Tien’s blog

I decided to try another experiment with knitted blanks, this time using stripes of color.  I had intended on distinct vertical stripes of red, orange, and yellow, but because the dyes bled into each other I got a gradual transition.  Fine by me!
Here is the sample:
And here is what it looks like woven up:
The photo [...]

I pulled out one of Nancy’s blanks today, and did the experiment I’ve been itching to do for awhile.  This blank was knitted up to have each row almost precisely the same length as the length of a single weft shot, the idea being that if you got it precisely right, you could line up [...]

Here is the latest shawl, the slow color progression from one end of the shawl to another:
It’s a hideously bad photo (the colors are NOT true), but it gives you some idea.
This shawl represents a turning point for me: it is the first shawl I’ve produced that is (I think - still need to look [...]

I went over today to visit a friend, Joe Decker, who is a professional photographer.  (Check out his work, it’s gorgeous!)  He mostly does landscapes, but he occasionally photographs objets d’art in his studio.  I had asked him if he could show me how to photograph textiles, and he graciously agreed.  (Okay, so I greased [...]

For those having trouble visualizing the knitted-blank technique, here is a photo of my knitted blank (folded into halves, then folded again so I could fit it into the photo):

And here are the bobbins wound from it:

It’s hard to see the gradual color progression across each bobbin in the photo, but it’s very lovely.
I’m pleased [...]