woe transformed

and now is color block. the last meter of the yardage and i run out of weft yarn.looking in the dyed silks i found a big bobbin of kakishibu dyed yarn of the same grist. the good news is that it weaves with some iridescence,the bad news is that the mistakes are less forgiving. hoping there's not much undo.

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im not alone

untangling a badly tangled silk skein.all the ties used didn't help at all.however as misery loves company i casually discovered in one of the machine knitting groups a group of ladies who love to untangle skeins.the reasons they give for their love echoed in me.they go a bit further in their pleasure and volunteer to do it for others.for free. you only have to pay the postage. i think all that good karma they're producing helps in keeping the world together without exploding.

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paraphrasing

chuck close:  inspiration is for amateurs.the rest of us get up and go to work.warp on the second turn of the cloth beam. guess it will be finished this week. proud of myself for having been able to salvage that yarn,lots of extra work,but satisfying.

starting a linen warp. it's going to have a black thread every 4 sections= 12 cms.have to decide whether that thread is going to be linen or silk.

linen top. so good for gauge swatch, could hardly breath in the top. ripped off and starting again.

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never mind berksha

it's the pleating concept that is cool. and inspiring.
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the threader

i like the elegant simplicity of japanese tools.i also like that they are crafted by craftspeople for craftspeople.in this case the shuttle is for handweaving, not an adaptation from the industry, so it fits the hand, has an adequate weight and it's a beauty.and it works.

the threading mechanism as you can see is very simple ; a wire hook goes through eyelets, picks up both yarns and pulls them through another eyelet at the top.

tension is created by the number of eyelets the yarn goes through.

the eyelets are mounted on a tilting bamboo piece with a spring so one can join them to pass the yarn.

that's it. it makes me smile every time i have to change bobbins.

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other crafts

building trellises for the clematises.the madame lecoutre one got damaged.we shall see if it affects the blooms this year. the one in the middle will have to wait until the winter prune as i don't want more regrets.

my new companions. it is bliss hearing them instead of ambulance sirens, angry drivers cursing each other, horns honking and general traffic noise. i can wax lyrical talking about working in the new studio.  

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bedazzling

and exquisite.
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