|
Posted by on June 18, 2008, 11:50 pm
show/hide quoted text
> On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:43:44 -0500, Olwyn Mary wrote:
> > Bernadette wrote:
> >> I think I'll stick with the "ready made" option for wool thank you Che=
r.
show/hide quoted text
> >> Probably do the same for dress materials too, lol. Anything for an
> >> easier life. =A0 =A0:-)
> > I jokingly refer to myself as a "secondary fiber artist" at Guild
> > meetings. =A0I never mastered a drop spindle, have done basic weaving b=
ut do
show/hide quoted text
> > not find it that interesting, so probably wouldn't do it unless there w=
as
show/hide quoted text
> > something I couldn't find ready woven. =A0OTOH, there are some members =
of
show/hide quoted text
> > our Guild who have lengths of handwoven cloth which are just that -
> > lengths of cloth. =A0Likewise, there are spinners who have hanks of han=
dspun
show/hide quoted text
> > yarn lying around, and when I ask what they are to be used for I receiv=
e
show/hide quoted text
> > blank stares. =A0Being an intensely practical soul, I don't consider le=
ngths
show/hide quoted text
> > of fabric or hanks of yarn to be finished products. =A0To me, they are
> > waiting to be turned into somethig which is BOTH beautiful and useful.
> I can identify with that Olwyn Mary. Sometimes I have kept a length of
> fabric and studied it for ages before deciding what to make with it and
> what design to use but once it is decided it gets made quickly.
> > When I remarked on this at a meeting once, one of the spinners loftily
> > replied that SHE is "process-oriented", and I must be "product-oriented=
."
show/hide quoted text
> Oh how pompous some people are!
> > Well, yes. =A0I can't see doing all that spinning or weaving unless I g=
ot
show/hide quoted text
> > something wearable or usable out of it.
> > Must get back to my sewing machine - just finished putting a band of
> > sequins all around the edge of a wool gauze shawl to dress it up a bit,
> > and I have some storebought lengths of 95% rayon 5% lycra knit waiting =
to
show/hide quoted text
> > be made into short sleeve tops.
> It sounds like a busy time for you now. I like the sound of that sequin
> band - it makes a garment very special. I once had some narrow black
> polyester ribbon with silver embroidery and used it as a stripe down the
> sides of a pair of black trousers. They lasted me for the best part of 15
> years for special occasions. =A0:-)
> > Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
> > ** Posted fromhttp://www.teranews.com**
> --
> Bernadette- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -
I like that use of ribbon on your pants Bernadette !!!
mirjam
| 
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML Sitemap
>
> I had no idea!
>
> Mary