Showing posts with label stash. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stash. Show all posts

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Weaving With Wool Roving- Part 3 of 3

Weaving with variegated and white wool roving...


                                    ...on warp threads of wool yarn in various colors.



                                                     The project as it grows...



                                                             ...and grows...



                                         ...and the finished weaving (side one)...



                                                            ...and side two.



                                      Because I fulled it in the washing machine...

                                               ...without adjusting it mid-wash...



                                         ...the finished piece is rather misshapen.



                                            It shouldn't matter too much, though...



                         ...since the three weavings will soon be stitched together...



                             ...to form a portion of a new cover for my compost bin!   



                                                   The different lines of color...



                                                         ...in this weaving...



                                  ...remind me of the striations in rock formations...








                                                  ...or the planet Jupiter...


                   

                                    ...in photos taken from the Hubble telescope! :)



                                    A 'compare and contrast' of the three weavings.


                           You can see how using the same technique and loom...



                                             ...but slightly different materials...



                                        ...results in quite drastically different looks!



Friday, May 6, 2016

Weaving With Wool Roving- Part 2 of 3

I used odd blobs and lengths of hard to felt roving...

...and strange bits of yarn...

...for this second 'stash busting' project.


                                       Fulling the piece in the washing machine...



                                             ...both narrows and lengthens it.



                             Remnants from my yarn stash performed 'as expected'...



                                 ...with the wool (or wool blend) yarn felting-in well...



                                  ...and the synthetic pieces remaining unchanged.




                                           Scraps of scruffy black alpaca roving...



                                ...create soft and fuzzy stripes in the finished work.



                                   With a bit less regularity and more 'inclusions'...



                                 ...this is a much more textural piece than the first.



                        Next time: the most striated, geode-like weaving of them all!

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Peg Loom Sampler

I received a lovely peg loom kit for my birthday...


                    ...and 'wood burned' numbers into both the pegs and the loom...

                      ...(so if several of the pegs pull out at the same time during weaving...

                                 ...they can easily be put back into their proper holes).



                               Warping the loom with strong linen cord in two colors.



                                                         Beginning to weave...



                                      ...using various kinds and weights of yarn...

                                                  
                                                     ...and sari silk ribbon.



                          It's fun to see how each type of yarn looks and 'behaves'...

                                                ...in a finished (woven) project.



                                                     The completed sampler...



                         ...made from both synthetic and natural yarns and ribbons.



                                              Because it was just the right size...



               ...the finished sampler has become a nubby cushion in my cat's bed.



                                                A photo of Erykah (age 18)...

                                      ...enjoying her soft and cozy new bedding! :)


Monday, February 8, 2016

Circular Weaving-To-Felted Purse- Part 1

Using a circle cut from a cardboard box...


                                             ...and wool yarn from my stash...



                                             ...I tried something new, recently...



                                                         ...circular weaving!



                                  The finished piece has a rather retro air about it...



                                               ...like something from the 70's! 



                         While I was thinking about what to make with this woven disk...

                                         ...I warped another piece of cardboard...



                                               ...and began a second one!



                                     Using up short lengths of special handspun...

                                                     ...was very satisfying...



                              ...and I enjoyed observing how the circles were formed...



                             ...from the mere 'over and under' of my tapestry needle!


  
                           Next time: I begin to fashion these pieces into (what else?)...

                                                           ...a felted purse!