Weaving, Trying to Make Sense of my Time at the Bottom of this Planet, Occasionally Tending our Sisyphaen Patch
by the Goddess of Procrastination and Expert Forgetter
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Saturday Daydreaming: Must Selvedge Be Straight?
Old saws on the wall of the Chain Saw exhibition at Founders Heritage Park. I wondered if it's possible to build in scalloped selvedge into the draft, the way knitters do it with knitting, as in built-in frills. Different shrinkage would be the easiest, but is there any other way?
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I know how to make a tasseled edge..
ReplyDeleteI know bands of different weave structures effect the edge, so I guess you'd need to find the two extremes, maybe plain weave versus a twill or other structure with long floats? And change the weft from thick in the plain weave, to something fine in the twill?
I know it can be done, there is passementarie that has scallops...maybe floating selvedges at varying widths?
ReplyDeleteThis subject is getting curiouser and curiouser; thank you for your comments on- and off-line. Please let me look up some things before I revisit the topic. Now that you mention floating selvedge, I do recall an idea I saw in one of my books years ago, but I need to check it out. Meanwhile, if you have links, photos, knowledge to share, do please keep them coming. I would especially appreciate ideas from crocheting, tatting or lace-making that can be used with warp, either still under tension, or after the long floating selvedge has been cut.
ReplyDeleteThank you, everybody!