This is a project where I spun the wool, dyed the yarn, knit a top, and added glass beads to it. A garment made entirely from scratch! It was a bit of a challenge and I definitely suffered from some mid-project doubt, but it was such a great learning experience and I absolutely love the way that it turned out!Read More
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I Replicated 2,300 Year Old Fabric: The Gerum Cloak
This project started with some wool…most of my projects start that way. But this project finished somewhere spectacular. It finished with the creation of woven cloth that replicates the pattern and structure of the Historic Gerum Cloak, which is housed at the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. I’ll get to weaving, but let’sRead More
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The Scotch Tension System – Is it Scottish?
I have had a question about the scotch tension system on my spinning wheels for a while now. Because it is often mentioned in the same context as Irish tension, I always wondered if scotch tension had something to do with Scotland like Scotch whisky...Read More