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Winners from day 11

by Liz on October 12, 2011

in weaving

Winners from yesterday’s contest are Arlene: I think I must be a little weird because I absolutely love making bobbles – there’s something so magical about working the same few stitches back and forth a few times and ending up with this adorable little ball of knitted goodness :-) And Katrina: I just discovered herringbone [...]

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Harry Potter Movie Marathon Scarf

July 17, 2009

I’m a nerd, it’s no secret. I have a website, a Kindle, multiple computers, I read loads of urban fantasy, and I’m just generally kind of geeky. So you shouldn’t be surprised to discover that I am a huge fan of the Harry Potter books – but not to the point of insanity. Earlier this [...]

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Sandy Goes to Lebanon with an 80s-tastic Scarf

June 3, 2009

I’ve been weaving a lot of projects for other people lately. It’s really a new step for me, to be honest. I’m typically very selfish in my knitting and weaving encounters, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. My Grand Lil is moving to Lebanon for a year, and I wanted to give [...]

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Why Are You So Violet, Violet?

May 3, 2009

More weaving. Lots more weaving. Recently I’ve started offering up my weaving services to other people, and it’s been a lot of fun. Ok, I say “recently”, but really, I’ve just started weaving my first scarf for someone else who sent me yarn. So I can’t exactly say it’s a thriving hobby or anything. Anyways. [...]

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Weaving Math

March 29, 2009

I have an Ashford Rigid Heddle Loom and get ridiculously tired of calculating how much yarn I need for a project every time I want to start one. I kept writing things down on post its, or in notebooks, and losing them. It was such a slow process, that I decided I needed to streamline [...]

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Experimenting with heels, and upcoming tutorials

March 16, 2009

In an effort to design the Perfect Sock, I’ve been branching when it comes to my usual methods. I’ve been trying different heels and different heel turns to insure the best fit for the largest number of people. In my quest, I think I have finally found it: it perfect heel turn (for me) for [...]

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Little Girl, Big City Scarf

March 2, 2009

After writing my last post, I took it upon myself to rectify the whole “I’ve never woven myself anything” situation. I spent several hours on Saturday setting up the warp (over 150 ends on a 12.5dpi reed – eek!) and then started weaving on Sunday. Once I started weaving, it practically flew off the loom. [...]

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“Will you knit me a pair of socks?”

February 27, 2009

“No, but I’ll weave you a scarf!” In the few months that I’ve had my rigid heddle loom, I’ve managed to weave quite a few things, but they were all given away as gifts. I have kept none of them for myself. Sure, I wanted to, but I didn’t. Some were obligation gifts – you [...]

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Addicted to weaving

January 21, 2009

In the past few days, I have woven 3 scarves. I think this might qualify as an addiction. Now that I’ve gotten the hang of using my rigid heddle loom, I’ve been using it non-stop. Setting up the warp takes some time, but it’s not an extremely long process. Once I get the warp set [...]

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FO: Girly Plaid Scarf, Woven

January 18, 2009

Yet another finished object, and we’re only 18 days into 2009. This brings the total number of finished items for 2009 up to 6 – only 5 of which I can actually share with you. (Six is a pattern that I’ve written which will be available soon, but no peaking allowed!) This one wasn’t as [...]

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FO: Hand woven scarf

December 23, 2008

I made this scarf when I took a weaving class at the UC Davis Craft Center. I’m not quite sure why I used these colors, as I look awful in red. The end result is quite gorgeous, even though I don’t ever wear it. It was woven at 10dpi on a floor loom, using various [...]

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