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Ruth's JACKET Project: August 2014
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Sunday, 17 August 2014. Starting to weave the under-pocket. At last the body warp is ready. T. He sleeves are attached and are tucked out of the way inside the weaving form. I've begun to weave the under-pockets. The left one has its first section done up to the pocket opening. The right one is just begun. Tuesday, 12 August 2014. Setting in the sleeves. I lined up the marked points on the sleeve with the correct parts of the armhole. The picture shows the buttons and pins I use to anchor the woven e...
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Ruth's JACKET Project: July 2014
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Tuesday, 22 July 2014. I found a better way to align the weft rows. I pinned a strip of paper below the working area and used my transparent ruler regularly. I only had to move the paper when I exceeded the length of my ruler (15 cm). Now I have all the pairs of warps tied around their pins with the groups tied loosely. I'll leave them like that while I. Repeat the whole process on the left sleeve. Friday, 18 July 2014. Starting to weave at last! With hardly any unpicking at all. I realized I can use the...
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Ruth's JACKET Project: November 2013
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Sunday, 10 November 2013. I've been keeping track of spinning, plying and yarn management time. Two big batts of carded wool, about 60 grams, make one bobbin of singles and takes me about 6 hours to spin. When I have three bobbins spun, I ply them together making yarn which is. 13 wraps per inch. One skein of three-ply is about 225 metres of yarn. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Finishing the latest sparrow. About me and the current jacket project. Summary of the first jacket project.
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Ruth's JACKET Project: Preparing for fulling
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Tuesday, 21 October 2014. Once the jacket was completely released from the weaving form, I measured again. As I expected, there was very little change in the width because I wove carefully to allow for take-up in the weft, but there was quite a bit of difference in the length because the warps had been stretched taut. They bounced back approximately 5% when released. Next I prepared the jacket for fulling. Curved neck edge before and after whip stitching. The extra warp threads which stopped at the shoul...
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Ruth's JACKET Project: Preparing for "take off"
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Tuesday, 21 October 2014. Preparing for "take off". While the jacket was still on the weaving form, I measured it in various dimensions. to compare with after "take off" and after fulling. Also, I took the opportunity while it was still held taut, to do some darning in. There were warps tied off at pins to create shaping in various places. I untied them and darned one end downward and one end upward. Then as I gradually unpicked the holding stitches around the hem. Then the edge was even.
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Ruth's JACKET Project: May 2014
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Saturday, 17 May 2014. My next step is to adjust the paper pattern and scale it up for the weaving form. It'll need to be 25% longer and 20% wider than the final garment to allow for stretch, take-up and shrinkage. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Finishing the latest sparrow. About me and the current jacket project. Summary of the first jacket project. There was an error in this gadget. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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Ruth's JACKET Project: Finishing touches - harder parts well on the way
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Monday, 27 October 2014. Finishing touches - harder parts well on the way. The cuffs and pocket edges look lovely and hold their shape well. I spent a whole day making the tracing paper pattern for the collar to create a neat tapered shape that lies flat across the shoulders and has a smooth transition to the front edging bands. It has three sections: one to fill in the neck edge, a collar stand, and the collar itself. I cut it out precisely in fusible interfacing and adhered it to the backing fabric.
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Ruth's JACKET Project: Finished the main weaving
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Sunday, 19 October 2014. Finished the main weaving. Repeating the process I used on the back, I wove the fronts up to the top of the shoulder until all the sleeve warps were woven into the jacket body. All that was left were two triangles at the top of each shoulder which met across the back. 21 October 2015 at 07:35. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Finishing the latest sparrow. About me and the current jacket project. Summary of the first jacket project. Finishing touches - easy things first.
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Ruth's JACKET Project: November 2014
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Friday, 14 November 2014. Sewing in the zip and constructing the lining were the finishing touches. Now I can start to wear it, just in time for the colder weather. Wednesday, 12 November 2014. Weaving the collar and edgings. I held the warp in place on the collar base with hair grips while I stitched it in place. When most of the warp was in place, I attached the collar to the neck edge. Finally I attached the edge strands. These ones continue down the front and around the hem. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
