TEXTILLIAN STUDIOS

Category: From the old site

  • The old site

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    Well, that is the end of the posts from the old site. I guess it would be cheating to count those as real posts. In any case, there are still plenty of projects that I never got around to posting on the old site. I just need to remember how I did them! (I am…

  • 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…

  • 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…