One simple idea: Can you use hairpin lace to make a string heddle? Maybe it would be quick and effective. I've got to find out!
What else can you do with hairpin lace? Could you twine weave through the loose threads? Maybe you could make a wool fur/pile. How about a fake fur coat? Could you make a very simple oya? Something like the sequin crochet edge on my Turkish veil?
Don't tell me the veil is anti modern nor anti woman. I find the veil to be quite practical. I wish I'd been wearing my veil when I lit the wood stove yesterday. It would have prevented scorched skin and smoke filled hair. The veil is elegant yet modest, and much nicer than my baseball cap. It's good for all sorts of things, multifunctional. Anyway I prefer to appear without a gender in public. I like the way Islamic women say that, "my beauty is only for my family."
Friday, November 14, 2014
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Ougadougou
Do you know where Ouagadougou is? Seems to me that most people here in New England do not know.
I just checked with the two news hounds in my family, and they didn't know. Here we are, Americans, who supposedly love freedom and democracy, yet we didn't even notice when the people of Burkina Faso burned down their parliament building last week.
I noticed because I was getting music and news from RFI : Radio France. If you did not know anything about Ougadougou, capital city of Burkina Faso, then you need to read this from the BBC:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29994683
I just checked with the two news hounds in my family, and they didn't know. Here we are, Americans, who supposedly love freedom and democracy, yet we didn't even notice when the people of Burkina Faso burned down their parliament building last week.
I noticed because I was getting music and news from RFI : Radio France. If you did not know anything about Ougadougou, capital city of Burkina Faso, then you need to read this from the BBC:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29994683
Saturday, November 8, 2014
If only I had an atelier full of helpers...
What I actually did yesterday: I said that I was thinking of knitting something furry, but I ran out of time. I got as far as picking out needles for the next project.
I have a six hour road trip ahead of me today. I'm going to finish reworking the cap sleeves on the alpaca wool vest. There should be time to knit some experiments also.
I've got a plan to make crochet hooks work like a set of circular knitting needles. If it works, it will make it easy to knit that cowl from Vogue - the one with the impossible texture in Condo Knitting.
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I have a six hour road trip ahead of me today. I'm going to finish reworking the cap sleeves on the alpaca wool vest. There should be time to knit some experiments also.
I've got a plan to make crochet hooks work like a set of circular knitting needles. If it works, it will make it easy to knit that cowl from Vogue - the one with the impossible texture in Condo Knitting.
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Friday, November 7, 2014
Textile daydreams
Some things I'd like to make today:
---an Argyle vest for my guy. I'd make a really crazy one as a joke ("Teach like your hair is on fire!")
And then I'd give him a seriously good-looking vest for a Christmas present.
--a Not-Sparkly Sweater for the girl who does not wear princess dresses. It would be a quick knit in bulky yarn the colors of a swimming pool. I'd add polka dots to the sleeves and wavy stripes to the body. This sweater would make you want to jump up and dance.
--more embroidered squares for the Swamp Thing Afghan. I discovered that I can weave in the ends of my knitting in Loud Contrasting Colors. Really terrible colors can mix together in exciting new ways. I added some extra ends just so I could sew them in. It looks full of thunderbolts.
--knitted explorations, gauge squares in condo knitting, in kniting wool alternated with fish line, and in intarsia using variegated yarn
--I feel like making something furry out of yarn. Maybe I'll go find that bag of fun fur. I need to find out if it works to use two or three fur strands at once. Plus I want to make wool fur using hairpin lace.
I ought to be super busy, but I have too many choices. Can't decide what to do. I wish I had completed the wolf costume in time for Halloween. It's not needed now, but it's still on my mind.
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---an Argyle vest for my guy. I'd make a really crazy one as a joke ("Teach like your hair is on fire!")
And then I'd give him a seriously good-looking vest for a Christmas present.
--a Not-Sparkly Sweater for the girl who does not wear princess dresses. It would be a quick knit in bulky yarn the colors of a swimming pool. I'd add polka dots to the sleeves and wavy stripes to the body. This sweater would make you want to jump up and dance.
--more embroidered squares for the Swamp Thing Afghan. I discovered that I can weave in the ends of my knitting in Loud Contrasting Colors. Really terrible colors can mix together in exciting new ways. I added some extra ends just so I could sew them in. It looks full of thunderbolts.
--knitted explorations, gauge squares in condo knitting, in kniting wool alternated with fish line, and in intarsia using variegated yarn
--I feel like making something furry out of yarn. Maybe I'll go find that bag of fun fur. I need to find out if it works to use two or three fur strands at once. Plus I want to make wool fur using hairpin lace.
I ought to be super busy, but I have too many choices. Can't decide what to do. I wish I had completed the wolf costume in time for Halloween. It's not needed now, but it's still on my mind.
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List of textiles I'd like to teach
Free one-on-one lessons: tatting, nalbinding, finger loop braiding, medieval spinning, Bilum stitch nalbinding, dogbane cordage, twined weaving without a loom
Explore with me (I'm still learning these) textiles: Omani stitch nalbinding, Russian nalbinding (loops round thumb and first fingers), Turkish wire weaving/ Hasir Belezik, sprang, takadai weaving + Canadian ceinture fleishe, oya lace for scarves, taaniko patterns + Maori twined weaving, Argyle knitting in variegated yarns, Kente weaving: adding foot peddles to a simple loom, adapting New Guinea bilum color patterns to tapestry crochet, China Bolios video, Karakalpak weaving for trimming fabrics, ply splitting, mad weave/tri-axial basket making
If I would only get busy, there's plenty to explore...
Explore with me (I'm still learning these) textiles: Omani stitch nalbinding, Russian nalbinding (loops round thumb and first fingers), Turkish wire weaving/ Hasir Belezik, sprang, takadai weaving + Canadian ceinture fleishe, oya lace for scarves, taaniko patterns + Maori twined weaving, Argyle knitting in variegated yarns, Kente weaving: adding foot peddles to a simple loom, adapting New Guinea bilum color patterns to tapestry crochet, China Bolios video, Karakalpak weaving for trimming fabrics, ply splitting, mad weave/tri-axial basket making
If I would only get busy, there's plenty to explore...
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Searching for sieidi stones
I think I found another one: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aibell
This Wikipedia page describes a place in Ireland that I think was used just as the sieidi stones.
I am hunting for places that would have had magic in ancient times. It's not really the magic that I'm after- I just want to find out what life was like in the 200,000 years before written history.
So here's my list of places I've found (and there should be many more.)
--Serre da Estrela, Portugal
--Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain
--Craig Liath, Kilaloe, Munster, Ireland
Here's the link to the acoustic archaeology research about sieidi stones:
http://www.slideshare.net/mobile/EXARC/14-kierikki-iks
This Wikipedia page describes a place in Ireland that I think was used just as the sieidi stones.
I am hunting for places that would have had magic in ancient times. It's not really the magic that I'm after- I just want to find out what life was like in the 200,000 years before written history.
So here's my list of places I've found (and there should be many more.)
--Serre da Estrela, Portugal
--Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain
--Craig Liath, Kilaloe, Munster, Ireland
Here's the link to the acoustic archaeology research about sieidi stones:
http://www.slideshare.net/mobile/EXARC/14-kierikki-iks
Looking for sieidi stone locations
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aibell
Craig Liath, Killaloe, Munster, Ireland
New sieidi stone location?
Craig Liath, Killaloe, Munster, Ireland
New sieidi stone location?
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