My square for Sara's ECRR project was an exercise in using elements I had never used before. I took an ecru lace and dyed it orange. Then I added sequins and beads to embellish the lace. Sara had included some sequins in her package of goodies, but a friend had just given me sequins, so I hunted through and found some that worked with Sara's colors. I had never used sequins before. Next I added buttons, and experimented with different ways of adding beads to attach the buttons. The next section was all pin weaving and I had never tried it before, but I had been collecting fibers in Sara's colors for weeks before the project arrived and I wanted to include as many of them as possible in some way without it looking totally mad. I had no idea how long it would take to weave just six inches. I used crochet cotton for the warp and them fuzzy yarns, embroider floss, woolly yarn and even some yarn with little chunks of chiffon sticking out and oh, yes some metallic embroidery floss for the weft. The last step was adding some beads on top of the pin weaving.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
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The colours on this are wonderful! I've never done pin weaving...is it difficult?
I loved the colors that Sara selected they made it a real joy to work on. Pin weaving is easy and is done just like it sounds. You push pins into a cushioned surface and wind the warp threads around the pins. Then you select you weft threads and weave them between the warp threads. Easy and rewarding.
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