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“Starry” Draft

February 26th 2010

Handweaving.net has a very nifty tool for designing drafts based on Divisional Drafting.  The draft to the right is one I created using that tool.  It is a 4 shaft, 4 treadle design based on Tieup: Color Complementation Project, Draft #41017, Threading: Weber Kunst und Bild Buch, Marx Ziegler, (1677) # 22, Treadling: Weber Kunst […]

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Dyeing with Thea

February 26th 2010

Thea, my 5 year old and I dyed some Fisherman’s wool the other night using Kroger neon food coloring and kool-ade. It was definitely a learning experience.  For one thing, there’s the whole dying with a 5 year old and trying not to spill all over the place.  For another, we didn’t dilute it well […]

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