Houndstooth is a bit of an obsession just now.
It might be that I love my shuttles so much that I want to use two at once.
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Spindle Spun Cormo; 15 epi
Or it could just be that the possibilities of plain weave continue to unfurl before me like an endless enticing road,
be it balanced or weft faced. 
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Yes-- this is tapestry. See the lazy lines?
Or it could be that I am a cheap date.
(Four selvedge Warping Instructions here).
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Four Selvedge Tapestry (weft faced plain weave where the wefts are discontinuous across the shed); 9 epi; wool warp and weft. Fly Line Backing for auxiliary warp
But whatever the reason, I'm having a swell time.
Naturally, my inner Storymaker is busy thinking up things to do with all these pieces of cloth, 
but for now I'm letting the Luminist have her way,
--at least, as much as I can.
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Thanks so much to everyone who wrote in about their inner helpers last week-- goats and spinning wheels and as yet unnamed beings. Lovely.

ALSO --anyone who ordered a copy of The Backstrap Dialogues before the last few days, (digital or paper), please note that at the bottom of  page 29 I put the wrong web address for Laverne Waddington's wonderful blog about backstrap weaving. It is a fantastic resource and I want to make sure people know how to get there.  So here is a link.  And here is the correct address so you can write it in your zine for future reference: ​https://backstrapweaving.wordpress.com/

I contacted Laverne the moment I noticed the error and she has been most gracious!
Astonishingly, there really  isn't all that much specific information about backstrap weaving(and almost none that I could find about using it for tapestry or gauze -- thus my zine),
 so it is worth getting it right.
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Lynn
9/6/2017 05:42:51 pm

Oh the many colors in your houndstooth yellow/orange stripes. What used to dye it with? Espec like the previous post pics of houndstooth with band of various colors, and some with thick/thin.

Ashley
9/7/2017 08:40:38 am

I have also greatly appreciated Laverne Waddington's backstrap weaving blog these past few years as I journeyed into weaving. It is good reading as well as a generous resource of information, the best I've found on backstrap weaving.


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