Saturday, September 13, 2008Chenille on the Multi Got this pretty spring green chenille at the dollar store and wanted to try it so grabbed up the Multi. The first one I warped as usual and then needle wove using some pink 'designer' yarn that I also got at the $ store. It did fine, tho the texture of the designer yarn is pretty much lost in this tight weave. The second one I did in all Chenille and I had to cut and insert new yarn twice as the friction of pulling it though the warp was wearing off the nap. So yeah, you can use the chenille as warp but weave it with something sturdier. Turned out pretty in the end and is nice and soft as well.  All's well that ends well. to quote Bill.posted @ 05:50 PM PST [link] Tuesday, September 9, 2008Leno Lace soap bag Well, I finished my first bag. I was successful with the Leno lace, tho it doesn't show very well here since I sewed it together upside down and didn't notice until i had all the tails nicely woven in. Too bad. Anyway, I wove it on my 2 x 4" Multi, I don't (yet!) have a 4x6". I think tho that I'm going to get out my prototype bookmark loom and work it on that. I don't really need a soap bag, tho it's cute. I enjoyed the Leno lesson and also found I like working with this line thread. I like the way it holds it's shape, so I understand it softens with age & use so probably won't stay like this. Anyway, thanks to Jana for her lessons. If you haven't visited her page you ought to! http://eloomanator.eloomanation.com/ posted @ 09:27 PM PST [link] Monday, September 8, 2008Leno lace When I needed to loosen the extra loop with the linen yarn on the Multi, as Jana posted in her instruction http://eloomanator.eloomanation.com/?attachment_id=407 I found that the warps would not stay on the pins at first, so I used the old method we used to keep the loops on the pot holder looms for the kids. Put a rubber band around that row of pins. Worked great and when I needed to take it off to work the last row, I had used the slack so the threads stayed where they should. I'm not going to show you my Leno lace just yet. There are still a few 'bugs' to be worked out! I will say this... I pulled it out so often that I wore through my single linen thread and have a knot in the midst of my lace. I think I'm going to make a couple balls off this cone and ply some of this to make a slightly bigger and stronger yarn. posted @ 07:28 AM PST [link] Sunday, September 7, 2008Artists In Action Managed to get this one poor picture of Sis at her spinning wheel. Kinko had wandered off so hers was unmanned-- un-womaned --that is, when I took this. We spun and weaved and talked and in general had a pretty good time but it got hot yesterday and we were on the afternoon side of the road so we had to pack it in before the 4pm official time, tho I think it was after 3 & we were not the first to leave. Sis sold some skeins of handspun & the owner of the yarn shop we were next to took the rest of her basket of mostly single skeins on consignment, at her own request, so Sis could still make a few more bucks from the day. We cruised the art gallery's and I picked up the painting I'd won in a raffle to raise $ to pay for the artist's co-op gallery lights. I'd hoped to have won my own donation back. I think it was one of my best, but it went to some lucky person! lol All in all a nice day but the heat really got to me. I was exhausted by the time we got home. Thank goodness for left-overs. Dinner was cold corned beef sandwiches and sliced tomatoes. 
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