Scandinavian Weavers Study Group

Month: October 2010

  • Gradation in Color in the Stripe

    Jan Mostrom brought in a piece that had lovely color gradations in long stripes.  From a distance, the color shifts look like a painterly progression.  Close up, you can see the alternating yarn colors.

  • Cottolin Makes a Satisfying Background for Monksbelt

    This is a monksbelt piece woven by Jan Mostrom woven entirely in cottolin – warp, background weft, and pattern weft.  The sett is 24 epi.  Jan suggested that for someone completely new to the technique, using cottolin can be satisfying.  “It’s more fogiving than linen,” she noted.  With the cottolin warp and weft you could also use prydvev yarn (a thinnish Norwegian wool yarn) for the pattern.