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These two scarves are going on my Etsy site.

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Finishing Peach & White Scarf. You can see it still on the loom. On the MasterWeaver III the woven fabric goes down the front and up the back. You can see the finished starting end of the scarf coming up over and down the front. There are still color change ends showing. I wove the new colors in and left tails that will be cut off once the scarf has been fulled.

I plan to add this scarf and the violet beaded scarf to my Etsy site as soon as the Peach & White is fulled and dried.

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SpinOlution has come up with another winner, drop spindles. They can be used either as a high whorl or low whorl spindle. They can be purchased in a set of three ($ 85) or purchased individually ($ 35). I’ll be listing purchase information on my Etsy site. The spindles have copper “buttons” which can be added to increase or removed to decrease the weight of the spindle. THEY WORK GREAT !

See more about them at SpinOlution

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This time using the same set-up as the purple and white scarf, I’ve started another scarf. This time with softer peach and white. Notice in the one photo that I started off with yellow scrap yarn which will later form some of the tassels. (It looks upside down because you’re looking at the finished weaving as it moves up the back of the loom.)

In the other photo, notice the interesting nubby warp, another experiment. I like the textured yarn but it all but disappeared once the weft was woven in. I’m new at weaving and I’m learnin’.

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I decided as blogged earlier, that all my scarves were beginning to look alike. Here is something different. You’ll notice the finished alpaca/mohair/wool throw drying after being fulled behind the purple and white wool scarf.

The warp is 6 strands of purple alternated with six strands of white. The weft is the same 6 & 6. The set-up for the MasterWeaver III is 123567531765 across the cylinder and rotate discs in sequence: 123567.

ALERT: I neglected to use scrap yarn at the beginning of the weaving; the weaving had a tighter weave and was flatened and wider at the beginning because of this. Learn by my mistake. Always weave a few weft rows with scrap yarn before begining your weaving so the the draw-in will settle in and the finished product will be more consistent.

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Finishing MasterWeaver III Blue & Brown Throw

First count over three threads and insert needle from reverse two weft threads in; then, go back again and tie knot around three thread cluster and draw up. Continue accross creating three thread bundles. Creates a smooth simple edge that won’t unravel. Perfect for when you don’t want bulky knots along the edge.

The finished throw:

Good News! See newsrelease below:

New Home for the Timbertops Spinning wheels.
Joan & Clive Jones (of Woodland Turnery) and James & Anne Williamson are pleased to announce that following negotiations it has been agreed that in an initial partnership production of Timbertops Spinning Wheels will be resumed.
The new home of the Timbertops will be Woodland Turnery of Pontypool (South Wales) with James & Anne Williamson retaining an advisory and supervisory capacity to ensure that the quality of ‘Timbertops’ is upheld as closely as possible.
Woodland Turnery have been making spinning wheels since 1995 and spinning and weaving accessories since 2001 in locally grown Welsh Timber. Also repairs & renovations of spinning wheels and the supply of replacement bobbins have been undertaken since late 2006/early 2007.
Initially Timbertops production will start with the Leicester and Thurmaston 21 spinning wheels with the first ones being available in early 2009. As time progresses it is hoped to bring into production many of the wheels that James and Anne made so famous.
Further details/price lists etc are available from:-
Joan & Clive Jones, Woodland Turnery, 35 Lodgewood,
New Inn, Pontypool, Gwent NP4 8EQ
Telephone/Fax +44(0)1495-757140
Mobile +44(0)7901-790543
Web : www.woodland-turnery.co.uk
Email: office@woodland-turnery.co.uk

We’ve had a cold snap, in the 40s over night. For those of you in the northern parts, thought I’d let you see how my tomatoes are coming this morning.

Am I mean?

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