Sunday 4 April 2010
Thursday 25 March 2010
Weaving 100% Bamboo Yarn
During my research I discovered this Bamboo Yarn, being eco friendly and lots of other qualities.
I decided to buy some, and it is a really exciting yarn to weave. It feels silky, heavier than wool and a dream to weave with.
It has a slight stretch to it, and found that the sides of my weaving is a lot straighter. I really like the effect of the multi colour.
The weave looks beautiful, and I am going to use this more..
Weaving with 100% Jacobs Wool
I am still practising and wanted to try different types of yarn, so I tried this 100% Jacobs Wool.
It is a much finer yarn that I have been using, and I am now feeling more confident and finding weaving very theraputic and enjoyable.
Using finer yarn gives a totally different weave, a much more open weave. I hope that you like it!!
Tuesday 23 March 2010
First Projects
Weaving on a Ashford Rigid Heddle Loom
Hello and welcome to my blog.
My blog will be all about weaving on my Ashford rigid heddle loom that I purchased about a month ago.
I have always been interested in various crafts over the years, watercolour painting, acrylic painting on canvas to name a few.
My first picture above shows my loom, at the moment I am weaving some table mats using cotton thread and producing a fine weave.
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