tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post971084182024855002..comments2024-03-26T08:37:39.914-07:00Comments on Thrums: Flowers and LaceSusan http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707139508896058818noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-51027511595662553182008-07-02T10:18:00.000-07:002008-07-02T10:18:00.000-07:00Susan, I just arrived home from a two week vacatio...Susan, <BR/><BR/>I just arrived home from a two week vacation in a very hot and muggy state! Your lace looks so crisp and cool -- ahhhhh *sigh*. Lovely! Makes me want to sit with an iced glass of tea or mint julep. <BR/><BR/>Your re-sett version is much better for sure. It's always worth it, I agree, to take the time to fix something rather than weaving up something with which you're not going to be satisfied. <BR/><BR/>Excellent!<BR/><BR/>JaneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-73302824823401871292008-06-27T12:56:00.000-07:002008-06-27T12:56:00.000-07:00Very beautiful, I love the open work.Very beautiful, I love the open work.DEEP END OF THE LOOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01010018190905285835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-42982148395707357972008-06-27T08:39:00.000-07:002008-06-27T08:39:00.000-07:00Well, it's lovely, Susan! I think you should submi...Well, it's lovely, Susan! I think you should submit it to Handwoven when an appropriate theme comes up. Doesn't matter if they've had something similar before. Do you happen to know which issue it was because I'm betting I have it!Louisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685532773952211627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-40582536836941720182008-06-26T16:31:00.000-07:002008-06-26T16:31:00.000-07:00I have this pattern as a rough drawing, via a frie...I have this pattern as a rough drawing, via a friend in the Shuswap. She was weaving it up on a demo loom at the IPE (big country fall fair). I wove it for a spell and fell in love with it. In my mind I already was changing things: yarns,& sett etc. I drew it out on some scrap paper and tucked it away. Now that it's on my loom and being woven (finally after many years of aging in the 'to-do' pile) I have discovered from another friend that it's actually in an old Handwoven but not an issue that I personally own. I have made changes so it's been modified... plus the runners and small side table cloth will stay in my home.<BR/>Hubby is tired of everything I make being sold!<BR/><BR/>:) SusanSusan https://www.blogger.com/profile/09707139508896058818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-66021479809914770422008-06-26T15:34:00.000-07:002008-06-26T15:34:00.000-07:00Your lace pattern is beautiful. Yarns: Differnt m...Your lace pattern is beautiful. Yarns: Differnt manufacture - differnt country still puzzles me.bspinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11385723696922637454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-56274657834670041302008-06-26T11:38:00.000-07:002008-06-26T11:38:00.000-07:00I've had the same trouble with these types of cott...I've had the same trouble with these types of cotton yarns as you have. There is quite a difference in the twist which affects the sett and beat. None of these yarns are mercerized. In the tea towels that I recently wove, the warp was the tightly twisted kind and the natural and multi-coloured wefts were the softly twisted ones. The burgundy and yellow towels had the usual firmly twisted cotton that is available here in Canada. Of course I have no labels on these refugees from my stash to tell what manufacturers they come from!<BR/><BR/>Susan, do share the source of your lovely lace weaving pattern!Louisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685532773952211627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-66243905546403391672008-06-25T22:06:00.000-07:002008-06-25T22:06:00.000-07:00It actually looked like 2/10 to me and the label i...It actually looked like 2/10 to me and the label inside says 2/8 and 3200 yd/lb. I guess I should get my McMorran balance out and double check it. (2/10 has 4200 yd/lb) I would say that this isn't as tighly twisted as Canadian spun 2/8 but is serving well as warp. <BR/>Perhaps it's something to do with the mercerization process?<BR/><BR/>I must agree with you that lace is a real summer time weave. I have the doors and windows open and there is the sound of song birds outside (and my neighbour's annoying dog :) )Susan https://www.blogger.com/profile/09707139508896058818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767897696623067165.post-62422375652213950072008-06-25T19:14:00.000-07:002008-06-25T19:14:00.000-07:00Your lace is lovely. It feels like the thing to w...Your lace is lovely. It feels like the thing to weave in summer.<BR/><BR/>What you say about the yarn interesting to me as I have been looking at the Earth Guild cotton and thinking of getting some. Would you say it is thinner because it is "harder" than regular 8/2? Or are they actually fudging on the weight?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com