Project 2 in the Teneriffe Lace Weave Along is a lace mask:
For the Weave Along, you will need to make:
Please go to LINK for the links to all the instructions to make the triangles, circles and squares in Teneriffe Lace.
Here is the template for the mask:
Here’s how the motifs look when they are laid out on the template:
And, here is the video showing how to make the Teneriffe Lace Mask:
Happy Lace Making! 😀
One of the foundation shapes for the Teneriffe Lace Weave Along is the Triangle:
Here’s the video on how to make the Triangle:
Here’s the link for the post that has all the links for the Teneriffe Lace Weave Along: LINK
There are 4 ‘Foundation’ shapes (and a bunch of supplemental shapes) for the Teneriffe Lace projects that I have designed to be made using 2 tiny looms that are available from Dewberry Ridge Looms. (see the link below for info to order the looms)
Today’s installment in the Teneriffe Lace Weave Along is ‘How to Weave the Basic Square Teneriffe Lace Motif’:
For the complete list of posts in the Weave Along, please click on the link below…. note that it is constantly being updated.
https://tottietalkscrafts.com/2019/02/03/teneriffe-lace-weave-along-links/
To make Teneriffe Lace, you need to have a flat, sturdy pin cushion that the loom sits on.
Here’s the list of equipment and materials that you’ll need to make your Teneriffe Lace Pin Cushion:
1- Corrugated cardboard
2- Sharp craft knife (do NOT use dull knives and always cut away from yourself)
3- A cutting board
4-Scissors
5- Fabric and felt to cover the pin cushion and to make the base
6- Needle and Thread
7- Thimble
Instructions:
1- Cut 8 circles of cardboard that are 4 inches/10 cm in diameter for the larger pincushion for your square loom.
2- The triangle loom works fine on a 3 1/2 inch/8.75 cm diameter pin cushion. Cut 8 circles of corrugated cardboard for this pin cushion. Note- in the video, I only cut 6 for the smaller pin cushion, which is okay, but 8 circles are better.
Now, the video shows how to put it all together:
This is the start of the Teneriffe Lace Weave Along – please click on the subscribe button on YouTube, and tap the little bell icon to receive notification when I post the videos.
And, of course, if you subscribe to this blog, you’ll receive notification of the new installments.
Happy Lace Making! ❤
As part of my ongoing participation in a year long weave along of tapestry diaries, I am weaving small images for my Woven Women show of tapestries and other woven works.
I have just finished 2 new tiny woven pieces – they were both on the same loom, so I had to finish the second one so I could cut them both off the loom and finish them.
And, here they are: (They are each 11 inches tall).
‘Woven Women: Dreaming of Flowers’:
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and,
‘Woven Women: Looking Skywards’
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Now that the loom is finally empty, I warped up, using a ‘Four selvedges’ technique.
I have begun a series of very very small tapestries that are 3 inches by 5 inches.
This is ‘Woven Women- May Day’:
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I am making plaster frames for the series of 3 inch by 5 inch tapestries, and have started experimenting with how I will be painting them…. right now, the first one looks like a black blob, so there’s not much point in photographing it, but I will soon.
Weaving the tapestry diary pieces is just pure joy. 🙂
I am working on some larger pieces, too. Must take some photos….
This week, I began a series of small woven figures for my Woven Women show (see previous post LINK).
I joined the Tapestry Diary Weave Along on Ravelry, and I am so pleased that I did.
This is the progression of the first piece, so far:
I warped up my 8 inch Mirrix so I can weave one diary entry on the front of the loom and one on the back.
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A Tapestry Diary is a kind of daily journal that, of course, reflects what is happening what is happening in the weaver’s life at that moment….
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I’ve been longing for springtime, so it was natural that flowers would appear immediately.
Using my mother’s stash of embroidery floss and yarn has been powerful for me.
Even though she is no longer with us, it is very tender to be working with something that she loved so much.
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Each day, I’ve been uploading a pic of my progress in my diary- I find this rather daunting, as the ‘not good enough’ gremlins leap up and bite so uncomfortably! ugh….
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I had some concerns about weaving with super slippery rayon embroidery floss, but it was fine…. although, I’ll need to do some serious sewing in on the wrong side.
That’s a bit of tatting that I stitched to the hem of the dress.
I always have a tatting shuttle in my pocket for ‘incidental moments’- it’s wonderfully contemplative, meditative and also so portable that I can take it with me everywhere.
I tat long strips of edging that I then include in my tapestries.
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The face is applique’d on – I designed and wove a series of faces in a narrow band, using my double hole rigid heddle loom.
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The arms are wrapped wires- I haven’t quite finished the wrapping, which is okay, as I won’t get to finish this piece until I weave the next one that is on the other side of the loom.
Being part of the Weave Along is such a pleasure- the international community of weavers that has formed around this weave along is a generous and supportive group.
I have no way of knowing how the Tapestry Diaries will unfold, but I will be posting as they do.
Even though I haven’t been posting about my solo show of tapestries and woven works (Woven Women) that is opening in August 2014 (eep…. tick tock, tick tock…. eep), I have been working away on new pieces for it.
I noticed that the Tapestry weaving group on Ravelry (the facebook of the fibre arts world) is having a weave along in which people are weaving ‘Tapestry Diaries’.
That means that they are weaving daily, weekly or monthly, on pieces that reflect their lives in those given moments.
I have wanted to do this for several years, but just have never started one…. until, the other day, I had an ‘Aha!’ moment.
I have been contemplating a series of small woven figures- I’ve woven the faces for them, but haven’t started the bodies.
It struck me that weaving the bodies for these figures would work beautifully as a Tapestry Diary.
I got all excited about doing this, and then took the plunge and asked the moderator if I could join, even if I am late to the party.
She graciously said that I could, and so I am!
I love that the online community creates ‘Virtual Guilds’ with members from all over the planet inspiring and encouraging each other. It’s just awesome.
I decided to warp up my 8 inch Mirrix tapestry loom to get started, but I can see that I may want to warp up my 16 inch Mirrix for this, too.
Some people choose to weave very specific shapes in their tapestry diaries, like little squares or rectangles, that are quite uniform in size.
I have decided that my shape is going to be one that I have loved working with over the decades.
It’s an hourglass motif that has shown up in embroidery, weaving, stitchery, stone and metal work for thousands of years.
It’s sometimes called. ‘The Shepherdess’ motif.
I did a bunch of drawings, until I was happy with a very simple, basic shape that I think will give me lots of options for experimenting with color and pattern. Of course, I have no idea how they will turn out. 🙂
I chose to weave these figures in a fairly narrow configuration- only 3 inches wide, set at 8 ends per inch.
Here’s my loom warped up, heddled, and with the first little bit woven.
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I inherited my mother’s stash of embroidery floss and threads, and will be using them in this series.
Thanks, Mom….. hope you like what I am doing with your treasures……
Tottie Tomato looked outside the studio window and saw someone tobogganing on the snowbanks….
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She astonished Tottie by fluttering up into the tree….. and Tottie realized that the fluttery little person was a fairy!
The fairy looked awfully familiar…..
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Tottie Tomato saw that she was shivering- it was so cold!
So, she invited the Winter Fairy in for a cup of tea….
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Tottie Tomato had been watching the progress of the Winter Fairy coming to life, so she was surprised to see her outside!
Winter Fairy said that she felt that, once she had her wings, she really ought to see what Winter was all about.
Sledding was fun – but chilly.
The Winter Fairy told Tottie Tomato that she prefers to experience winter from the warm side of the window, so she has decided to take up permanent residence in the studio and perhaps wait until springtime before venturing outside again.
Tottie Tomato is looking forward to many pleasant cups of tea with the Winter Fairy.
She plans on showing her around the studio and introducing her to all manner of lovely folks.
Tottie Tomato is very happy that I took part in the Zoom Loom Doll Weave Along on Ravelry- otherwise, the Winter Fairy would never have joined us here in the studio!
Tottie Tomato is getting anxious….
When are all these piles of little squares and rectangles and triangles going to turn into a doll?
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Soon!
There’s another week in the Winter Weave Along on Ravelry, so there’s lots of time….
I hope! 😀
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