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Using a steam iron Els, and the ironing board, a damp cloth also, I do down
one half of the width all the way to the bottom length then do the other half, and leave it to cool.. It'd never dry here if I washed it..it's so thick and the weather is still too changeable. hugz Cher "Els van Dam" wrote in message ... In article , "spinninglilac" wrote: It's gonna be a bit bigger than a remnant when it's done, it'll be 70ins long, an is 38ins wide.. I'm not that keen on the colours, but as it is for a present I have to do the colours needed, which is peach and rose pink, so I'm using three strands of peach or pink, started with peach, for a header and two ins, then dropped one strand of peach and picked up one strand of pink, then dropped another strand of peach and picked up another strand of pink then it was all pink and gradually dropping strands and working the other colours in to give the marble effect.. .. I'll break the back of that today and get another 24ins or more done, then it'll be just 22ins or more if I can get any more out of it .. then twiddle the ends and finish. I steam my rugs Els, being as you can't wash them, is that what you would do? to sort of set them I mean, talking of set, the set for this is 4EPI rug warp. hugz Cher How do you go about that,steaming a rug when you have a big rug? I put mine in the bathtub and walk or waulk them, adding soap and water. Hang them on the wash line and hose them clean, let them dry on the line. So far it works well. In Toronto we had a factory that was willing to take hand woven pieces for finishing. They did ask that you sew old sheeting to top and bottom so they could fasten the material or rug to the loom without doing damage to the weaving. That work very well. Here I use my own washing methods, beeing far away from city factory facilities. Els |
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Els van Dam wrote:
This is specially for all the spinners in the group snip Well, I am not a spinner, but that story and the pictures were fascinating! Thanks for sharing. Higs, Katherine |
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In article , "Katherine"
wrote: Els van Dam wrote: This is specially for all the spinners in the group snip Well, I am not a spinner, but that story and the pictures were fascinating! Thanks for sharing. Higs, Katherine Katherine we brought the wheel back to the museum, and the woman who is in charge was delighted, that she now has a working wheel. I am now trying to collect more information about the history of this wheel. Love the idea that some pioneer woman sat behind this wheel to spin yarn for her family. Obviously it was a production wheel, so she could spin fast and would not have to stop to move the yarn along the hooks. I am now telling every one about this wheel and hope that someone may have seen this wheel before, or will know more about it. A bit of 100 year old Canadiana. Els |
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Els van Dam wrote:
In article , "Katherine" wrote: Els van Dam wrote: This is specially for all the spinners in the group snip Well, I am not a spinner, but that story and the pictures were fascinating! Thanks for sharing. Higs, Katherine Katherine we brought the wheel back to the museum, and the woman who is in charge was delighted, that she now has a working wheel. I am now trying to collect more information about the history of this wheel. Love the idea that some pioneer woman sat behind this wheel to spin yarn for her family. Obviously it was a production wheel, so she could spin fast and would not have to stop to move the yarn along the hooks. I am now telling every one about this wheel and hope that someone may have seen this wheel before, or will know more about it. A bit of 100 year old Canadiana. Indeed it is! Higs, Katherine |
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