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[stitchcrime]

Local Hero Cowl 🧣✨

On an Ashford rigid heddle loom, 10epi From Filcolana Pernilla (8 ply) and Sandnes Garn Tynn Peer Gynt (4 ply) yarn In colours from the Redditch Colour Pallette.

Made from the Weft Blown instructions. Inspired by the hero cowl by @beif-weaves.

I finally finished my own hero cowl! When I saw the one from beif-weaves I thought this would be a really cool new project, as I found the idea of using the warp threads on the weft really intriguing. I also really wanted to make something in the Redditch colour pallette, which I've been a little bit obsessed with since seeing the Birmingham colour pallette. I think it's a cool and positive way to show some local pride!

It turns out to be quite hard to photograph an inherently circular and 3-dimensional object so that you can see all of it. So instead here are some flat images that show some of the colours:

There was some deliberation about what order to put the colours in. I ended up with the light colours in the middle so that the dark colours didn't clash too hard with each other. This has the knock on effect of those colours being most visible when it's actually worn, which gives it quite a light appearence... which I probably wouldn't have chosen, but overall I'm happy.

I also properly felt the pain of not using the correctly sized reed on this one (I normally don't think about it too much and just vibe it out based on thread size) but when I came to reuse the warp threads I found that I had to beat a lot lighter than usual to keep space between them…

Needless to say I didn't get that bit right, and beat too hard. So my square of warp and weft was too tight and folding the fabric up. In the end I had to spend 4 evenings going back with a Fork of Shame to physically move the threads along so that there was more space between them (probably should have just unwoven it but whatever). I never want to do that again

I was also a bit nervous that the weft threads had too much impact on the final colour, but this has sorted itself out with a hot wash. (It's also the first time I've spun dry the fabric – wow, what a timesaver!)

I also made the mistake again of not using the same ply of yarn, leading to weird tension issues and things near the end.

I didn't have the fringe twister this time so I had to do them by hand – what a pain in the butt, and they're not even remotely the same size.

But overall I really enjoyed this one, I'm happy with the colours, and feel like I learnt a bunch again.

[scavengedluxury]

Karen Chalk, fresh foods manager, Sainsbury's, Redditch, 1989. From the Sainsbury Archive.

[fuckitandmovetobritain]

Welford On Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK

[unteriors]

Astley Close, Redditch, Worcestershire.

[brummie-man-interests]

John Bonham was an English musician who was the drummer of the rock band Led Zeppelin.

[pjartandcrafts]

[moveleftslightly]

Keeley, South Redditch Sports and Social Club 2017.

[jamesmehan]

The Story Of Buying My First Motorcycle

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