the cools

some cool on line apps to have some photofun. seems that the world has definitely moved to the cloud.

http://apps.pixlr.com/express/


http://apps.pixlr.com/editor/ much like photoshop. no wonder it's from autodesk.


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but without ray davies

those of you who came of age in the sixties will immediately recognize the pun.if younger you came across a venerable old man singing waterloo sunset during the closing ceremony of the london olympics.

pushing the boundaries of my comfort zone working with new to me materials. crepe wool presents challenges in warp and weft as well.

the crepe wool beamed relatively well with lots of patience. the fine wool had a different tension and was weaving loose, so i re-beamed( the ancients recommend 2 warp beams-but this was a no-go on this loom) and weighted the sections separately.

elections are over and life goes on.

and of life matters here. fancy a blue wooden floor?

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of looms

thinking over

have a great weekend

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dying to dye

but the weather is foul.have to revive the vat from last year as soon as the weather improves,no rain no storms. the white knit, a gift from a friend, will also get a kakishibu treatment. want to experiment overdyeing ai with kakishibu. or vice versa.

there's also a silk yardage that has been waiting to get printed.hope the screens are still operative.















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more yarns. it's war!

happy camper.
they are here and they make a handsome pair.the purple one is 1/20 cashmere the color a bit darker.
the green is 2/44 merino a muted lime green.

and now, let us proceed weaving with two looms, shifting gears from computerized dobby to table loom and back.might not be a good idea.


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news

the good ones is that it weaves very fast being so open. the bad ones is that the 30 turns xcm yarn
kinks like crazy, even in a fur lined shuttle.
waiting for the yarns i ordered for warp on  the other loom








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more collapse

it took me very long,but finally this warp is beamed.the white yarn stripe on the left of the pinks is an 18turn x cm wool very fine i'd say about 1/60nm.you can imagine managing the kinks! frequent breaks help as i just managed 3 broken ends.
the pink is cochineal, the darker terracotta is madder :( thinking about piece dyeing either red with leena's mushrooms or logwood. still have time to think about it.



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