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    Acquire new rigid heddle skills in a class for intermediate rigid heddle weavers or intrepid beginners. We will focus on indirect warping, the creation and use of string heddles, and the pickup stick, while learning to weave brocade motifs in supplementary wefts on a plain weave ground. Intensive three-hour class, eight weeks. Jan. 13 - March 9, 2020 at OLLI, Furman University.

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    Class notes from Complex Weavers Seminars 2016, newly revised and formatted, in pdf form for download. A review of methods for designing your own lampas fabrics for treadle looms, table looms, and dobbies, eight shafts and above. Over 90 color photos of actual fabrics with drafts. Includes info on pickup lampas and a lampas bibliography. View on a computer, or print out one copy for your own use. USD$21. via PayPal. Email aschlein[at]att[dot]net for ordering info.
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    Based on the 1996 article in Weaver's, Issue 32. With brand new diagrams and high resolution scans of original fabrics. Pdf available for immediate download. $7. USD. Payment by PayPal. Email me at aschlein[at]att[dot]net for payment instructions.

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November 05, 2018

Variations and a Jacquard Sighting

Here are a few more weft variations. The first one is a cream colored (more a pale café au lait), and the second a bright yellow. Both give good contrast to the dark blues & greens of the warp.


Oliveweft


Yellowweft3326

It's getting close to the end of this warp; I think there's enough left for a runner of indeterminate length. I've cooked up a small repeat pattern for a striped effect, which turns out to look like teardrops. The weft is a medium dark gray and the pattern doesn't pop out as strongly, but click to enlarge and you will get a better idea.
Oliveweft

I'll close this post with a jacquard sighting from this morning's appointment. It's much more cheerful than most waiting room upholstery.

Jacsighting3329

Posted at 02:38 PM in Amalgamation, Network Drafting, Weaving |

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