by StaceyW | Oct 6, 2010 | Education, Teaching, Weaving
I wrote last week about the most familiar version of stitched double cloth – where a single warp end from one of the two layers is woven in with one pick of the other layer, so tieing the two cloths together at that point. There are other ways to achieve a...
by StaceyW | Oct 3, 2010 | Education, Jacquard weaving, Life, Nature, Teaching, Travel, Weaving
Last weekend a group of us joined together in Devon to attend Alice Schlein’s Woven Pixel workshop for 3 days. We were blessed with wonderful weather, great company, and a tremendous learning experience. Alice is a very patient and skilled tutor with Photoshop...
by StaceyW | Sep 29, 2010 | Life
This is one of my favourite structures as it is so easy to create. You start off with a simple double cloth, on 8 or more shafts, with one cloth being in non-shrinking yarns in shrinking yarns on 2 shafts (plain weave), and the other cloth being on 6 or more shafts...
by StaceyW | Sep 26, 2010 | Life, Nature
This time of year is just wonderful when you have lovely sunny mornings after clear nights, and the dew is not too thick. My walks with Charlie are a great excuse to get out and as the mornings are drawing in, I am getting later and later…. If I’m not...
by StaceyW | Sep 22, 2010 | Education, Teaching, Weaving
Last week, we talked about pique and how it is a tie-down weave. Matelasse is very similar, but without the tie-downs, so that means you have 2 more shafts available for the pattern warp. Historically, matelasse was a quilted cloth with wadding picks in a double...
