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Dye & Fire: 12.10
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Ever Heard of a Urkrainian Loom? You want to.). Customers really have their value some days! So we're talking about this unsightly pile in my classroom, when she randomly asks me, "Have you ever heard of the Ukrainian Loom? Well you want to.". What a tease, eh? So the second she's checked out, all Merry-Christmas'd, and sent on her happy way, guess who rushes back to the computer to bring up YouTube and search for these mysterious Ukrainian Loom videos. Yeah. you probably guessed it. Both of them, actual...
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Dye & Fire: Libby Needs Her a Hat!!!
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Libby Needs Her a Hat! Well, like we couldn't all see it coming. The single digit highs hit and Libby's hat goes missing! Both of them, actually. So I'm wearing my ancient acrylic cabled huffler (hat/muffler) that I made in college and dreaming longingly of toasty warm wool-covered ears again. I'm sure any normal, sane. Or American Werewolf in London. So what does Libby do? Yup, I'm afraid I've repossessed two oz of them and diz'd them into roving for a lovely 2-ply. But them I'm thinking, I need ear...
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Dye & Fire: 08.09
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And the moment I know a few have been waiting for, the "Gretchen" wheel is officially on the market. Designed specifically for this wheel, the gradual red and wine colorway is by far my favorite finish yet. Gretchen is a new Merlin Tree RoadBug complete w/ 3 bobbins, orifice hook, on-board oil bottle, attached lazy kate, and 3 direct-drive whorls. She'll ship fully assembled, so you'll just have to take her out of the box, scerw in the flyer and spin, spin, spin! Here are the RoadBug specs:. It's kind of...
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Dye & Fire: The Not-So-Spooky Deer Wheel
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The Not-So-Spooky Deer Wheel. Remember the plate that wanted to be a wheel so bad it climbed through a brick wall to come live in our shop instead of the antique store next door? TWO spooky albino deer wandering through a creepy forest filled with blue trees! How could we go wrong? Today it got it's first touch of color! This is a blue and navy HitchHiker wheel. Wow, thats beautiful! 08 September, 2010 18:44. I already have my first bobbin full. 07 November, 2010 22:29. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Dye & Fire: The Idea Fairy
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Where do our designs come from? Sometimes we work from patterns purchased with commercial reproduction permissions and a lot of our less expensive designs come from modified existing patterns. When a client contracts a custom wheel we like to talk to them and find their likes, dislikes, favorite colors and animals, what artists do they admire, and so on. Then the brain is allowed to wander. Be creative. Annoying creatures like this. If you're in Ashland, WI, during the summer Antiques on Main. We're the ...
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Dye & Fire: Expression is Not an Exact Science
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Expression is Not an Exact Science. Today has nothing to do with dyeing or formulas or perfection. It has to do with what happens when Libby can't follow her own pattern. And The Frog Prince. Doing test burns is an important step from what we see in our head to what actually works on the wood. Often there are marks, big X's, arrows, sometimes sharpie highlights, etc to help me prepare the final piece. So what happens when you get it perfect and then you go and goof it all up? Ashland, WI, United States.
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Dye & Fire: 09.10
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The Not-So-Spooky Deer Wheel. Remember the plate that wanted to be a wheel so bad it climbed through a brick wall to come live in our shop instead of the antique store next door? TWO spooky albino deer wandering through a creepy forest filled with blue trees! How could we go wrong? Today it got it's first touch of color! This is a blue and navy HitchHiker wheel. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). People often ask me, "what is it you do again? This blog is not a DIY or how-to blog. But it may provide a littl...
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Dye & Fire: 06.09
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Ok, technically this is several rungs up the ladder, but honestly, when's the last time anyone actually started a story in the beginning? Custom wheels all go through a development stage which includes real-size mock-ups. This was taken as I added the final touches to our current custom "Frog Prince" wheel. Lesson #1:. The required "napkin with math.". You must have one of these. It is essential. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). People often ask me, "what is it you do again? Ashland, WI, United States.
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Dye & Fire: Gretchen
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And the moment I know a few have been waiting for, the "Gretchen" wheel is officially on the market. Designed specifically for this wheel, the gradual red and wine colorway is by far my favorite finish yet. Gretchen is a new Merlin Tree RoadBug complete w/ 3 bobbins, orifice hook, on-board oil bottle, attached lazy kate, and 3 direct-drive whorls. She'll ship fully assembled, so you'll just have to take her out of the box, scerw in the flyer and spin, spin, spin! Here are the RoadBug specs:. People often...
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