Dot's fibre to fabric

I enjoy handspinning & dyeing, and using yarns in knitting, handloom and inkle weaving.

Monday, 28 April 2008

On silk yarn - what every weaver should know!

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I was going to write about this very useful book a couple of months ago, I took the photo but didn't get much further than that. At the...
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Wednesday, 23 April 2008

Using acid dyes on wool and silk yarns.

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The dyeing I have done, before this month, has been entirely with natural dyes. I never intended to only use plants stuff and natural dyes,...
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Monday, 21 April 2008

Inkle warp

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A couple of weeks ago I wrote about a problem with my inkle bands - the first few inches woven were uneven, especially at the edges. I war...
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Dorothy
I live in the Derbyshire Peak District of England. I started handspinning in August 2005 and soon went on to learn about using natural dyes to colour my yarns. Then, in order to make good use of the handspun yarns I took up knitting needles and thought it would be a good idea to learn to weave. I still love my first loom - I have a 2nd hand 8-shaft Toika Norjaana floor loom, now joined by an 8 shaft Leclerc Voyageur table loom, a small 12-shaft Greg Meyer loom, and two rigid heddle looms. I have a floor-standing inkle loom and a band loom with drawloom attachment, and several spinning wheels. I am a member of the Online Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers. On thing led to another, and in August 2010 I published the first edition of a British magazine for Handspinners: YarnMaker.
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