The thick yarn on the shuttle and used in the weft is cotton and the thin thread like yarn in the warp is silk. I made a set of stick shuttles with my M1 Ultra laser. This weaving is done on my 30-inch Flip Rigid Heddle loom. I got the idea very loosely from thinking about rep weave. I wanted to see what would happen putting these two yarns together.

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Here's a new weaving experiment I started today.

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I finished the experimental handwoven piece using cotton yarn and strips of plastic shopping bag. 100% 10/2 cotton yarn, 100% 1/4-inch strips of shopping bag. It was hand washed in the bathtub with some patchouli detergent and warm water. After it dried completely I pressed it front and back between two sheets of baking parchment with an iron set to polyester setting. White, brown, and two shades of gray bags were used with a variety of red, green, blue, and black printing on the bags.

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This is a new experimental piece using cotton yarn and strips of plastic shopping bag.

I have woven a hem of six shots of cotton thread and am hem-stitching the edge so it doesn't unravel when the finished piece comes off the loom.

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Here in working on tension, beating, and selveges. I'm using some yarn that was given to me. I made the small shuttles with my M1 Ultra laser.

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Let's beat the heat with this lightweight, breathable Araucania Yarns' Huasco Coton, a hand-dyed 100% cotton, light fingering weight yarn with a generous 481 yards on each 100g skein. Now available in the 5 mouth-watering shades here, and happy to send along a free pattern w/ purchase of 2+ skeins. Claim yours: https://www.artisanthropy.ca/products/araucania-huasco-coton #araucaniayarns #araucaniahuascocoton #cottonyarn #handdyedcottonyarn #summerknitting #summercrochet

I finally began weaving this plain weave cloth. It is part entry into weaving again and learning and maybe incorporating it into another piece of experimental art. We shall see. So far so good in spite of the lousy tension and several other mistakes in the prep. Learning from mistakes is what this is all about. The proof will be in the final washing and setting the weave.

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The warp is wound onto the back beam and tied onto the front. I'm trying out a technique I learned from a video by Tammy Bast the Rogue Weaver where she wraps adjacent end threads around each other between bundles of threads when tying on (see picture 2 for a detail). Tammy is the Rogue Weaver.

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"Freshly Cut Flowers" bucket hat will be available in my shop later today ☺️

Pattern by Knotting Hook Crochet

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