Playtime
It seems like everything I've done with string for the past couple years has been for classes and articles and such, and it feels wrong to me to put much of that on the blog. If nothing else, someone has paid money for that piece of knowledge, and I don't want to just give it away for free.
Which reminds me: I don't think I ever mentioned here that I have an article on nearly foolproof kivrim/ram's horn in the Fall 2012 issue of TWIST. If you've ever struggled with that pattern (and you're by no means the only one!), this article is for you. (A new subscription is $10, and you get access to the back issues. Why not join right now?)
I had help putting together the sample, of course.
There are certain advantages to having an elderly cat: he sat on my lap while I wove the sample, and merely made faces at me when I used him as a photo accessory. When the eventual replacement kitten(s?) show up I'll be back to weaving behind closed doors.
Lots of samples, lots of demonstration pieces. Interesting, useful, but not necessarily fun.
And then there's this.
I was messing around with a tiny pin loom. It's actually an adjustable kit that I picked up several months ago with a half-off coupon and finally got to play with. The pieces aren't for anything, no class or article or workshop in my future. They're just for fun.
Because, you know, I like string.
Which reminds me: I don't think I ever mentioned here that I have an article on nearly foolproof kivrim/ram's horn in the Fall 2012 issue of TWIST. If you've ever struggled with that pattern (and you're by no means the only one!), this article is for you. (A new subscription is $10, and you get access to the back issues. Why not join right now?)
I had help putting together the sample, of course.
There are certain advantages to having an elderly cat: he sat on my lap while I wove the sample, and merely made faces at me when I used him as a photo accessory. When the eventual replacement kitten(s?) show up I'll be back to weaving behind closed doors.
Lots of samples, lots of demonstration pieces. Interesting, useful, but not necessarily fun.
And then there's this.
I was messing around with a tiny pin loom. It's actually an adjustable kit that I picked up several months ago with a half-off coupon and finally got to play with. The pieces aren't for anything, no class or article or workshop in my future. They're just for fun.
Because, you know, I like string.
you like string, you might know what it is called
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I will also repeat this on the other blog post...
Jag är osäker på vilket redskap du avser, men det kan vara ett av två:
Antingen en slyng-gaffel, men med den gör man ju snoddar (som du gjorde när vi var hos er)
eller en klyka ("forked stick"). Pröva med boken: MARGRETHE HALD/ FLÄTADE BAND/ LT:S FÖRLAG!
Principen med flätade band är densamma, men på klykan fäster du mitten av garn-bunten och flätar med de lösa trådarna eller, om du skall fläta ett längre band, lindar du upp hälften av garnet på klykan och flätar de lösa trådarna, och när du vävt/flätat ut,
vänder du, alltså lindar upp det vävda och börjar på mitten åt andra hållet.
Ca 1/3 går bort i längd!
Which means, roughly:
I am not certain which tools you refer to, but it could be one of two:
Either a Lucet fork, but with that one makes only strings (as you did when we were at your house)
Or a “forked stick”. Try with the book by Margrethe Hald called _Flätade band_ published by LT:S. The principal of the braided bands is the same, but with the forked stick you fasten the middle of the yarn bundle and braid them with the loose threads. Or, if you shall braid a longer band, wrap up half of the yarn on the forked stick and braid the loose ends, and when you have woven/braided to the end, wind up the woven part and begin from the middle again and go to the other end.
About 1/3 is lost in the length!