I've had a birthday since my last blog post. Among other things I received some wonderful yarny goodness as gifts. This huge ball of "Crazy Zauberball" was a most generous gift from my sister-in-law. It will likely find it's way into a special weaving. I haven't yet decided exactly what. It is too precious to waste so I will put some thought into where I'll go with that one.
The next three items are all skeins of "Socks That Rock" yarn hand dyed in a palindrome manner. These were a birthday gift from my husband. I will use all three to weave scarves in a Faux Ikat fashion. I spent some time today preparing the first skein for the loom.
It requires some special handling to get the colours to pool and mimic IKAT dyeing. More on that in a future post.
6 comments:
Happy Belated Birthday! Very nice gifts, the kind of gifts I love to get, creative ones. I look forward to see whatever becomes of these.
Wow, great gifts! Do they know you that well or do you have a wish list for them to work from?
I am curious to see how you do the warp for faux ikat design. Is very much yarn wasted in that process?
Thanks Joanne. When family members ask what I would like as a gift I often say "yarn". They look in my weaving room and see my existing stashed yarns and wonder how I could possibly need more yarn. But I DO! Each new skein or ball adds to the possibilities for future creations. I don't need a lot of any one thing, just lots of variety. I got some yarn for Christmas too. ALL very much appreciated and cherished.
Yes they do know me quite well Gene. My sister-in-law was with me when I bought a ball of Crazy Zauberball as a souvenir of a visit to my old home town. She saw how I consider it a splurge to spend so much on a single ball of yarn and obviously remembered. And my husband? Well he knows me well enough to realize a "surprise" is not necessary and he suggested I order myself some much desired yarn as my birthday gift from him. He would never trust himself to choose hobby related supplies for me, just as I need help if I am to buy a power tool for him as a gift.
There can be waste Gene, yes, but it all depends on how well your skein matches your needed warp length. I'll be writing more on that in a later post.
Hi I am new to weaving found your blog! Thanks for all info it is helpful to me! I have a ridge heddle to start to learn before I progress to anything else!
Rigid heddle looms are great Erin. I have a couple myself. I hope you have found and joined one or more of the many weaving forums on Ravelry. They are excellent sources of information.
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