Pasamo... with passion
… but without the cat, because Janek didn’t push himself to do any work or take pictures this time. He sniffed the new toolbox, rubbed it with his cheek, and even tried to jump on it once. He even took a nap at the stand. He quickly got bored with the new equipment, and even putting on some colored yarn didn’t change that. For now, I have peace and…
Today the weather gave me a chance. It's raining, so I'm sitting at home and I can write something. Photographing the selvedges required the use of additional lighting, but that's not a problem. A lot of nice things have been happening lately. There was a lot of work, walks in the Bydgoszcz Forest in May. The inkle loom was created with the joint efforts of the family. It's big and heavy, because it's not a table version, but a slow...
Today I present woven stripes from coarse woolen tapestry yarn. I made 2 stripes with solar signs to order. From the remaining warp, a strip with a simple braid was created, 1.9 m long and 3.5 cm wide. 60.9 m of selvedge2:19 driving time28 km distance
Today, I am happy and proud to present new technically and visually advanced selvedges 🙂 I have long wondered whether the warp-pulling method could be used to obtain more colorful selvedges. Up until now, I have been weaving two-color patterns. Of course, I am not mentioning the fact that the warp can be divided lengthwise into stripes of different colors. I made a few drawings then and came to the unfortunate conclusion that…
Haberdashery, or selvage, is my greatest passion. I realized how many pleasant experiences it gives me, and each one is irreplaceable. I will write down some of them here quickly and not very coherently 😀 When choosing yarn, feasting the eyes with colorful balls, working the imagination and curiosity about what will come out. When weaving, the joy that there is not a single knot in the yarn and a heartfelt…