Monthly Archives: April 2007

My latest work (I just took it off the loom, haven’t even twisted the fringe yet): It’s a 3/80 Nm 55/45 silk/cashmere yarn from Colourmart, color “Silver Fox”.  I had Richard wind four strands together, and used the quadrupled strand to warp/weave the fabric.  The warp is the original color, the weft I dyed black.  [...]

I finished my red-and-black checkerboard shawl, and am twisting the fringe!  It’s closer to fuschia than black, but it came out as well as I could ask for.  I wove it in a 2/2 twill so the red-and-black parts are twill diagonals, which looks more interesting than over-and-under plainweave. I’ve just finished beaming on the [...]