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Blending and Mapping Drafts book

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 13:17:26 +0000

In case you were wondering how to blend several drafts into one threading, this book explains the how it works, with several methods given. It also includes a partial list of draft lengths in Davison. 106 pages.

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Price: $44.95

Charkha 101 Notes

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 14:14:10 +0000

This is a document that I provide my students in a hands-on Charkha 101 class. It includes tuning, learning the mechanics of the wheel as well as body mechanics and rhythm. It cover the parts of the wheel and where they go, how to assemble the skein winder, how to put it all back to close it.Price: $7.99

Ice Water Indigo

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 18:48:10 +0000

This is a recipe booklet based on handouts my students receive for Japanese indigo harvest classes, available as a digital download.

It contains recipes for blue, indirubin pink, yellow, and green on both protein and cellulose fibers, plus information on using an embossing machine inste..

Price: $19.99

Cotton-Charkha-Khadi Exercise Book 6 Download

Tue, 11 Oct 2016 15:51:00 +0000

This workshop gets you spinning and weaving with S and Z twist yarns, learning what it takes to balance a cloth to make it lie flat, and to use the twist direction to advantage.

Price: $9.99

Cotton-Charkha-Khadi Exercise Book 5 Download

Thu, 01 Sep 2016 17:35:54 +0000

The fifth workshop in the series builds on workshops 1, 2, and 3. In this workshop you will learn to separate colors in a striped sliver. Calculations for using two different colored slivers and also space dyed sliver are included with instructions on how to calculate warp stripes based on the ..

Price: $9.99

Cotton-Charkha-Khadi Exercise Book 4 Download

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 12:25:10 +0000

Graduate from the first 3 workbooks to shaping cloth using a combination of crepe twist yarns and weave structure.

You can do this workshop with a 4 shaft loom, but 8 or even more will give you far greater design possibilities.

Price: $9.99

Cotton-Charkha-Khadi Exercise Book 3 Download

Wed, 06 Jul 2016 12:15:32 +0000

Now we get into the meat of the thing.

This workshop covers twist, and twist energy.

You will learn to create yarns of different twist levels and see what happens to the cloth when you weave in plain weave and in twills.

You need a 4 shaft loom; in this case more is bett..

Price: $9.99

Cotton Yarn Measuring Kit

Fri, 03 Jun 2016 11:37:55 +0000

Included in the kit are the Yarn to Yards balance, a page with the cotton twist gauge and wrap gauge for the charkha, plus additional instructions for measuring very fine yarns.

The Yarn to Yards balance allows you to measure the yards per pound of your yarn.

Place a stran..

Price: $45.00

Cotton-Charkha-Khadi Exercise Book 2 Download

Tue, 31 May 2016 22:34:39 +0000

Start weaving with your handspun singles.

You will spin several thicknesses of yarn and weave samples with a light beat and samples with a hard beat.

Sample pages include measurements and some simple calculations to begin to characterize the cloth you will be able to make with y..

Price: $9.99

Cotton-Charkha-Khadi Exercise Book 1 Download

Thu, 21 Apr 2016 13:09:31 +0000

Not for beginners only, this workshop will help you characterize the yarn you make.

You will create a sample notebook, learn to measure your yarn, and practice, practice, practice. It is intended to prepare you for weaving with your singles.

This is a PDF download onl..

Price: $9.99