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snip ✂️ snip 〰️ getting back in the saddle 🤠 https://ift.tt/2VUO9I9

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variations ✨ if you’re feeling out of sorts with your work, i recommend putting on an easy short warp in your favorite material (i like 10/2 cotton) to get your groove back 🕺🏻 http://bit.ly/2Vh9Enj

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poof ☁️ http://bit.ly/2DLYlZO

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hi 👋 back to basics with my copper tipped shuttle from japan ✨ hopefully will be seeing more of me around these parts, too 🤠 http://bit.ly/2DFZFx8

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eggshell shawl on loom via http://bit.ly/2SORion

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five years into weaving and finally trying out this whole “sampling” thing 😏 one thing i’ve learned is that impatient weaver is not an oxymoron, it’s just my style 🙃 https://ift.tt/2UOhWPP

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✨ only two major missteps in this project so far, but no one but us has to know that 😏 https://ift.tt/2P4Yhf8

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another lovely afternoon @ny_guild_of_handweavers learning about rep weave from lucienne coifman ✨ it’s been two years since my last rep project, time to move that up the queue 💃🏻 https://ift.tt/2Pq5Mwv

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now time to start sharing my favorite textile moments from my time in japan ✨🇯🇵✨ i discovered kogin (こぎん) last year, but since it was mainly produced in aomori i didn’t think i’d see much during my time in kanto and kansai. however i lucked out with a show at @amusemuseum.official where i saw at least a dozen incredible examples. . . . 日本語を勉強して、キャプシ��ンで練習します 🙈 https://ift.tt/2xQjSxb

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stencil gasuri was the most challenging for me—i’m a weaver in part because i crave structure and form, so freehand templates were scary. i wove a whole warp using one geometric stencil i didn’t love, so at the last bit decided to stop thinking and improvise and ended up with something lovely, finally 😅 https://ift.tt/2DFWBn7

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絣 step 7 / and suddenly, the magic happens ✨ https://ift.tt/2QDO6LN

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絣 step 6 / tying on / after threading for plain weave we reach the most maddening part: tying on so that your guide kasuri sections line up, which means the pattern will, too. had a lot of trouble here with the low contrast between my dyed and undyed sections and the slippery silk knots 😅 https://ift.tt/2p1vrNr

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絣 step 4 / warping, again / once dyed and dried, we remove the plastic wrappings, wind the unbound threads, and put the bound sections back on the warping board to get everything lined up just so 👌 this is a shot from our second project and my first time working with tussah silk ❤️ https://ift.tt/2ocnF2S

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絣 step 3 / dyeing / once the warp and weft are bound it’s time to dye 💃🏻 i am by no means an experienced dyer so i learned a lot—here we were direct dyeing on ramie cotton. and please note the special dye room slippers ❣️ https://ift.tt/2o0hJdb

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絣 step 2 / binding the threads / using the guide tape, we mark the areas to be bound using an aobana pen. then we wrap saran wrap inside the markings, followed by a very tight layer of plastic tape tied in a very specific knot. lastly we secure that knot with masking tape 😅 and repeat. https://ift.tt/2nThnVx

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絣 step 1 / where it all begins / each kasuri project begins with measuring out the undyed warp against a guide tape. using kiwaku (the japanese yarn spools), warping on a table and winding a double cross—one cross made by single threads and one with double threads, to facilitate counting—was all new to me. it took a lot of fumbling and a few knotty messes to get the hang of it, but we had the most patient and helpful teachers. https://ift.tt/2wbMdwx