Comments on: Clingy Pink Pleats http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/109 Passionate about Weave Textiles Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:11:00 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Cathy http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/109/comment-page-1#comment-12125 Cathy Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:42:16 +0000 http://curiousweaver.id.au/?p=109#comment-12125 what beautiful fabrics and what a neat effect! what beautiful fabrics and what a neat effect!

]]> By: Laura http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/109/comment-page-1#comment-12120 Laura Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:47:28 +0000 http://curiousweaver.id.au/?p=109#comment-12120 Hi Karen, Dot Lumb at the Online Guild gave me the link to your site. Thanks for sharing, it's a great help to see the results of other weavers' experiments. I've been playing with pleating silk and had reasonable success with a 20/2 silk warp 8- thread repeat and an ultrafine silk weft which must be about a 100 count which I've woven at 40ppi. The pleats I got are quite springy and the result is a very soft scarf, but having read your results I'm going to try a wider repeat and a slightly heavier weft which might withstand more wear and tear. How many picks per inch did you weave with the 60/2 thread you used? Laura Hi Karen, Dot Lumb at the Online Guild gave me the link to your site. Thanks for sharing, it’s a great help to see the results of other weavers’ experiments. I’ve been playing with pleating silk and had reasonable success with a 20/2 silk warp 8- thread repeat and an ultrafine silk weft which must be about a 100 count which I’ve woven at 40ppi. The pleats I got are quite springy and the result is a very soft scarf, but having read your results I’m going to try a wider repeat and a slightly heavier weft which might withstand more wear and tear. How many picks per inch did you weave with the 60/2 thread you used? Laura

]]> By: Judith http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/109/comment-page-1#comment-12097 Judith Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:41:44 +0000 http://curiousweaver.id.au/?p=109#comment-12097 I wanted to let you know how much I love your blog! You give so much great information. The scarves are really beautiful. What was the sett? That's always my weak point! I wanted to let you know how much I love your blog! You give so much great information. The scarves are really beautiful. What was the sett?
That’s always my weak point!

]]> By: Lynne http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/109/comment-page-1#comment-12096 Lynne Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:32:06 +0000 http://curiousweaver.id.au/?p=109#comment-12096 NICE! Tomorrow I can weave again after a month of being away from my loom and your pieces provide me with inspiration and excitement. THANKS! NICE!

Tomorrow I can weave again after a month of being away from my loom and your pieces provide me with inspiration and excitement.
THANKS!

]]> By: Peg in South Carolina http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/109/comment-page-1#comment-12081 Peg in South Carolina Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:04:55 +0000 http://curiousweaver.id.au/?p=109#comment-12081 Congratulations on your new store on Etsy. Hope it goes well. And I love the two scarves you have there. Congratulations on your new store on Etsy. Hope it goes well. And I love the two scarves you have there.

]]> By: curiousweaver http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/109/comment-page-1#comment-12080 curiousweaver Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:44:42 +0000 http://curiousweaver.id.au/?p=109#comment-12080 The number of ends in each pleat can affect how tight and neatly the pleats behave. Also a finer weft than warp seems to help. A good reference to this can be found in the magazine Weavers Issue 37 (Fall 1997) I also tried a sample with cotton warp and wool/lycra weft and this really forced the the pleats to form but it was too regulated looking for my purposes. The number of ends in each pleat can affect how tight and neatly the pleats behave. Also a finer weft than warp seems to help. A good reference to this can be found in the magazine Weavers Issue 37 (Fall 1997)
I also tried a sample with cotton warp and wool/lycra weft and this really forced the the pleats to form but it was too regulated looking for my purposes.

]]> By: textillian http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/109/comment-page-1#comment-12079 textillian Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:37:11 +0000 http://curiousweaver.id.au/?p=109#comment-12079 I love the effect. How do you think fiber choice plays in all of this? I have done a similar structure in handspun wool singles and did not get what I would call pleating, through there was a texture to the resulting shawl. I love the effect. How do you think fiber choice plays in all of this? I have done a similar structure in handspun wool singles and did not get what I would call pleating, through there was a texture to the resulting shawl.

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