TEXTILLIAN STUDIOS

Author: textillian

  • 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…

  • More living room curtains pictures

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    Mr. Penney is a better photographer than I am, so here are his pics. Don’t mind the wrinkles. (Yeah. Yeah. I know. I haven’t ironed them yet.)    

  • After: Living room curtains

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    Well, one down, one to go. I finished up the living room curtains last week. Now that they are done, there is quite the sense of relief. Originally, I was just going to make rod pocket curtains, but Mr. Penney originally requested tab tops. After some consideration, I went with the tab tops because I…

  • 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…

  • Warp painting – scarf

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    This is my experiment with warp painting. See what happens when I have idle time on my hands. I had always wanted to try warp painting; and since I had accumulated all of the supplies, I went for it. The warp and the weft for this scarf is a cotton novelty yarn that was purchased…

  • Mom’s shawl

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    This is what happens when I try to spin wool to make socks. I originally purchased the wool to spin this yarn intending to make socks. after spinning the yarn (I hadn’t yet mastered, at that point, the art of controlling the type of yarn that I spun,) I decided that it wasn’t strong enough…

  • Houndstooth pillow

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    This is a pillow from the same warp as the pillow given to my parents. This was a pillow that I had initially intended to be a Christmas gift for my parents; but since the weave for this particular pillow was not balanced (the same number of threads per inch for both weft and warp,)…

  • Parents’ pillow

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    This is a pillow that was given to my parents. This was a second attempt to make a gift pillow on this warp. The sett is pretty tight for this pillow because I generally treat fabric for pillows as upholstery, thus requiring a tighter weave. With the striping being different between the warp and the…

  • Buffalo plaid pillow

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    This is a pillow shows just how balanced a handwoven fabric can be made. This pillow’s fabric emphasizes a particular aspect of the weave structure, its balance. To form perfect squares in the plaid with the same number to threads in both directions requires a balanced weave. I made fabric for three pillows (gifts for…