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Post by zed on Sept 7, 2015 17:34:29 GMT
That's lovely, Carole
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Post by Shepherdess on Sept 8, 2015 10:49:07 GMT
Is it the merino silk form World of Wool. it is not the same as others I have seen. The silk is in clumps, not blended in very much. It was different to spin.
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Sept 8, 2015 14:03:01 GMT
Awhile back, I purchased some 2-ounce packets of blended merino and tussah from a Texas place called “Mohair and More.” The colors and quality of blended (and non-blended) merino and silk is terrific. These are tops, no clumps.
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Sept 8, 2015 16:52:45 GMT
Ann the merino and silk is from Scottish fibres and it's a delight to use, but my lack of knowledge led me down a nother route of tryig to nuno silk fibres on their own - didn't work, but I have a plan he he he
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Post by zed on Sept 9, 2015 9:13:29 GMT
I've had Merino and Silk blends from WoW, I wouldn't say the silk is in clumps, but often in strips, but never so much or too thick that it didn't felt in.
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Post by elizabeth on Sept 9, 2015 14:04:48 GMT
Carole, I think it's beautiful! Would some machine stitching/embellishing help firm up the ends and define the flowers?
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Sept 10, 2015 8:59:06 GMT
Good idea Elizabeth, yes maybe it would, I need space in my life to finish this off, I only have the weekend as I'm giving it away as a present next week.
Last night I ran a felting workshop for a new group, and Oh my goodness people's stories and their joy at making something beautiful from felt was just a joy.
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Post by zed on Sept 13, 2015 22:45:34 GMT
I actually did some felting today. This piece is now felted and drying, the rows all have different dyed fibres on: rainbow by zedster01, on Flickr
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Post by zed on Sept 14, 2015 18:50:11 GMT
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Post by MTRuth on Sept 14, 2015 19:19:32 GMT
Nice, Zed.
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Post by koffipot on Sept 15, 2015 6:40:26 GMT
A love/hate relationship with nuno, I decided to make a large scarf, it's taken hours and the silk fibres at the ends didn't work so when it's dry they are coming off and merino is going on View AttachmentView AttachmentView AttachmentBeautiful scarf Carole! I love it! I have a love/hate relationship with nuno too. I love using cotton or silk scraps, but I hate using large pieces of silk - somehow it seems wasteful. It must be my Yorkshire Heritage "waste not want not" and also we Yorkshire folk are known as Scots robbed of their generosity!
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Post by zed on Sept 15, 2015 11:30:54 GMT
Thanks, Ruth I don't think it's just a Yorkshire thing, Judith (though my Gt Grandad was from there) I've never been able to bring myself to use a huge piece, no larger than for a small book cover! And most of my pieces were found at salvage shops for mere pence.
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Post by elizabeth on Sept 18, 2015 19:00:07 GMT
Judith, I'm surprised that you can't find any thrift store silk there. Maybe I pay too much, but I can find long dresses for $7.00 easily at the GoodWill stores. They're not too hard to deconstruct (unless you keep misplacing your seam rippers - argh!) Or maybe it's just a Dallas thing.
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Post by koffipot on Sept 19, 2015 7:06:12 GMT
Judith, I'm surprised that you can't find any thrift store silk there. Maybe I pay too much, but I can find long dresses for $7.00 easily at the GoodWill stores. They're not too hard to deconstruct (unless you keep misplacing your seam rippers - argh!) Or maybe it's just a Dallas thing. In our Charity shops there's the odd silk scarf, but they are becoming savvy and charge accordingly for high end stuff. I did buy a used silk sari on Ebay recently about 5 metres for £10, which was good. I'd do that again.
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Post by zed on Sept 19, 2015 10:53:06 GMT
That was a good find, Judith! I've had a few scarves, our Barnardos has almost everything for 99p at the moment, and I do have a look at the dresses for the fabric. I do that in Primark too, on the sale racks, find the biggest size dresses.
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