sharing
last night was “tea and tell” – there was lots to look at and feel
Heather’s two wool shawls in shades of pink and red – so soft and warm
Kathy’s wonderful pattern
Arlene’s beautiful scarf in 8 shaft twill blocks – the picture doesn’t do it justice
Ann’s baby blanket – basket weave – it is so soft and cuddly
four of us exchanged yarns (in the paper bags) for a group weaving project
due in September
Lauren (on the right) is wearing her hand knit Aran sweater
Carrie finished her scarf – she did some sampling on one end of the Log Cabin pattern
I love it
paper yarn made from dress making patterns
the square was woven using one weft of paper and one of cotton yarn
this was gifted to me, I did not do the work
the ink used to print the patterns may be caustic and eventually destroy the paper
I would be hesitant to put all the time and effort required into using this paper
Jean, thanks a lot for your reply on paper! I will keep looking then. As usual I am envious about your “tea and tell” gatherings. Not only the weavings are beautiful but you have some nice teapots and cups there. What can be better than sitting on the floor, drinking tea and talking weaving…
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Alfia – and passing around all those lovely textiles.
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If it helps, I’ve used old Vogue patterns for shifu and then kumihimo and the braids are still intact from the 1990’s! The inks are vegetable-based since around then. However, even vintage patterns from the ’60’s and ’70’s in the stash show no deleterious effects of time so I wouldn’t be too concerned. Unless you’re planning 100 or more years of longevity? ;)
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thanks Louisa – that is good to know, think I’m too much of a traditionalist but I’ll pass it along to another reader who was asking.
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re: the pattern papers…jean, wouldn’t the other issue be the quality of the paper? those patterns were made on good strong machine made (read wood pulp) papers. shifu was traditionally made from hand made kozo. even the older account books (and lord knows what was in the inks!) were made from handmade kozo.
of course it’s ALL interesting to see and enjoy…and hopefully learn from.
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Velma – you are so right. I have worn and washed a vest and jacket woven with kozo paper for several years and they still look “like new”. Don’t think the pattern papers would stand up to that. Maybe it is also the case of craft versus a more professional approach to textiles?
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reminds me of why i do NOT make paper unless it’s with good fiber–
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Velma – and why I weave exclusively with quality natural fibres
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