old spinning wheel

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



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"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

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

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

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