Silk Carrier Rod Stream Update

After reviewing my last live stream, the one where I was constructing a silk carrier rod cuff, I've decided to redo that stream.  Why?  It's just too painful to watch!  This time I plan to record it and not worry about doing the recording live, and it may come in multiple segments so that I get the camera in the correct position.

More later from the wet studio :-)

Constructed Silk Carrier Rod Cloth - Video

It's blurry and the color is off, however, I streamed a how to video on creating cloth using silk carrier rods.
Constructed Fabric from Silk Carrier Rods

Rusted Silk Carrier Rod Cuff

Rust dyed silk carrier rods made into a constructed cloth cuff, now to add embellishments.

Rust Dyed Silk Cocoons and Carrier Rods

Ideas for the newest zine!

Silk Carrier Rods

Am working on the new zine this afternoon, so far InDesign has locked up on me only once :-)

Constructed Rusted Cloth

I had put together a zine sometime ago on how to make constructed cloth with silk carrier rods, and found it while cleaning up some folders on my computer.  This is one of the samples.

Rusted Silk Carrier Rods

Rusted Silk Carrier Rods - stitched to Aquabond a water soulble stabilizer.

Detail 1

Detail 2 - I used a leather needle and heavy cotton threads to machine stitch the constructed cloth layer.

Detail 3 - some areas of the silk carrier rods were exceptionally stiff, I simply left as is on the surface.

Prairie Potholes No. 12 Detail

Prairie Potholes No. 12

Prairie Potholes No. 12

2008 - December

8.5 x 10 inches

Rusted Silk

Rusted Silk Constructed Cloth

Oh Quilt Where are Thou?

Somewhere in this pile of fabrics is my new Prairie Pothole Series, to supplement my large selection of compost dyed, natural dyed, and rust dyed fabrics is a bag of natural dyed silk carrier rods dyed in rich vibrant red violets, deepest golden, mysterious purple and palest pink!

Prairie Potholes

I'll have to post pictures next week on the results but I've finally be able to break past the circle thing - well sorta. Anyway more next week on this series, maybe I'll even get into the wet studio??? Here's a sneak preview of what's on the docet for this new 12 panel series.

Prairie Grasses Handspun Art Yarn

Hand Spun Art Yarn by me! - Mohair, wool, silk, alpaca, angelina, natural dyed yarns, ribbons, and silk carrier rods.

Size: 1.2 oz at 32 yards

Logwood Dyed Silk Carrier Rods

These are still drying but are stunning none the less, I can't wait to mix them in with the Jacob for a hardy art yarn. For once I'm making a yarn for myself, which means it'll probably never get done.

Blush to Bordeaux

Blush to Bordeaux silk carrier rods~!

All about Roses!

Roses it's all about the Roses I say! Someone swiped my roses out of my front yard, no kidding, they cut them down flush with the ground! So I'm consoling myself with some rose colored inspired silk carrier rods to make my own garden! I have extra's of these beauties, scent free of course, and am offering them up in my etsy shop!

I'll post what I've made with mine later tomorrow, I've been toying with spinning some bulky art yarns with these rods and then stitching them to a lovely garden inspired surface with an overlay of embroidery.

Fresh Buds and Old Lichens

Old Lichens Merino Wool Roving

Fresh Buds Merino Wool Roving - palest green with bits of palest blue

Fresh Buds Silk Carrier Rods

Fresh Buds Silk Throwster's Waste

All available in my shop and perfect for blending to create art yarns and or for felting!

Art Yarns

Wool batts, silk carrier rods, and more available in my shop

What I'm up to, making art yarns for embellishing my moss piece of course!

Art Batt

Wool batt, silk carrier rods, silk sliver, flax, mohair roving, and thrums are available in my shop.

Normally I don't post here but wanted to share what I was up too tonight, I'm experimenting with some new art yarns. Right now I'm tired and am hurting a lot from doing yard work today, so I cheated and instead of making up a new batt I pulled a half used one out of my stash. The silk carrier rods to the right are rust dyed the others were dyed using acid dyes.

New Goodies

Seems you guys really like these little beauties so I added more Prairie Colours Natural Dyed Yarn Bundles to my etsy.com store! I also posted more silk carrier rods in hot spring colors. I'll be adding more of the silk fabric bundles tomorrow.