Tricia says: I am just randomly carding the fleece into batts, spin 3 per
bobbin and the
colours change constantly so will see how I will put the weaving bobbins
together.
I took a rug weaving class many years ago from a woman whose name currently
escapes me but she wove her rugs with a random weft. (Marjorie Snyder?)
She'd decide on the colors she wanted in the rug and then would set the
cones out and randomly start winding a color on the bobbin. She'd wind
until she thought it would be enough of that color then switched - mid
bobbin - to another color. Again, she'd wind until she thought there was
enough of that color then switch again. I've done this with a few projects
(not rugs) and it's amazing what happens.
I raise Karakul sheep and have been spinning and saving the various colors I
get with a rug in mind using this technique. Only problem is that I
periodically use some of the yarns for a different project and then have to
wait for another animal with wool colors that I don't have in the stash.
But one day.......
Robin Snyder, spinner, weaver, shepherd
Border Collie Rescue - California www.bcrescue.net
San Diego County, CA
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