Episode 11: Fine Threads (with Lillian Whipple)
This episode we have stories of fine threads: some threads are gossamer-fine, like those used by amazing weaver Lillian Whipple who works in silk finer than most of us can see, others are made fine and meaningful by their stories and the fact they were collected from all over the globe to be woven into a project to heal the planet.
Resources (mentioned during the show)
Musical Guests
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Resources (mentioned during the show)
Musical Guests
- "Hyperthread" by Jeff Sheilds from his album, A Compendium of Unfinished Business
- "Testing...1...2...3" by Stark Effect
- "The Weaver is Handsome" by Straw Into Gold from their debut album Straw Into Gold
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posted by Syne Mitchell at 6:12 PM
4 Comments:
My first adventure into fine weaving was a set of overshot bookmarks that I made a couple of months ago. The warp and tabby weft was white 20/2 perle cotton, and the pattern weft was Jaggerspun 2/18 wool-silk . I used a threading from Marguerite Davison's book, and had a lot of fun coming up with different treadlings for each bookmark. The patterns looked so intricate on such a small scale!
It was nowhere near as fine as the silk you discussed, but it was still much finer than I had ever tried. I wholeheartedly agree with your guest: you've just got to jump in! Plus, you can get a lot of bookmarks in one warp, and if a couple don't look quite right you can just call them "samples" or "practice."
You can count me in the overshot bookmark as first fine warp club too. I found 100% cotton thread in blue and green at IKEA for $.05 a spool and couldn't resist.
As pattern weft, I used some varigated crochet cotton from my stash. Turned out pretty well.
When I mentioned to Lillian that I used 100% cotton thread, she said that it tends to break a lot, and actually, now that I think about it, I did have more than the usual number of broken threads.
Just finished listening to episode 11 with Lillian Whipple. I love fine threads, although I've not used anything nearly as fine as Lillian!
The really nice thing about weaving with fine threads is that you get a whole lot of "play value" for your money! :D
Cheers,
Laura Fry
http://laurafry.com
Hi Syne,
I just listened to this show this morning...I was so glad to hear you talk about the Thread Project. I was one of those 49 weavers. I was lucky enough to be chosen to weave one of the panels of the cloth titled Weaving Reconciliation, and I did so with the help of my community at the library where I worked at that time. It was a great experience to weave with these threads from all over the world. Everyone that was interested was encouraged to sit down and weave at my loom as part of this cloth, and many did just that. I also took the loom to several art fairs where I was demonstrating spinning and weaving, so many people from all over the Indianapolis area got to become part of this project. I'm so glad to hear you talking about it! Thanks so much for a great show, and keep it up!
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