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Peoples, it’s done, I’ve finally finished building my triangle loom! I am SO happy c:

#the wool is from one of my favourite scarves #I’ve always loved the colors but the construction was SO stupid #so i frogged it 🙃 #also I’m very happy that i finally got around to building this #I’ve had the wood and the nails laying around since june i think #weaving #triangle loom #selfmade #mine #no longer a wip! #SpringWeaver

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Drooling over the Ks in the “Durkin Durkin” font, an the W in “Springweave.” A very good effort!

P.S. Durkin Durkin is neither Durkin nor Durkin, discuss amongst yourselves...

#1940s #art deco #art deco font #vintage #design #vintage design #art deco design #art deco typeface #vintage label #vintage tag #vintage font #vintage typeface #durkin durkin

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Finished dyeing and spinning some yarns! I am absolutely in love with them, they’re so fluffy and squishy its amazing. The plan is to build a triangle frame loom this week, and make some cute bandanas with these, as Christmas gifts for my besties.

#They’re also the ones requesting the colors haha #and yes before you ask one of them *is* a massive lesbian #i guess this means #lesbian yarn #i die #spinning #handspun #hand spinning #drop spindle #yarn #springweaver

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Okay, spinning update: I am still at war with my wheel. Something is not working. Until I figure that out I've moved on to a drop spindle, and I love it.

Anyways, this is my first yarn!

It’s some undyed alpaca wool and I got around 350m out of it :)

#and it only took me two thirds to figure out how not to overspin it! lol #im planning to weave with this soon and im really exited btw #its gonna be a honey themed scarf #oh I also made a niddy noddy out of copper pipes and fittings! #I had a lot of leftovers from another project #but thats for another time #or post i guess #spinning #drop spindle #yarn #selfmade #Springweaver

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Finished my second yarn just in time for vacation! Gonna weave with it when I get back. Im soo exited!!

#spinning #handspun #selfmade #c: #also i dyed some wool a few days ago so i could take it on vacation with me #i might post sbout that later as well because the colors turned out really pretty 😊 #springweaver

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Finished another scarf! Took me ages due to the thin weft wool, but i really loooove the outcome :D I did miscalculate the length a bit so its not symmetrical, but I’ve made peace with that ^^

#finished project #weaving #scarf weaving #diy scarf #loom weaving #rigid heddle loom #textiles #fabrics #mine #selfmade #springweaver

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Have been spending my time weaving and knitting together some… cuffs? gauntlets? Google translate was really unhelpful on this one.

The weft is some leftover wool from a wall hanging I made ages ago, but the weft wools are my very first dye experiments! At the time I only tested how the colors came out with little scraps, so I didn’t have enough to make pairs :/ Btw, if you know what these are actually called, please tell ^^’

#its cold out and that means its stulpen time girlies!! #these bad boys will go to some friends though. god knows i have enough… #weaving #I die #loom weaving #dyed wool #finished project #mine #diy #textiles #textile work #springweaver

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So vacation is over and I’ve started a new scarf! Also I dyed the wool for the weft myself, which was a lot of fun. It doesn’t have a specific gradient, just random uneven color, but I think it turned out really nice!

I’m contemplating including a little pick up stick action, but im not sure yet - what do you think?

#honestly some of the warp threads could be a bit thicker #but i suppose it’s nice the way it is #weaving #I die #scarf #wip #this is propably gonna be done very soon #i have a lot to procrastinate for #SpringWeaver

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Hello! I am finally finished with my wool dying antics (for now). Here are the results.

So I’ve been planing to make a day blanket for my bed for a while now, a project I’ve wanted to do for a variety of different reasons: - big rainbow c: - opportunity to use as much leftover wool as possible - opportunity to dye more wool

since my rigid heddle can only do 40cm max in width I was going to weave 4 strips and just sew them together. This meant that all my colors needed to be dividable by four. I then went through my stash to get everything usable and discovered that I already had 16 greens.

So I decided to take the easy way out and just dye until i had 16 of every color. (This means that I’ll probably have a whole bunch of leftovers, but ehh.) So after making a whole bunch of mini-skeins (around 15-20g each), I started with my 14 purples.

they came out really well! Although it’s really hard to mess purple up imo. It just has so much going on. Next were the 12 reds. 

Even though I really like them as well, they are a lot more subtle in their differences, and it shows up even less on camera. One batch was supposed to be a lot more pinkish, but looking at the photos now, i don’t even know which one. After some sleep(s), I tackled the 12 blues.

while the colors are very nice, that first batch is the only one I‘m genuinely unhappy with - it’s a lot greener that I wanted. So be careful if you ever try turquoises! I dyed the 6 yellows after this, and that was the reason why I didn’t try out a greenish yellow. Maybe another time. 

And the the last color: orange, of which I had to do 16, since I didn’t have any in my leftover box.

The oranges came out really well, although I forgot to take a picture of them on the drying rack. :( And that was that! I let them dry on the rack like that for a few days (or weeks, oops) then washed them, and hung them up again (but properly this time).

And here they are now!! Fully dry and back into little skeins, one of each batch for comparison.

And that’s it!! I am REALLY happy with how these turned out, and can’t wait to weave with them. Sadly, I still need to dye my warp threads, and also complete another bunch of projects which are much higher on the priority list (Christmas gifts I didn’t get done in time. Yes, I know its may. I’m working on it. Dx) But I will make a post for the blanket, when I start with that :) I hope you all have a nice day!!

#fr tho dying wool is soooo much fun u guys #i feel like you can hardly make any mistakes #you can only get something thats not quite what you're going for (looking at you turquoise) #but thats fine #since i dont have a smooth transition between green and yellow those are probs the end colors I'm gonna go with #and then it wont stand out as much #is that making sense? it makes sense in my brain #anyway I know its been some time since I posted any weaving which is because life has been evil lately #but its getting better #so. updates soon #hopefully #i die #dyeing #dyed wool #SpringWeaver

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Friend visited and brought a scarf i made her from my pre-tumblr days - but i wanted to post it here anyways since i really like it :)

What do you think?

#this is just before i learned how to make kinda neat edges #can u tell? #finished project #weaving #scarf weaving #loom weaving #textiles #fabrics #scarf #mine #diy #diy scarf #textile work #selfmade #springweaver

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I hope all of you who celebrate had a nice christmas!! I’ve been pretty stressed, since every time I finished a scarf in the last three months, I just cut it of the loom and was done with it - so I had 13 fringes to finish in the last few days, which has been literal hell.

Here are some scarves I didn’t get around to post although I’m rather proud of them (+ my fam):

And with that, I wish you all a happy new Year!!

#i did not finish the scarves for my entire family btw #not even close there are like 7 i still have to do #also the wool for the scarf on the left is self dyed again #really really proud of that one 😌 #my dad promised to buy all the wool i need for my ‚big blankie‘ project as my christmas gift #so thats what I’m gonna do the next year #its gonna be awesome I’m so stoked #weaving #loom weaving #I die #scarves #dyed wool #textiles #finished project #diy #springweaver

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I finished another scarf during the weekend!! If I continue like this, I might get (one part of the family) done before Christmas!! I also recently discovered that if I turn my loom around, I can very easily transform it into a warping board and I might’ve gone overboard in excitement. Maybe.

#finished project #but also wip i guess? #weaving #scarf weaving #loom weaving #rigid heddle loom #warping board #textiles #fabrics #diy #mine #selfmade #scarves #springweaver

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Wove some matching scarves for my dad and step-mom!! They’re a perfect reverse of each other as i used the same pattern and the same wool for both projects, which I’ve dyed myself again. Only thing i don’t like are the edges, as they’re quite uneven, but it couldn’t be helped with the pattern :/

#finished project #weaving #I die #loom weaving #dyed wool #textiles #diy #selfmade #textile work #scarf #springweaver

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So now that school is mostly over, I finally got around to buy the wool from my christmas money, and my friend and I started dyeing yesterday!! I still have to do like 8 batches, and when I‘m done with it I‘m probably gonna make a bigger post, but look at this purple 🥺🥺. Its soooo pretty…

#it‘s a straight up crime that I only dyed like 100g of this #and that i didnt write it down very accurately #but oh well #so far any purple ive tried turned out really well so even if i cant manage to replicate that exact color #I‘ll probably still get something nice #I die #dyeing #dyed wool #springweaver

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I just got done making matching scarves for my sis and her bf!!

What do you think?

#i really like the greens but i didnt have enough wool for two scarves so i added these shiny segments #i like them but i dont like the transition #its such a hard cut :( #weaving #loom weaving #finished project #scarves #textiles #fabrics #mine #diy #selfmade #springweaver

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started a new scarf for my aunt! also i tried to use threads of different thicknesses for the warp, and so far i think it looks really dope :)

#weaving #loom weaving #weaving scarf #textiles #fabrics #diy scarf #scarf #mine #diy #wip #textile work #selfmade #SpringWeaver #scarves