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March 14, 2024

Weaving Detour from Gene Black an Alabama Artist

It seems that I haven't posted any creative hand work in a while. But on March 3rd, I ordered a frame loom with a heddle bar to try a different type of weaving. This was shipped from Belgium and arrived on March 12th. (pretty fast I think.)

(picture borrowed from Funem Studio)

Honestly it just sat in the box for a day. Then I assembled the loom (fairly easy assembly) and added a warp to it. For those of you who weave on various looms, this is probably the easiest warping I have ever done.

Next I took the ...

added by Gene Black 1 month, 1 week ago. under fiber art , loom , weaving

December 28, 2023

A New Adventure from Quilts and More - Home Made Creations

I'm a quilter at heart, and I expect I always will be. But OMG, I've found a new hobby!

Over the summer, I visited my sister and we went to a small fair in her neighborhood. I saw a weaving demonstration there, and I was entralled. How did she do that? The weaver had created a sampler that was 2" squares, and every square was a different pattern. I could understand every row (or set of rows) being different, but how did she get the pattern to change ACROSS the row? My engineering brain latched onto it immediately ...

added by Krista 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under weaving

Placemats from Quilts and More - Home Made Creations

Just in time for Christmas, I finished 5 (of my 6) placemats. Just enough for my small Christmas gathering. These were so much fun! I used 3 different weaving patterns, just for some variety, but kept the stripes the same for continuity.

This the first one, just off the loom. I gave it a wash and it tightened up some. It is far from perfect, but I'm pretty happy with my first attempt.

This was the pattern I chose for my second pair of placemats. I think I saw it called "Cat's Cradle", but I'm probably remembering ...

added by Krista 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under weaving

December 27, 2023

December 26th from Thread Head

The tea towels are all washed and hemmed.

The warp is 2/8 cotton (natural and black). Four of the towels are woven with 2/8 cotton, two woven with cotton chenille, and the leftover warp was woven with cotton bouclé. The pattern for the draft is from 'A Weaver's Book of 8-Shaft Patterns' (the Strickler book), #246.

Full moon, for a moon lit morning walk.

Woodpecker at the peanut ring.

All the best!♥︎

added by Joanne 3 months, 4 weeks ago. under weaving

September 1, 2023

August Finishes from Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

Here we are again, another month that seem to just fly by. Its amazing considering we all seem to suffer one way or another from the weather.

Here in NE Oklahoma it was extreme heat and humidity.

A good thing because of it I was inside a lot, which meant I was keeping myself busy with projects.

Was pretty successful too.

This is going to be a picture heavy post.

I'll start with the one that I had been working on the past few months

the Spring Fling Shop Hop from 2015.

It turned out so pretty, and next ...

added by Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm 7 months, 3 weeks ago. under canning , crochet , dyeing , embroidery , knitting , quilts , weaving

August Wrap-Up from Thread Head

It has been a lovely August. Lots of visits with family, and time spent outside. I did get a few crafty things done.

This quilt I don't really know too much about. I finished it for a family friend, who was finishing it for her friend (before our friend was no longer able to sew). The top was all finished (I believe our friend re-did a few seams for her friend), so I layered it, machine quilted it and sewed on the binding.

The quilt is really lovely. I think it might be a layer cake quilt. The blocks ...

added by Joanne 7 months, 3 weeks ago. under quilting , sewing , weaving

May 15, 2023

Making an Experimental Sketchbook from Quilting & Learning

Hi, I hope that Spring has finally shown up in your part of the world (on the top side of the equator). Otherwise, I hope that you're enjoying your Fall weather

added by Andree G. Faubert 11 months, 1 week ago. under embroidery , jennifer collier , journal , sketch book , textileartist.org stitch club , weaving

March 25, 2023

Having Fun! & My 1000th Post! from Thread Head

I finished a few things recently.

This quilt is the Laundry Basket Quilts Mystery Quilt 2021 (all the patterns are still on the blog).

I finished all the blocks in the summer of 2021 and put it all away (busy with outside activities at the time). I finally pulled it out to sew the blocks together, and was pleasantly surprised that 2021 me had even stacked and labeled all the blocks ready be sewn!

I quilted an 'organic' feather design around the border, echoed it on one side, for the star in the centre I quilted 1/4" from the ...

added by Joanne 1 year ago. under 2021 mystery , free motion quilting , weaving

A Towel and A Pillow from Thread Head

I wove a handspun linen towel!

It is an Atwater-Bronson lace weave.

It is based on the Pure Delight towels from Handwoven magazine, issue Jan/Feb 2015 (I changed the sett, number of repeats, ends per inch, and a bit of the treadling).

I spun the flax - that took a month! And I only had enough for one towel (lots of white left though).

It is a four shaft weaving pattern, and very easy to weave. I couldn't have fit in another pattern repeat, and used up all the warp and just about all the yarn for the weft ...

added by Joanne 1 year ago. under quilting , spinning , weaving

February 23, 2023

Spin the Bin 2023 from Thread Head

For the past couple of years I have participated in a "Spin the Bin" over on Ravelry. It is a personal challenge to collect together a bin of fibre (of at least 24 ounces), and spin it up within the year.

This was my bin of fibre for this year.

I started with 851g/30.1oz of fibre.

Mainly fibre that had been in my stash for over 5 years, that was too coarse to make garments with.

There is linen, a wool and linen blend, and some generic wool.

This is all the finished yarn!

1651m/1806yds of yarn ...

added by Joanne 1 year, 1 month ago. under spin the bin , spinning , weaving

February 4, 2023

More Weaving, Spinning, and Stained Glass from Thread Head

I finished a couple of weaving projects recently-

This first one is an overshot scarf, the last of my kits from the Yarn Barn.

The pattern is "Latte or Mocha?', made with bamboo. It is the first scarf that I have woven that is nice to wear. It is silky, 'drapey' and so soft. I thought it would be my last handwoven scarf (I find weaving narrow things harder), but I'll probably make some more like this. It looks nice on each side, the sides are opposite.

The last three projects I wove were all overshot - woven with two ...

added by Joanne 1 year, 2 months ago. under spinning , stained glass , weaving

January 15, 2023

A Couple of Weavings from Thread Head

I finished a couple of woven table runners recently. Both from kits I bought when I went to the Yarn Barn of Kansas in December. The are both overshot, woven with tencel and mercerized cotton.

The first is the pattern Rings of Circles. This is the first time I have woven with tencel (and I heard it can be problematic), but apart one of the floating selvedges breaking non-stop, it was fine (I think it was because it was the outer round of thread on the cone, and maybe it was already abraded).

An old sad iron makes a great ...

added by Joanne 1 year, 3 months ago. under weaving

December 25, 2022

December Catch-Up from Thread Head

I finished making a few things recently -

This is the Night Shift by Andrea Mowry. Made from handspun targhee wool.

This was my knitting when we took a road trip down south this past month (lots more photos later in the post).

This is a Sophie Scarf by Petite Knit. Made from some of first handspun from years ago - I can't remember what it is but I know the fibre is from SweetGeorgia Yarns.

I finished weaving some more tea towels, from 8/2 cotton. The pattern is Ozark Quilter's Towels from the March/April 2018 issue of ...

added by Joanne 1 year, 3 months ago. under knitting , trip , weaving

March 16, 2022

Table Runners from Thread Head

This past week I finished weaving a couple of table runners (and some extra)-

The warp is cottolin and the weft is all handspun.

This was the first one. I tried all kinds of different weaving techniques for this one, and it took a while.

So for the second one I just wove blocks of colour, with a couple of long locks added here and there.

To finish up the warp I used up all kinds of little bits of leftover handspun.

I think I will make a pillow cover with this piece.

Photos from Around-

We had a couple ...

added by Joanne 2 years, 1 month ago. under weaving

January 25, 2022

weaving paper and ribbon [Flickr] from Karen Ann Ruane

contemporary embroidery posted a photo:

karenannruane.typepad.com/karen_ruane/2022/01/weaving-pap...

added by contemporary embroidery 2 years, 2 months ago. under embroidery , onlinelearning , paper , ribbon , weaving

January 22, 2022

Project Bag and Lots of Snow from Thread Head

This week I made a project bag for cross stitch (I see on Floss Tube that this is the kind of bag that cross stitchers use) -

I used scraps of handwoven fabric, leftover from a tunic I made a few years ago.

The back is quilted with a layer of soft and stable batting (the front has some stiff interfacing).

I attached a pottery button from a local artist (there is a fake crack in the button that is stitched over).

The fabric has a handspun warp and commercial yarn weft (black here).

The back and the front of the ...

added by Joanne 2 years, 3 months ago. under 2022 finishes , knitting , weaving

January 8, 2022

Friday Night with Friends from Thread Head

I joined in this year's first Friday Night with Friends last night, hosted by Cheryll at Gone Stitchin'.

I did some weaving. I signed up for the JST School of Weaving, and so I am trying to learn to weave the way the Jane Stafford demonstrates- it is hard to break old habits (beating on an open shed, then switching treadles...). It was a bit slow going.

This is a warp for nine towels with cotton bouclé.

I finished off towel #7,

and got a good start on towel #8.

The FNwF was really motivational - thanks Cheryll!

Photos-

This ...

added by Joanne 2 years, 3 months ago. under fnwf , weaving

December 31, 2021

Year End Wrap Up from Thread Head

After a month of blogging every day I took a bit of a break from the computer. I didn't think it would last 4 months, but it did.

I have realized that cleaning and cooking have become my hobbies that I devote most of my time to these days (everything is better when it is considered a hobby).

I have finished a few different things over the past few months though.

Knitting -

A hat from a local raw fleece that I had cleaned, combed, spun, then dyed with indigo a few years ago. This is the second hat that ...

added by Joanne 2 years, 3 months ago. under 2021 finishes , knitting , weaving

October 18, 2021

Blogtober it’s the 17th from Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

I didn’t have a chance to post earlier because I have been visiting with my youngest daughters at her place this weekend. I left Friday and had a great time with her.

We went to the farmers market there in Stillwater

Not a very big market but the vendors there were very nice. Had a good variety of veggies and fruits. Couple of bakery’s and fresh meat.

We then went and had breakfast, afterward we went to the library for a book sale.

I found a couple books for myself and quite a few on the Civil War ...

added by Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm 2 years, 6 months ago. under gardening , knitting , weaving

October 8, 2021

Blogtober Day 7 from Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

The mug rugs are dry now and I trimmed up any loose yarn ends and they are so cute.

What do you think?

Today I spent at least six hours either driving or in Tulsa again today.

Foggy out this morning. Very pretty

My father had an eye appointment so I had to go to his house pick him up and then take him to Tulsa where the appointment was. Then we went and had something to eat. I found it a very enjoyable day I haven’t spent time with my dad since we went to California in August ...

added by Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm 2 years, 6 months ago. under cooking , weaving

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