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Author Archives: Eileen Lee

Woven or Fair Isle Knitting

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Eileen Lee Posted in Weaving Class
Scarf #1

Obtaining motivation and creativity has been challenging during the pandemic. When speaking with friends and family, it is worth remembering that they too are experiencing the strains and negative impact of this current pandemic. It is a very crazy world we are living in today.

While at a zoom meeting, I had just finished working on scarf #1 and was showing it to the group. A friend told me that it has the appearance of Fair Isle knitting. Wow – it does. Then I came up with an idea. The concept of weaving a fabric that resembles stranded knitting or fair isle. This is something to talk about. At last, I felt excited. This is going to be fun.

Eight shaft overshot is the structure. I am using small patterns and many colors similar to stranded knitting. You can make up your own designs. I wove three scarves presenting different looks but all reminiscent of knitting fair isle.

Scarf #1 – This is the first scarf I wove. The yarn used is 8/2 tencel set at 24 epi. The warp and tabby weft are black and the pattern weft are several jewel tone colors.

Scarf #2 – After completing scarf #1, I tied-on to the same warp using a 10/2 cotton cream color yarn. The tabby weft is cream (same as warp) and the pattern weft is several colors. For this scarf, I used three of the patterns from the first scarf and added a separation between patterns with a 3/4″ plain weave cream color weft.

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Scarf #3 – This scarf is similar to Scarf #2 except the yarn used is wool. The warp is a fawn color and again using many different colors in the weft.

Scarf #2 and #3 look very different in person – the pictures don’t necessarily reflect this.

This was a exciting project to work on. I wove this on my Schacht Pup. There are a lot of color changes, but it goes fast after awhile.

Painted Warp

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Eileen Lee Posted in Uncategorized

Spreading out painted warps

Handspun, Indigo Dyed Warp

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Eileen Lee Posted in Uncategorized

Handspun merino wool I dyed with indigo in three hues – light, medium and dark

Hummingbird scarf

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Eileen Lee Posted in Weaving Class

This was woven using 8/2 tencel.  The warp stripes are randomly selected.  The structure is an undulated twill in a dark purple color

Reflected Double Weave

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Eileen Lee Posted in Weaving Class

My first attempt at reflected double weave.  It was fun.  The only change i would make for the next time is i would use a closer sett.  the yarn is 8/2 tencel set at 24 epi.  I would do maybe 30 or 34 epi next time.  

Experimenting with warp and weft colors

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Eileen Lee Posted in Uncategorized

I wanted to experiment with different warp color.  For this project, the warp is black and white.  While winding on the warping board, I held the  two colors together.

My next idea was do a fancy structure in a color for the weft.  What color should I use?  That is the question.  Originally, I was thinking a light color would look best.  But after samples, I decided on a darker color.

That reminds me, why sample?  In the past, I was working on a fabric for  shirt and couldn’t decide on the weft color.  I made many samples at the beginning of the piece and decided on a green color.  After the fabric was completed, I washed it including the samples of different weft color.  If I had seen the samples washed, I would have chosen a different weft color.  The washed sample makes a difference on what the actual fabric will look like,

Weft – that is the question?  What should be weft color be?  I made several little section of five colors.  I cut if off the loom and washed the sample.

There were five weft colors to choose from.  After wash, I choose the red

 

The scarf came out beautiful.  Usually fringe is what I apply to the scarves, but I didn’t do this for this scarf  because it appears mainly red and the fringe would be black and white.  I decided to hem the ends and add red beads.  Would I weave another black/white warp with color weft project again.  Probably not.  It is pretty but not my favorite.  But is was an  experiment and there you have it.

Fire and Water Scarves

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Eileen Lee Posted in Uncategorized

The two scarves here are called “Fire” red/purple and “Water” blues.  The names come from  the two famous goddesses from Hawaii

Pele – Goddess of fire and volcanoes.

Namaka is Pele’s older sister and the goddess of water and the sea. 

Handwoven Shirt

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Eileen Lee Posted in Uncategorized

Handwoven shirt – fabric is cottonlin

Shadow Weave Scarf

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Eileen Lee Posted in Uncategorized

This is a project where I have to pay attention – no tv or audio books.  But I can listen to music.

The yarn is merino/tencel.  

warping the Jane Stafford way

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Eileen Lee Posted in Uncategorized

This woven shawl is my first attempt of warping the Jane Stafford way.  I joined her online guild and am enjoying it alot.  This is a perfect tensioned warp which was what I was striving for.  

The yarn is 8/2 tencel woven at 24 epi.

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