Black & white
I’ve finished 2 shawls for myself recently. The first one is a black woven shawl. I doubled the warp but …
Category Archives: techniques
A learning experience
Well the plan for a silk wrap didn’t quite go to plan. Pure silk warps are slippery and I found …
Stripey squares wrap
I purchased a copy of Handwoven recently to have a look at. Not much in there for rigid heddle, there …
Playing with Noro
A few weeks ago I found this scarf post and really loved the result that she got from weaving the …
Colour magic
A few years ago I bought a bag of Rowan Tapestry. My plan was to make a Clapotis, the clapotis …
Now for some texture
I’ve got plain weaving now so time to start playing with texture. Using the Ashford knitters loom or other fixed …
I got my spindle working – sorta
Not too bad for a first effort
Want to improve the consistency of your tension?
Knit an argyle scarf. The slightest difference puts the pattern off. I have unravelled the last 10 rows for the …
Progress
Argyle scarf in progress Originally uploaded by wen1965 I love the way this is coming out.
It’s working!
2010-10-04 12.34.52 Originally uploaded by wen1965 Now that I’ve knitted a number of rows it is obvious my maths was …
