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#SeptTextileLove Day 26: Controlled posted by @suechristianweaver

Usually weaving is all about control – the weaver controls how the warp is put on the loom and how the weft is thrown and the loom controls how the threads are lifted. But occasionally it’s fun to let something else take control. This is a picture of a narrow scarf/neckpiece I wove some years ago. The white threads are linen but the pink and purple are very overtwisted wool. I spun the wool on my Victorian spinning wheel, which is a flax wheel and therefore has a ratio that is really far too high for normal wool spinning. It was all flat when under tension on the loom of course, but once it was off and washed the wool tried to naturally release some of the overtwisting resulting in a narrower scrunched up piece. It’s fun and I love it, but what was in control here was definitely the wool!⠀ #septtextilelove #septtextilelove2019 #hightwist #handspun #controlled 


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