Carly and I rose to the Victoria Handweaver Guilds' challenge to weave a project together. We had 1 month. We had both picked up some 3/10 mercerized cones of cotton from Dress Sew a few years ago and thought that would be a durable fibre for a purse. We both like indigo, so I put on a vat of indigo and we dyed some skeins of a peach cone. I asked Carly to pick out a pattern and she chose an 8 shaft variation of a Bronson Lace from Carol Stricklers' " 8 Shaft Pattern Book". My loom was empty, so on went the grey warp and we used the indigo dyed fibre for the weft. I chose to use some other colours and Carly just used the indigo. Carlys' purse is a big bag with a long strap to throw over the shoulders and she lined it with a natural linen. My purse was a little hand held purse with a green commercial cotton insert. The handles were woven on a rigid heddle loom and we used some interfacing to give the purses some shape. The little purple bag was some left over warp and I made a small makeup bag. Carly has some left over too, but she is pondering what to make with it.
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Love to weave.
Love to go walking,esp. at the beach. Love my kids and dog. Love music. Love retirement. Archives
June 2019
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