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Post by Shepherdess on Jul 25, 2015 21:59:00 GMT
She weaves (mostly) just like you would cloth. then she adds chemicals that make patina the greens and such. At guild meetings she is usually knitting with very thin wire.
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Jul 26, 2015 13:28:44 GMT
I am neither a knitter nor a weaver--perhaps that’s why the process is difficult for me to understand. But in any case, it’s lovely work!
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Post by aphee on Jul 27, 2015 9:55:31 GMT
Hello everyone ! I've come back my holidays and I can show you, as some could see on my blog, the bag I wore for a wedding in the family : I used some fabric of my dress, some handspun and and batt I dyed myself : And my husband made me for fun a spinning wheel in lego : So now I'm gonna read a lot the posts you wrote last weeks !!
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Post by zed on Jul 27, 2015 10:40:13 GMT
That's a great bag, and great spinning wheel too! Does it work well?
I've made a few more little sample pieces for MakeFest, a little 'landscape' using plastic fibre for texture, surface detail and a 'daft' hat. It was meant to be textured and rippled like a tree trunk, but ended up smooth, and took far too long!
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Post by lyn on Jul 27, 2015 11:38:58 GMT
That's a beautiful bag Aphee! I like the fringe on the flap and the delicacy of the colours.
A lego spinning wheel and it looks in working order - he's a genius.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 13:03:45 GMT
A fantastic bag. Love it. The colors are wonderful,., the spinning wheel is awesome,,,,
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Post by Pandagirl on Jul 27, 2015 14:53:54 GMT
The handbag is gorgeous Aphee! The mixing of colors and fabrics was a great way to tie your whole ensemble together. The spinning wheel is great. You have a very talented husband. Glad to see you back. I hope you had a terrific holiday.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jul 27, 2015 15:35:18 GMT
Great bag, lovely colour and texture. What a clever hubby you have.
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Jul 27, 2015 15:49:57 GMT
The bag is beautiful--so rich in texture and design! Who would have thought about legos and spinning combined? Amazing!
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Post by MTRuth on Jul 27, 2015 17:36:48 GMT
Glad you had a nice holiday. Your bag is beautiful. And the lego structure is amazing!
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Post by Teri Berry on Jul 27, 2015 21:12:42 GMT
Beautiful bag Aphee with lovely textures, it looks very stroke-able!
The spinning wheel is amazing, very clever indeed! Have you thought about posting the design for it or contacting lego to see if they would like to make a kit?
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Post by koffipot on Jul 28, 2015 6:19:14 GMT
Beautiful bag and the spinning wheel is Ace!
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Post by zed on Jul 28, 2015 10:58:34 GMT
This is my daft hat, little kid size, it's still wet in the photo
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2015 13:16:57 GMT
Love it......... Smile
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Post by aphee on Jul 28, 2015 13:45:56 GMT
Thanks a lot for your kind comments about my bag and about the spinning wheel, my husband is proud of them. To answer questions : its spins slowly, about the speed of a spindle. Here is a video of the last version of the spinning wheel (it's quite noisy, one of the main problem left) : videoIt spins thin, which is not my habit at all ! My husband is a lego fan since he was a kid. About a year ago (I've been spinning for 2 years), my husband told me : "one day I will build you a spinning wheel in lego", so last year he was thinking more or less about it. And during the holidays he finally had time to really get information about it (that was quite funny to see him reading the spinning web site I'm used to read). I asked him a tutorial. Seeing people liking it encourages him and I think he will participate soon on a very technical lego forum. A girl already built one in lego : video2but he wanted it to be more stable mechanicaly and I asked him a double drive one, with an horizontal flyer. About fiber things in lego, there is also a mechanical weaving loom another guy built : video3That's amazing to see what lego fan create (and I'm not only talking about the examples above) About my holidays, they were really great, spending time visiting familly and friends all through France under the sun. And there is still one good moment coming : a fiber event with my dyeing friends next week end : link
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