Episode 21: Discoveries in Fiber

Sponsored by
If you would like to support the show, become a Weavolution Patron and get access to exclusive Patron content from Erica.
Where to find us:
iTunes, please leave us a review on
Podcast FB Page!
E-mail! We have an e-mail account, please feel free to e-mail us!
Podcast Instagram: fiberatthespeedoflifepodcast

Michelle is

Ravelry: MichelleTF

Instagram: michelletfcrafts

Facebook: Valdelia Maker

Erica is

Weavolution: Erica J, Jahanara, or Weavolutionary

Ravelry: weavemage

Instagram: weavemage

Facebook:
Intro and Outro Music: Sundown by Joseph McDade, thank you!

Finished Objects!

Michelle

Tour de Fleece! Michelle finished spinning the Coopworth/Shropshire fleece. She ended up with 1329 yards of 3 ply yarn.

Michelle set the twist in a few of the Coop/Shrop skeins and dyed some of this yarn blue.

Erica

Erica has spun one three-ply yarn during the Tour de Fleece and a sample of Sweet Georgia's Saltwater color way to swatch for the Ginny sweater, more on this under WIP's.

Erica finished weaving the first length of her silk damask in the black weft. She only needs one yard for the cowl she is making. The fabric is about 32" wide and 34" long. She is hoping to get her serger working soon. This will be a 7th C Persian cowl and the hems will be hand sewn, however, she does want to serge the cut edges before hemming.

Works in Progress

Michelle

Michelle has started felting a dwarf hamster for Thing 2's teacher (she'll be getting it late).

Right now it looks like a large pumpkin seed.

Erica

Erica is swatching for the Ginny. Erica has watched in the original yarn, the Harrisville Designs Nightshades.

Erica fixed a problem with her Glimakra Ideal loom (below). The countermarche jacks on top of the loom were improperly mounted, so the jacks on the left were hitting the frame. That was fun! :) Now the loom is weaving like a dream again! :)

Erica I currently weaving a plain weave fabric from several of her handspun yarns. The yarns that are barberpoled (dark and green yarn on the left and blue/purple in the middle of the photo below) create a twill effect in the plain weave cloth!

TJ's sock, is still in progress. She is nearing the heel, which usually builds up momentum in her knitting. Aplogies there are no progress photos at this time.

If anyone else is interested in coding for kids, the box Erica discusses getting for TJ it is here.

Comments

Episode 8: Spinningh Progress and So Much More!

Michelle's FOs Icelandic fleece from a black, gray, unspotted ram named Louie. It is 2 ply and bulky weight. Two finished needle felted pictures. The first is two gnome scenes from a tutorial by Living Felt. And the zentangle dragon I mentioned in the show. Random fibers for felting before carding: and after: In their lumpy, bumpy form, they aren't as easy to wrap into bases as batts or roving. Here are a couple gnome bases ready to be covered after wrapping a chenille stem from the batt. It might be fun to leave some multicolored. Erica's WIP Erica is trying a new procedure for spinning. Rather than spinning singles and plying right away, she is spinning up singles until she hits a low energy point or runs out of bobbins. Here is a slew of some singles she has spun up, most of these singles are from her advent calendar. The advent calendar has been quite fun and came at a good time in this experiment. Since there are ...

Episode 4: Summer Lovin'

Influence In this episode we discuss our fiber stories and influences. Erica is very much influenced by history and historical textiles, especially 7th C Persian textiles, such as taquete, samitum and damask. Taquete photo of pillow (photo above). Samitum cuffs Michelle is really influenced by her friends and family. She had a good example of someone who crafts in her mom (Hi Mom!) and enjoys being able to do crafts similar to those around her so she can chat about them with her friends. FOs: Erica Erica's finished all 11 swatches of handspun yarn. These are the knitted sample for her colour management study, overall these samples use only 2 different colourways, but just look at the variety of swatches! Woven swatches to come (probably much much later). The swatches have now been washed and blocked! Michelle Michelle bought a summer membership to a local pool. She needed easy projects to work on when the girls were in lessons and at the pool if ...

Episode 12: Scouting the Fiber Arts

Where to find us: Podcast FB Page! Michelle is Ravelry: MichelleTF Instagram: michelletfcrafts Facebook: Valdelia Maker Erica is Weavolution: Erica J, Jahanara, or Weavolutionary Ravelry: jahanarabanu Instagram: weavemage Facebook: Weavolution Intro and Outro Music: Sundown by Joseph McDade, thank you! FO's Damask cloth for coronet 10 skeins of handspun Plied Advent Calendar yarns (also see above) Michelle has been making dryer balls to use up some fiber that wasn't really good for anything else Michelle finished skirting the alpaca and llama...

Fiber at the Speed of Life

Search This Blog