I was recently invited to have my textiles in the gallery store. Here is the link to view some of the items that are in the store.
I am proud to be in the company of such great artist.
More about the Gallery can be found at www.scaprojectgallery.org Check it out!
Dharma trading company. For dyes and dyeing tools
Yarn barn has just about everything at a good price
I will add more as I go. If you have a great source to share post it on my comments and I will add it to the list!
All weavers have some sort of Pal that keeps guard of the studio while we weave. Here are a few pictures of mine.
This is Chloe, my beautiful Pug. This is “HER” chair.
This is Leopold weaving a scarf I think!
This is Emma and Chloe.
This is Juliebean.
This is a scarf that I made for my son for Christmas. The structure is called Shadow weave. It is sett at 12 epi in a 12 dent reed. I used 8/2 cotton gray and black.
it is really hard to see the pattern in pictures.
Weaving takes several tool that are very costly so I decided to see if I could make them myself with recycled wood and stuff my Dad had in the garage. This is a tension box that cost $125.00
Here is the one I made from birch for about $16.00
To buy an extension that you see on the one I made cost an additional $58.00
This is called a warping mill which sells for $580.00
Here is the one I made from recycled Oak. I repurposed a entertainment center and had left over wood. It only cost me time!
This is a warping Board it can cost from $41.00 to as much as
$110.00
Here is the one I made from an old 2x4 and 1inch dowel
One of the problems that weavers have is beaming on a warp especially if it is a lot of yardage. The problem starts with not being able to keep control of warp while winding the back beam. The next problem is having consistent tension while beaming on.Being inspired by the tension box I came up with this Idea.
I made this tension device out of wooden shelf brackets ($8.50 each) and 1 inch dowels.
I can change the tension by simply changing the configuration of the dowels.
And one last tool, Bobbin Rack used for sectional warping. $185.00
Leftovers:
I have also made Temples, angel wings, and a fringe twister.
I made this scarf from raw silk. it was sett at 10epi on a 10dent reed. I used a huck lace weave structure. It is so soft and has beautiful drape. Here is a picture of the yarn. you can see it has slubs which really adds to the texture of fabric.
The inspiration for this scarf came from a weaving book called Twill Thrills. I used a 10/2 perle cotton, black for the warp and metallic wrapped 10/2 cotton red for the weft I got this from www.iloveyarn.com. set at 24epi 10 dent reed. The pictures do not do it justice, it is so pretty in person. I used Hematite hearts and red crystal beads.
