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Right now, I am feeling very rattled and upset…. my dearest friend, who is as close to me as a sister, Terri, is very sick in hospital. So, if you can send her healing thoughts, a little love, light and positive energy, I would appreciate it enormously….. thank you….
One of the passions that Terri and I share is a deep love of weaving.
Over the years, looms and spinning wheels and other fiber tools have gone back and forth between our studios.
Recently, the mini inkle loom that I call, ‘The Emperor’s Invisible Loom’, came back home to me from Terri’s where it had been observing life in her Saori studio.
The Emperor’s Invisible loom had it’s share of problems, and now they are solved (yay). (click on the boldface link in the last sentence to see how).
I have a series of pieces that I am working on, and inkle weaving is a part of them.
I have been thinking a lot about the yarns that I want to include in the series. (I don’t want to say too much about the series, because if I write too much about some works in progress, the life can go out of them. So, sometimes, it’s better to just skip some of the details.)
It’s clear to me that using upcycled yarns really fits with my vision of the series….. and then I had an ‘aha’ moment….
photo and project by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright
My husband bought me a bag of cheap and cheerful thread at our favorite second hand store a few months back, and I have been using it for lots of fun projects.
Like these Comfort Thread Dolls
and some wild
These have felt so satisfying that they have made me re-think what is ‘good’ thread and yarn, and what isn’t.
Because I combined lots of strands together to make the Old Fashioned Yarn Baby Comfort Dolls, I realized that this was a great way to work with the ‘not-good-for-sewing’ thread.
I thought….
Hey! what about using multiple strands of the cheapie thread for inkle weaving?
So, I got out a pile of small shuttles and a selection of bobbins, and started winding 6 strands at a time onto the shuttles.
This sounds so innocent, doesn’t it?
No problem, right?
Photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright.
WRONG!
Ack.
The thread was AWFUL to wind onto the shuttles!
I ended up with the stupid little tubes getting all snaggled and snarled and it was NOT FUN.
Phoo.
So much for great ideas.
Ah well…. I spent so much time working on getting the threads onto the shuttles and bobbins that I felt committed to stick it out.
Which was good, because, in the end, it was worth it.
Photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright.
I am really, really happy with the outcome – the bands are very nice and feel great in the hand.
Photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright.
And, weaving with the threads was a total pleasure.
So, winding the little beasts tubes of thread (6 tubes held together for each shuttle and bobbin) was worth the trial and tribulation.
Will I do it again? Of course. I can’t let those little stinkers those sticky little tubes of thread get the better of me!
The woven bands are soooooooooooo worth it.
I think……
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[...] week I posted about another plexiglass loom- this time an inkle loom: Photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay [...]
Hi Annie
There are more pics of the loom in this entry:
http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/the-emperors-invisible-inkle-loom/
and I have had it so long that I don’t remember where it came from. Terri said that she thought that I made it. I made a bunch of looms from plexiglass, so I may well have. I’ve made so much stuff over the years, that I don’t remember it all! LOL!
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Hello world!
Hi Jeannine
Yes, that’s right…. and your loving thoughts are sooooooooooo welcome!
thank you thank you!
Is it terri from saori salt spring? anway i hope your friend may get well soon.I will light a candle for her .If you see or contact here send her my sincere greetings.
kind regards
jeannine from belgium
Good for you! Using what we have on hand can be fun and rewarding and you found a clever way to turn something that wasn’t in a useful form into something that was. I wish I could zoom in to see the details in your photos. The Emperor’s Invisible Loom is a curious tool. Do you know who made it?