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Check it out and let me know what you think. Of course, I should be weaving instead of fiddling with my blog………
"New Year Look for my Blog” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on December 30, 2009. ©2009 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.
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"Handspun Scarf Modelled” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on December 27, 2009. ©2009 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.
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I had intended taking the photo of the scarf on me. Time, however, prevented me from learning how to use the delay timer on my camera.
Merry Christmas!
"Finished Handspun Scarf” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on December 22, 2009. ©2009 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.
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After discussing it with my husband, I had decided to sign up for the Complex Weavers’ Summer workshop being held in Albuquerque this summer. Then I learned that it had filled up within something like five days of registration having opened. My husband wanted me to get on the waiting list. But I figured that the waiting list was already pretty long.
Undaunted, I checked summer workshops in the area where I live. Not only did I find one. I found one that I would rather enroll in than Complex Weavers!
It is being held at the J.C. Campbell Folk School. Here is the description of the workshop:
Warp It! Paint It! Weave It!
June 6-12, 2010
Instructor: Kathie Roig
Want the beauty of a hand-painted warp but don't have the space, time, or equipment? Explore different methods of painting your warp (and perhaps the weft) using fabric paints, spontaneously adding color to yarn for functional or art pieces. Be ready to experiment with color, texture, and weave structure. Students must know how to dress a floor loom. Limited instruction will be given on warping, specific to the warp-painting process.
Does this sound heretical for someone who dyes her yarns? Actually, I have no intention of stopping dyeing or substituting painting for dyeing. What I do want to be able to do is to add painting to the dyeing. There are fabric paints that can do things that dyes cannot do.
I have been thinking about trying this for a long time. In fact, sitting on my loom right now is a small jar of gold Setacolor by Pebeo that I purchased recently in Asheville, NC. It is on top of my loom because I am thinking of trying to use it on my upcoming silk crackle piece.
I am now registered for the workshop.
"Summer Workshop” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on December 21, 2009. ©2009 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.
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I followed the same procedure as I did for the sample. I fulled it a tiny bit more so it was both a tiny bit narrower and shorter than predicted.
Final Width: 6”
Final Length: 65”
I let it dry and then steamed it with lots and lots of hot steam. Never touched the iron to the fabric. I simply used my hand to gently press at the just steamed areas. It is lovely.
Will trim the fringes and get a picture up next week. I want to learn how to use the delay timer on my camera.
"Wet Finishing the Handspun Scarf” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on December 14, 2009. ©2009 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.
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WET FINISHED BY HAND
In the first set of images, the sample has been soaked for one hour in hot soapy (Johnson’s Baby Shampoo) for one hour, then massaged or otherwise tortured by hand for about three minutes. The second image is a detail view.
The width has stayed the same: 7”
The length has shrunk from 15” to 12”
The sample has lost some of the fragility it had when it first came off the loom. But it is still quite delicate and soft. Very feminine in its delicacy. It needs to be washed again since this is to be a present for a man.
WET FINISHED IN THE WASHING MACHINE
The next set of images shows the sample after it has been washed by machine in hot water with Johnson’s Baby Shampoo for four minutes. I put it in a nylon lingerie bag.
The width has now drawn in to 6.25”
The length has shrunk down to 10.75”
The sample is still a bit delicate, but not at all fragile. The fulling process has thickened it up just as bit, as well as softened the fabric. I would be tempted to try fulling it just a bit more, but then I think it might start getting thicker than I want. Plus it would be getting way too narrow.
Based on the on loom measurements (7” x 15”), this represents a widthwise loss of roughly 10% and a lengthwise loss of approximately 22%. This means that, should I wash the scarf itself for the same amount of time, its length would shrink from from 88” (measurement on the loom) to roughly 68.5”.
The lengthwise shrinkage is in reality not that much. The drop of 3” in length of the warp represents simply that the yarn was stretchy and stretched quite a bit as I beamed it on. Likewise the length of the scarf off the loom went from 88” to 78”.
I had anticipated this kind of shrinkage from the beginning. Even when I wound the yarn on the warping board, it snapped back probably about 5” after I removed each bout.
Related Post: Winding the Handspun Warp
"Sample Wet Finished” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on December 13, 2009. ©2009 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.
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Mended but not washed.
Actually, there was no real mending to be done. Simply trimming off the ends left from changing bobbins. I will trim the fringe after wet finishing.
Measurements:
Width: 7.25” (same as on loom)
Length: 78” (on loom, 88” = approximately 11% loss)
Dave Daniels commented on my last post:
FOURTEEN? Wow, good for you for getting that much extra out of it. Amazing!
The reason I could weave so close is that I have a big loom. It is a Nilus II LeClerc with rear-hinged treadles and from front beam to back beam measures 47”.
The longer warp length also reduces stress on the warp ends. That is why I can weave under high tension with little or no warp breakage.
Small looms are wonderful for little spaces and for travelling. But nothing beats weaving on a larger loom.
"Handspun Scarf Off Loom” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on December 12, 2009. ©2009 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina.
