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Gangewifre Weaving: End Feed Shuttles
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A weaving blog of the what, why and how of the work I have been doing. Sunday, March 1, 2015. Weaving the Waffle Weave Shawl (it is off the loom and resting in preparation for being fringed and washed) necessitated fairly frequent colour changes so I took the opportunity to try some different shuttles. The second metal tipped shuttle that I tried was a bit of a beast but it was surprisingly easy to use. It has an adjustable Honex type tension adjuster. I thought that it might be a bit hard on the...Chanc...
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Gangewifre Weaving: Tarp Clamp Temple
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A weaving blog of the what, why and how of the work I have been doing. Tuesday, May 26, 2015. A couple of posts. Ago I mentioned that I was using "crocodile clips" and weights to serve as a temple. I think that strictly speaking the device that I am using is a "tarp clamp". And the picture below shows angle of the cord and the cloth distortion. The blocks sit on the side rails and are held in position by their legs. The cord from the clamp goes through the screw eye and the down to the weight. I have jus...
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Gangewifre Weaving: Weavers Elbow
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A weaving blog of the what, why and how of the work I have been doing. Monday, April 13, 2015. I think that I may have been a little too gung-ho in my experiments with end feed shuttles (see last post). For the past month I have been afflicted with very painful tennis elbow (or maybe golfers elbow) which has not been caused by tennis (wrong arm) and which has been quite incapacitating. The only thing that I can think of that could have caused it is weaving with a half kilo shuttle! What are the chances?
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Gangewifre Weaving: Differential Shrinkage Scarf
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A weaving blog of the what, why and how of the work I have been doing. Friday, July 31, 2015. The scarf that I started back in May has been off the loom for some time and has been sitting on the spare room bed "relaxing". I got round to twizzling and washing one of them ( I wove two) last week and all went well. Quite a lot of shrinkage- it went down from 96" off the loom to 60" after the treatment. Very exciting! August 1, 2015 at 4:22 AM. August 1, 2015 at 7:59 AM. Comments are most welcome. Weaving is...
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Gangewifre Weaving: Scarf Colours
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A weaving blog of the what, why and how of the work I have been doing. Wednesday, May 13, 2015. This picture of the yarns that I am using for the scarf. Gives a better idea of the colours - something along the lines of a old copper pot encrusted with verdigris! Comments are most welcome. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What are the chances? Weaving A Gem Of A Life. Now THAT’S progress. An Inkle of Bateman. Cally Booker's Bonny Claith. I am unreasonably delighted with simple shapes. Busy, but (still) ...
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Gangewifre Weaving: Differential Shrinkage Scarf
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A weaving blog of the what, why and how of the work I have been doing. Monday, September 15, 2014. I forgot to take a photo of the finished product but here it is (looking more like a scarf) being worn by Kymberlie who is at a football match with her chap, Wayde. Comments are most welcome. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What are the chances? Weaving A Gem Of A Life. Now THAT’S progress. An Inkle of Bateman. Cally Booker's Bonny Claith. I am unreasonably delighted with simple shapes. Busy, but (still...
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Gangewifre Weaving: Differential Shrinkage Shawl is finished
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A weaving blog of the what, why and how of the work I have been doing. Monday, February 24, 2014. Differential Shrinkage Shawl is finished. The shawl is finished and I shall put it in the post tomorrow. Not bad, even though I say it myself. Don't panic and trust the fulling. February 25, 2014 at 1:45 AM. It looks really perfect! February 25, 2014 at 7:03 AM. April 5, 2014 at 9:17 PM. June 21, 2014 at 3:39 AM. Very interested and nice.best wishes wiebke. Comments are most welcome. What are the chances?
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Gangewifre Weaving: Waffle Weave Shawl
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A weaving blog of the what, why and how of the work I have been doing. Tuesday, February 17, 2015. After a little break from weaving I have started work on a Waffle Weave Shawl. The warp is a straight 24 threading left over from the mock leno shawl that I wove just before Christmas. Comments are most welcome. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What are the chances? Weaving A Gem Of A Life. Now THAT’S progress. An Inkle of Bateman. Cally Booker's Bonny Claith. Dust Bunnies Under My Loom. I'm almost done ...
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Gangewifre Weaving: Mock Leno Shawl
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A weaving blog of the what, why and how of the work I have been doing. Thursday, January 1, 2015. I completed this shawl just before Christmas as a gift. To be honest I am not too happy with it - I wanted to weave an evening shawl but what I have produced would be better suited to a winter's evening in front of the television. Must try harder! Comments are most welcome. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What are the chances? Weaving A Gem Of A Life. Now THAT’S progress. An Inkle of Bateman. Mein erstes...
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Gangewifre Weaving: Huck Baby Blanket
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A weaving blog of the what, why and how of the work I have been doing. Thursday, October 23, 2014. I have just finished weaving a baby blanket in huck lace. My starting point was the article by Linda Ligon in the 1999 May June edition of Handwoven. As I was planning to put on a straight 24 threading I worked out a similar pattern (originally from Carol Strickler) in the lift-plan of my weaving software (Pixeloom). Shafts 1 and 12 provided the plain weave for the selvedges. The width of the warp on the lo...
