Weaving Circles // warping and weaving on a circular frame loom
In this tutorial, we warp and begin weaving on a circular frame.
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founder + creative director of SweetGeorgia // designer + dreamer // wife + mama // dyer, knitter, spinner, weaver // author + youtuber // been writing about colour and craft since 2004 // has far too many instagram accounts @lomeetsloom, @felicialowong, and @sweetgeorgia.
Winding a Ball of Yarn
Using a yarn swift and ball winder to convert a skein of yarn into a ball (cake) of yarn.
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Live Office Hours // April 24, 2019
We talked about dyeing full skeins from samples, switching dye brands, dyeing very pale pastels, re-skeining yarns for photography, and developing style and aesthetics when it comes to photographing your hand-dyed yarns
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Weaving Tools
Here are a few of the tools that I mention in the Essential Weaving workshop
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Weaving Terms
Here are some of the most common weaving terms that will help you understand the process.
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Crafternoon Live // March 13, 2019
In this session, we talk about sett for weaving as well as warp and weft yardage calculations
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Frame Loom Weaving Equipment Suppliers
Here are a few links to various suppliers that manufacture looms and tools for weaving
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Two-Colour Brioche
Let’s talk about knitting two-colour brioche in the round!
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Crafternoon Live // February 15, 2019
https://vimeo.com/317578035 In today’s Crafternoon Live, I demonstrate how I create visual mockups for colour in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, and Google Sheets. These are techniques that I use for project planning in both stranded colourwork knitting projects as well as weaving projects. Download the transcript for this video here » This content is only available […]
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Live Office Hours // January 2019
In this session, we talk about trouble with dye pots not exhausting, techniques for dyeing speckles, and ways that we might test dye sample yarns.
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Craft Without Chaos
Digital, physical, and mental organization for crafters
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Colourwork Knitting Resources
Here are a few yarn suppliers, books, and knitwear designers to explore for colourwork knitting
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Epic Cloth Challenge
Join us in a 9-month challenge to making your own slow cloth project
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Crafternoon Live // January 11, 2019
During this Crafternoon, we discuss our new slow cloth challenge: Epic Cloth and work through the entire downloadable workbook.
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Crafternoon Live // December 14, 2018
https://player.vimeo.com/video/306495168 Here it is, in all it’s choppy glory! Thanks for watching today! This content is only available to current All-Access Members of the School of SweetGeorgia.
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Live Office Hours // November 2018
Answering your questions about composition for photography, lighting, camera care, and also how to sew and finish handwoven fabric.
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Crafternoon Live // November 16, 2018
In this Crafternoon session, we talked about seasonal colour, finding and modifying light sources for photograph, and I did a little weaving on my big mohair blanket project!
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Live Office Hours // October 2018
Talking about dyeing colour triangles, fluorescent dyes, dye lot numbers, and also thoughts about content for next year.
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Winding a Warp
In this tiny tutorial, I demonstrate winding a 3-yard warp on a warping board to use in a handwoven blanket. If you have any questions about winding a warp on a warping board, feel free to ask here in the forums »
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Crafternoon Live // October 12, 2018
During this Crafternoon, I wound a couple balls of mohair yarn and wound a 3-yard warp for a blanket on a warping board.
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Creating Complex Colourways // October 1, 2018 at Knit City 2018
This the lecture portion of the dyeing workshop that I hosted at the SweetGeorgia Studios for Knit City 2018 on October 1, 2018.
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Mosaic Knitting
In this tiny tutorial, I demonstrate how to use the mosaic knitting technique. It’s a colourful technique that is likely easier than you think!
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Live Office Hours // September 2018
Using a spin cycle of a washing machine to remove excess water, finding the most efficient way to wind mini-skeins, and dyeing very light colours on spinning fibre.
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Twisting a Skein
In this tiny tutorial, I demonstrate how I twist a skein of yarn from a loose hank into a twisted skein format.
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Crafternoon Live // September 14, 2018
During this Crafternoon, we did a spindle spinning demonstration showing drafting, plying, and how to wind onto the spindle shaft. We also started spinning a handpainted colourway using the fractal spinning colour technique.
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Live Office Hours // August 2018
Today’s live office hours was a little different than usual since we tried a new platform for the video, slides, and chat. We did a little sneak peek of the Colour Mastery series as well as a walk-through of the new SOS site. Here’s what we talked about: Question 1 from Eve: ice dyeing and […]
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Spinning Equipment Suppliers
Here are a few links to various suppliers that are mentioned in the Spinning From Scratch course
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Spinning Fibre Suppliers
Here are a few suppliers in the US, Canada, and UK that provide beautiful dyed spinning fibres to get you started.
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Undyed Yarn & Fibre Suppliers
Here are some suppliers and sources of undyed yarns and spinning fibres
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Reference Books for Dyers
These are a few of my favourite reference books over the years, and a great place to start building a dyer’s library!
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Twist Gauge
Measuring the angle of twist in your yarn is a wonderful way to ensure consistency in your handspun yarns. Download our twist gauge here to measure the twist in your singles and plied yarns.
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Tools for Measuring Wraps per Inch (WPI)
A couple downloadable tools to measure your “wraps per inch (WPI)” while spinning and plying your handspun yarns.
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Spinning from the Fold
Learn how to “spin from the fold” with a long draw as a way to manage short, slippery, and downy spinning fibre blends.
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Crafternoon Live // July 20 2018
I know it’s been a bit quiet here lately, but it’s because I’ve been in “monk mode” and basically been locked down at my computer, working on the beta site for the new School of SweetGeorgia re-launch. I’ve been SO busy that I worked straight through the time I usually set aside to record and […]
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Dyes for Wool, Silk, & Protein Fibres
In our dyeing courses, we use a combination of WashFast Acid and Lanaset dyes which can be purchased from the suppliers listed below.
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Dye Studio Equipment & Tools
Here are the sources for some of the studio dyeing equipment that we use for our dyeing courses
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15% off SweetGeorgia
Use our members-only coupon code to get a discount off your yarns and spinning fibres at SweetGeorgia Yarns
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KYOK Increase (k1, yo, k1 into the same stitch)
Discover how to knit a ruffle by rapidly increasing the number of stitches on the needle using a double increase.
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Live Office Hours // April 2018
https://vimeo.com/281011393 Today we talk about handpainting, oven temperatures, pH for dyeing, and more! This content is only available to Monthly and Annual Members of the School of SweetGeorgia or students who purchased “Dyeing Intentional Colour” or “Dyeing Complex Colour”.
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Live Office Hours // February 2018
https://player.vimeo.com/video/278270054 This is our LIVE Office Hours for the “Dyeing Intentional Colour” course on the School of SweetGeorgia! In today’s session, we talked in-depth about dyeing 100% silk with acid dyes, dyeing with a low water immersion technique rather than layered immersion dyeing, and also about bleeding dyes. As well, we did a little preview […]
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Live Office Hours // January 2018
https://player.vimeo.com/video/278270371 This is our LIVE Office Hours for the “Dyeing Intentional Colour” course on the School of SweetGeorgia! Today we talked about dyeing Angelina/Stellina fibre, dye auxiliary chemicals, drastic temperature changes, and a little bit of sock blank talk. This content is only available to Monthly and Annual Members of the School of SweetGeorgia or […]
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Live Office Hours // November 2017
https://player.vimeo.com/video/278270227 Join us in November for the LIVE Office Hours for our “Dyeing Intentional Colour” course on the School of SweetGeorgia! If you have a question you’d like answered, send me an email at felicia [at] sweetgeorgiayarns [dot] com. See you soon! This content is only available to Monthly and Annual Members of the School […]
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Live Office Hours // October 2017
https://player.vimeo.com/video/278269905 Thanks for joining us for our first ever LIVE Office Hours for our “Dyeing Intentional Colour” course on the School of SweetGeorgia! Today we answered three main questions, plus some questions from our viewers: 1) Can you reuse the exhausted water used to dye a previous batch. Do you have to neutralise it with […]
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