Four projects
Okay, so here’s what I’m working on tonight: Dyeing a few scarves and hanks of silk and cotton thread. What’s with the rocks in the cup? Well, the best way I’ve found to crush-dye the scarves is to put them … Continue reading →
Category Archives: weave
Weekend adventures
Here are a few things I have learned: Silk dyes much more easily than cotton. I would have thought it was the other way around. This means I’ll have to change up my technique and dye concentrations to achieve the … Continue reading →
Doilies under glass and tartan scarves
I’ve just uploaded some new photos to Flickr! I’ve got little doilies in frames I’ve hunted and scavenged, and the Texas Blue Bonnet and Gunn tartan scarves. I’ll have everything for show and sale at the Houston Highland Games on … Continue reading →
Texas Bluebonnet scarf finished!
It’s pretty and it’s really big. A foot wide, and about 5.5 feet long!
Continue reading →Retail and events
I just put some jewelry in at The Artful Corner, in the Heights. The shop is at 3423 White Oak Dr., Houston TX 77007. I’m so happy to be in this shop! Margarete Sanchez-Ripps has a mouth-watering collection of fine … Continue reading →
Bluebonnet update
The Texas Bluebonnet tartan scarf/sash is off the loom, and ready for finishing. I have to knot the ends and I like to single crochet along the edges to finish them off nicely. This scarf is huge! Much longer and … Continue reading →
The timely bluebonnet
About a third of the way through the scarf. Although you can’t really tell. Okay, there’s no point in taking another photo until this is off the loom.
Continue reading →Current weaving project
So I had to give up on Gunn in the short-term, but I hope to do it soon. In the meantime, it’s Texas Bluebonnet! In order to get a good sample of the sett, this scarf is a little wider … Continue reading →
Gunn delayed
I haven’t had a chance to continue on the scarf for a week. And now it’s off for a while longer. I haven’t woven anything in well over a year, at least, and the yarn was purchased several years ago. … Continue reading →
Over and under, instead of loop the loop
I’m weaving a scarf for the first time in a very long time. I weave fake tartan scarves. My loom is a simple rigid heddle, and to do a proper twill weave, I’d have to have a harness loom. The … Continue reading →