tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537158321255176863.post6316800048111363736..comments2024-03-22T17:30:05.579-07:00Comments on Weaving a Life: "Sample" Is Not a 4 Letter WordLaura Fryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06599868570350256631noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537158321255176863.post-62414336815444189772010-10-12T08:13:43.141-07:002010-10-12T08:13:43.141-07:00Thanks, Laura. This was really, really helpful. ...Thanks, Laura. This was really, really helpful. I'm a weaver that tends to avoid samples like the plague....instead weaving "full size samples" in the form of dish towels or scarves. But I think that a good chunk of my resistance to true sampling is that I have never been able to imagine an approach to sampling that was both meaningful and also reasonably limited. When I think of sampling, I get lost in the enormous universe of possibilities to sample, ie. all structures at all setts...which is clearly not practical. So I don't sample. Your approach to new fibers is both reasonable and useful. You may have converted me!amyfibrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01089380287307928974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537158321255176863.post-33803451226842427942010-10-12T04:39:13.781-07:002010-10-12T04:39:13.781-07:00I met a weaver yesterday who weaves with strips of...I met a weaver yesterday who weaves with strips of cloth in both warp and weft. She dyes the cloth and then does kind of a shibori/ikat thing. The work is just gorgeous, kind of like abstract paintings. She showed me a sample she had done where she had progressively changed the width of the cloth strips in the weft as well as the set in the reed. Each sample was about 10"x10" or so and it was soooooo interesting to see all those samples lined up! She had a little card that listed the details for each sample (set, strip width, I think something else I can't remember) and it looked like something that would actually be practical and useful for her kind of weaving. She had similar charts for takeup/shrinkage but she said that was more about getting the feel for how fabric would behave in her weaving. The samples with the strip/set combinations, though... she could think about the kind of effect she wanted and then pick the right set. It was very, very cool.<br /><br />And the best thing is she will be presenting to our guild this month so I get to hear even more about it!<br /><br />:-) SharonSharon Schulzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697870972304497221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537158321255176863.post-49960646323181652332010-10-11T22:13:49.732-07:002010-10-11T22:13:49.732-07:00Scarves can be samples. Remember my 23? :D
I do...Scarves can be samples. Remember my 23? :D<br /><br />I don't have to *love* every scarf I make. Someone else will hopefully love them enough to take home - either as a purchase or when I donate to a worthy cause.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />LauraLaura Fryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06599868570350256631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537158321255176863.post-25602655894992730012010-10-11T18:27:10.598-07:002010-10-11T18:27:10.598-07:00Hey, I thought scarves WERE samples! Was I wrong? ...Hey, I thought scarves WERE samples! Was I wrong? (Don't think so...)<br /><br />That means everything I weave is a sample, which isn't a bad thing at all. Out of any given warp, there are scarves I love, and scarves I'm not so crazy about. But somebody will love one of them enough to take it home :-)Sandra Rudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04691078578557110217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537158321255176863.post-83443624948424958762010-10-11T13:54:50.219-07:002010-10-11T13:54:50.219-07:00Beauty is to have 23 (slightly) different scarves ...Beauty is to have 23 (slightly) different scarves to offer to the beautifully diverse public out there - and then one perfect to keep!<br /><br />KerstinKerstin på Spinnhusethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01417606744435651656noreply@blogger.com