[Nfb-krafters-korner] Another new member

[Jean Menzies]

Hi Nella,

The loom I have is one I bought off of Etsie. It is adjustable for anything 
from a pot holder type size to a floor mat about 4 by 6 feet. It has pegs 
across the top and bottom, and you wind strands back and forth to form the 
warp. Then the twining is done using two strands and twining them around and 
under the warp. Twining means that the working strand gets a twist around 
the warp. The working material gets pushed up tightly, so it's not like a 
flat weave or anything like that.

I like this because a true twined rug is one where colour isn't particularly 
important. I use strips at random as long as the thickness is about the 
same. So a thicker material would be torn narrower to match the thickness of 
a lighter fabric. I end up with quite a calico effect.

I also like this because sewing isn't required. Strips are joined together 
by a kind of knot that gets hidden on the back of the work.

Basically, though, it's a craft for rugs or matts or anything heavy like 
that.

My husband made my first frame to see if I would like the idea of this 
craft. He just connected four boards into a square, and put nails across the 
top and bottom. A lot of people use a metal rod on either side to help 
control tension. There are lots of guides on the Internet to make a twining 
frame, but I ended up opting to buy one.

Jean

-----Original Message----- 
From: Nella Foster via Nfb-krafters-korner
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Jean:

Can you please tell me more about twining and the loom?

What things do you make with this?

Did you build the loom?

I love the idea of being able to reuse old fabric in a craft.

Nella

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Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 4:39 PM
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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Another new member

Hello everyone,

I’m also a new member, and thought I should introduce myself. I recognize 
many names on this list from other lists, and it is always great to connect 
with new folks too.

I live in British Columbia, Canada. My husband and I, my guide dog, and our 
pet dog live on a tiny island called Protection Iland, which is part of the 
city of Nanaimo. There are a lot of wonderful crafters on this tiny island, 
and I want to join their group this fall. For that I will need a portable 
craft ... more on that next.

Although I haven’t done very much with this yet, I enjoy twining. Twining is 
a form  of weaving done on a peg or dowel loom. It is all done by hand, and 
typically is done with torn strips of fabric. Cotton sheets and the like are 
excellent to work with for this craft. But it’s not portable because of the 
largish loom.

I tried to get into knitting, but it just isn’t my thing. I would like to 
learn to crochet, but want to focus on working again with fabric strips or 
T-shirt yarn. I have never done any crochet, but have a text file describing 
how to do it. I want to get where I can take this craft along to our local 
craft group sessions as my portable craft.

So, my first question about crochet. I don’t have a crochet hook yet, but I 
do know the larger hooks are sized by letters of the alphabet with letters 
closer to the end of the alphabet being bigger hooks. Can anyone suggest a 
hook size for working with cotton fabric strips 1 or 1 and a half inches 
wide? Again, think of the thickness of a scrunched up piece of cotton sheet 
torn in those widths.

Once I get a hook, I will try working through the text descriptions of how 
to do some of the basic stitches.

Thanks.

Jean and Bode
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