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Ashford Handtowels3 comments

Tracey Ambrose wrote 3 weeks ago: So I finished the handtowels from the Ashford book of riggid heddle weaving using the “8/2 … more →

Tags: Fiber Crafts, 8/2 cotton, Ashford, countermarch, Rigid Heddle, weaving

Post #1 - Weaving update1 comment

Tracey Ambrose wrote 1 month ago: Due to some advice from one of the ladies on the yahoo weaving group I joined, I discovered a thread … more →

Tags: Fiber Crafts, countermarch loom, heddles, peggy osterkamp, Threading, warping, weaving

Treadle Tie-up4 comments

Tracey Ambrose wrote 1 month ago: Firstly, sorry about the sideways photos, strange things happen when you upload photos with various … more →

Tags: Fiber Crafts, 4-shaft, countermarch, loom, shed, tie-Up, weaving

More weaving4 comments

Tracey Ambrose wrote 1 month ago: For the last little while I’ve been a little obsessed with my weaving. I’ve finished w … more →

Tags: Fiber Crafts, 4-shaft, countermarch loom, Hand Towels, riggid heddle, warping, weaving

New book & mind blowing revelations

Tracey Ambrose wrote 2 months ago: One of mine and Craig’s favorite things to do when we get into a bored slump in the evenings i … more →

Tags: Fiber Crafts, countermarch, lamms, loom, Rigid Heddle, tie-Up, Treadles, weaving

Not happy with Ashford2 comments

Tracey Ambrose wrote 2 months ago: I really wanted to get down to some weaving today, discovered that there was no easy way for me to w … more →

Tags: General Chatter, weaving, Craft, Spinning, beeswax, Candles, Ashford

Tying up the treadles

Tracey Ambrose wrote 2 months ago: So I’ve been playing around with my new 4-shaft countermarch loom this evening. I’ve tie … more →

Tags: Craft - General, Fiber Crafts, loom, countermarch, 4-shaft, tie-Up, Treadles

Sett + Reed

Tracey Ambrose wrote 2 months ago: I’ve posted before about how to determine the “sett” of a yarn, wrap the yarn arou … more →

Tags: Fiber Crafts, weaving, Epi, Sett, Reed, WPI, sleying

New Loom *squee*

Tracey Ambrose wrote 2 months ago: So I like my rigid heddle loom and all, it’s cute, but it’s not a serious loom really. I … more →

Tags: weaving, loman, loom, countermarch, 4-shaft

Navajo Plying3 comments

Tracey Ambrose wrote 4 months ago: I’ve been playing with navajo plying today, plying one of my white singles as a test run. I … more →

Tags: 4. Spinning, 7. Knitting, Fiber Crafts, cooking, Bread, weaving, Craft, knitting, Spinning

New weaving attempt

Tracey Ambrose wrote 5 months ago: I just re-warped my loom after a massively long break. I’ve used DMC 100% mercerized cotton as … more →

Tags: Fiber Crafts

Flax Weaving1 comment

Tracey Ambrose wrote 7 months ago: Today was the first day of my 8 week flax, or harakeke, weaving class at the community center in Ma … more →

Tags: Flax, weaving

Naked Sheep

Tracey Ambrose wrote 11 months ago: Fully Clothed: Undressing: Naked Sheep: Bag-o-fun: I helped to shear 24 sheep and as a reward I … more →

Tags: 6. Fleece, Fiber Crafts, animals, Sheep, shearing, Fleece, wool

Last Day - Otamatea & My 30th Birthday1 comment

Tracey Ambrose wrote 11 months ago: We have had to leave Sabine and Wolf’s today as the internet wasn’t able to be fixed and … more →

Tags: General Chatter, Fiber Crafts, Holiday, Eco-Villages

Wet Finishing - Photos

Tracey Ambrose wrote 12 months ago: I love the way the lambswool felted up after being wet washed and the softness of the material. You … more →

Tags: weaving, cloak, wet finish, Shawl

Wet Finish

Tracey Ambrose wrote 1 year ago: I have “finally” gotten around to wet finishing 3 of my weaving projects and they are cu … more →

Tags: Fiber Crafts, weaving, wet finish, Clothes, cloth

Sett2 comments

Tracey Ambrose wrote 1 year ago: Before beginning to weave, you have to decide on the “sett” of the cloth being woven. Th … more →

Tags: Fiber Crafts

How to warp a rigid heddle loom

Tracey Ambrose wrote 1 year ago: There is no point in me doing another page on warping a rigid heddle loom when I have just found a p … more →

Tags: Woodworking

Cloak - Part 2

Tracey Ambrose wrote 1 year ago: Cloak - Part 1 here I have finished warping up the loom, in total it took me around 9 hours to warp … more →

Tags: Fiber Crafts, weaving, cloak, 2ply