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new year's looms6 comments

Cally wrote 5 days ago: At Meg’s suggestion I have just taken the following photos of my looms, or rather of the two l … more →

Tags: weaving, Clumsiness, Looms, Overshot

Sample: Supplementary Weft2 comments

Rachel wrote 3 months ago: Suplementary weft: to add in weft separate from or in addition to the given weft. As you can see, in … more →

Tags: samples, COLOR, weaving, Portfolio, Process

more echoes7 comments

Cally wrote 4 months ago: Another scarf!  This one is a fairly traditional-looking point draft, but made much more interesting … more →

Tags: weaving, echo weave, advancing twill

echo weave vs shadow weave3 comments

Cally wrote 4 months ago: In a comment on my last post, Meg wonders whether I know the difference between echo weave and shado … more →

Tags: weaving, drafts, echo weave, shadow weave

next steps10 comments

Cally wrote 6 months ago: It’s off the loom!  I have finally reached the end of my sample warp, and the samples themselv … more →

Tags: weaving, samples, sketchbook, Doublecloth

hidden advantage8 comments

Cally wrote 8 months ago: I learned something new this weekend.  Having dithered for ages about how to approach the tie-up for … more →

Tags: weaving, sampling, Treadling, Doublecloth, blocks, countermarche

doublecloth crib sheet (part 2)

Cally wrote 9 months ago: Back to the crib sheet.  In my first post I described (or tried to describe) the lift logic for weav … more →

Tags: weaving, Treadling, Doublecloth, blocks, crib sheet

reflections on the berry wrap (1)

Cally wrote 1 year ago: Now that her berriness has safely reached her destination (a few scary days there while she was in t … more →

Tags: Thinking, Twills

there's no such thing as coincidence5 comments

Cally wrote 1 year ago: Or maybe there is.  Don’t know.  Anyway, it is good news for me that – just as I decided … more →

Tags: weaving, Design, Summer & Winter

a happy coincidence...5 comments

Cally wrote 1 year ago: …of structure and colour has really made my day.  Life is sweet on the Riviera scarf, where th … more →

Tags: colour, Twills

new warp update8 comments

Cally wrote 1 year ago: Here’s the warp: And here’s a close-up of the weaving in progress: A more traditional pa … more →

Tags: weaving, Yarns, Twills

new improved process4 comments

Cally wrote 1 year ago: My second attempt on the corduroy was carried out last night and the chief ingredient was an awful l … more →

Tags: weaving, Troubleshooting, Triaxial weave

napped4 comments

Cally wrote 1 year ago: As well as my loom-based (mis)adventures I am still engaged in my off-loom attempts at triaxial weav … more →

Tags: Troubleshooting, Triaxial weave, fabrics

feedback and a digital distraction7 comments

Cally wrote 1 year ago: Thanks to everyone who has stopped by over the last 24 hours to share their thoughts about unfortuna … more →

Tags: weaving, Design, Exhibitions

warp, weft and ...8 comments

Cally wrote 1 year ago: The language of weaving gives you two names for your sets of threads: they can be warp or they can b … more →

Tags: weaving, WorDs, Triaxial weave

dornik twill and a pink cake1 comment

Cally wrote 1 year ago: Now, about that threading… I have only used a dornik twill threading once before, in one of my … more →

Tags: weaving, Cake, drafts, Twills

honeycomb results2 comments

Cally wrote 1 year ago: I finally ran out of warp on Thursday night and had to cut my samples off the loom. They had a quick … more →

Tags: weaving, colour, sampling, Records

clasping on3 comments

Cally wrote 1 year ago: Thanks to everyone who is taking an interest in my weft-clasping experiments – you are keeping … more →

Tags: weaving, Yarns

colour effects (2)4 comments

Cally wrote 1 year ago: Now here’s an idea. I have some multi-coloured warp left from the have-a-go loom and I fancy u … more →

Tags: weaving, colour


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