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Post by crealou on Jun 9, 2013 13:23:05 GMT
Every time I look at these scarves I keep thinking "wood". They remind me of frames we made out of pine then burnt them with a torch to get a aged and distressed look. Love the look of the scarves. Wow that is true, I did not think of that. Me it reminded me old leather skin!
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Post by crealou on Jun 9, 2013 13:33:58 GMT
That's funny Billieanne, I was thinking something similar, and bleaching black tee-shirts as a teenager. I did start an alapaca experiment far too long ago, to see how many layers worked best feltbyzed.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/alpaca-part-1.htmlI got as far as deciding two did I didn't wash the alpaca, just dragged it through my carders to softly comb it and separate the fibres. It does make it staticy though, so I had to run it between 2 fingers to flatten. But that's all the alpaca scarf experience I have so far I agree with Ruth about layout, I always spend a long time on that whatever I make. I had a look at your blog and the locks you have used looks very different than mine to begin with. I have to say that my black fiber in the first from the cria ( baby) so it was so so so very dirty, incredible!!!! They have like a natural oil on them when they are baby. And he has not a lot of crimp like your fleece since he is black and that is often a particularity of the black alpaca. My female (black) on the contrary is crimpy with is rare on black alpaca. But in revenge he is very lustrous. You experiments are great. Is it the cobweb technique when you use only one layer of fiber?
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Post by zed on Jun 11, 2013 9:30:10 GMT
Yeah, the fibre I have is very dusty and does have some interesting VM in it, I think one lot must have spent half it's time rubbed up against a hedge Cobweb is just very fine, wispy felt, it doesn't matter how many layers. I don't think what I made was really fine enough to be considered 'cobweb' by many, maybe if I practice with the alpaca a bit more
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