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I meant to say "two picks of the thin WEFT" ...which is like saying two "rows" of thin weft. When you make Cavandoli knots, the knots pull your warp ends together. So two rows of thin weft help spread them out again. Then I start with the Thick Weft, followed by the thin weft. Rosalie...
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Designing is always the time-consuming part of my rep work. In fact, I am working on a rug to honor a former teacher at the Oregon School of Art and Craft. Weavers from the Portland Handweavers Guild were asked to look at Laurie Herrick’s body of work and reinterpret one of her designs. I’ve...
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Nice job on the sampler. I don't use hemstitching on my rep pieces as a finish. Rather, I use a knot that I learned more than 30 years ago from an Irish sample weaver named Sallie O'Sullivan (in a workshop given at Robin & Russ in McMinnville). She called it a Cavandoli knot, and I've...
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Thanks for your explanation on how to handles the ends of the thick weft. It is very clear. I don't have Peter's book in my library because up to now my weaving has been limited to scarves, yardage and table linens. If I decide to take up rug weaving I will definitely get his book. I have already...
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Here is a picture of the warp on the loom.
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Winding the Warp One of my objective's with the project is to teach myself Peggy Osterkamp's warping techniques. I have had Peggy's two "New Guide to Weaving" books in my library for several years now. So far, other than using a kite stick rather than chaining my warp, I have not...
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I thought that I would start a new thread to chronical my progress, problems and "lessons learned" with my first warp rep project. Hopefully the other study group participants can learn from my mistakes and I can learn from your responses. I chose as my design a sampler that this study group's...
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Hi Teri ... am glad you joined the study group. I think you'll find it helpful in keeping touch with the Workshop participants from Convergence, as well as meeting other rep weavers from around the globe. Thanks for asking about THE BOOK. I am coming down the home stretch, and have just learned how...
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Hi Frances ... it's always great to hear from another rep weaver ... especially one from Alberta. I will be at Convergence ... am leaving July 18 and returning July 30. So I'll be out of the "loop" in the forum for a couple of weeks. Will be doing a 2-day workshop in rep, and a super...
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Traudi ... I posted a sampler to my website ... it's a simple draft based on point twill. Four blocks threaded on a 4-shaft loom. You might find this a quick way to get started. http://www.rosalieneilson.com/Sampler/4_shaft_warp_rep_sampler.htm There's another thread going on in this study group...