Textile and Fiber Crafts
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Textile and Fiber Crafts Weaving is a method of creating fabric by interlacing two sets of yarn threads called the warp and the weft. The warp threads form the base for the weaving; they are arranged parallel to one another and held in tension on a loom. The weft is a single thread that is passed over and under the warp threads in a systematic way to create a solid or patterned piece of cloth. Beginners can outfit themselves inexpensively by making or purchasing simple looms. More advanced weavers working on large pieces use the treadle loom, a large, fairly expensive machine that holds long warp threads and can make quick and complicated changes in the placement of these threads to allow for many patterns. Basketry is the craft of making baskets and bags, mats, rugs, and other items through weaving, plaiting, and coiling techniques. Traditional basketry materials include reed, cane, rush, sisal fiber, and ash-wood splints. Equipment is simple: a knife, scissors, a sturdy needle for sewing together coiled baskets, and roundnose pliers for pulling difficult reeds. Beginners are able to produce satisfactory, simple products, and more advanced basket makers find challenge in complex patterns and forms. In macrame, or ornamental knotting, cotton, linen, or jute cord or rug yarn is used to make bags, wall hangings, and containers. A knotting board with pins helps keep the work in place, and a yardstick and scissors are also useful. In embroidery, a needle and thread are used to create designs on fabric. Many styles of embroidery exist. Some are used to decorate areas on a piece of cloth, usually linen; other styles, notably needlepoint and bargello, are used to fill in completely with pattern an openwork mesh canvas. Embroidery requires frames and hoops to hold the fabric in tension, embroidery needles, scissors, thread, and yarn. www.somondoco.com
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Textile and Fiber Crafts
<large body of wayyyy-off-topic text deleted and cross-posting NG removed from header Can you weave me a natural-fiber hemp carboy cooler? Something that could be kept wet with a fan blowing on it, perhaps…. Or how about a fine-mesh nylon hop/grain bag? Attempt at bringing this thread back on-topic fails miserably…. {:-( — DAsh "I just bought some powdered water, but I don’t know what to add!" –Steven Wright"
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Or perhaps a little macrame could be used to add "body" to a beer…fiber is good for you, right? I have heard that hop bines make great basket weaving material. Haven’t really got the urge to take on that project though. I did find myself getting to the end of the original post and thinking, "this affects me HOW?" Scott – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Can you weave me a natural-fiber hemp carboy cooler? Something that could be kept wet with a fan blowing on it, perhaps…. Or how about a fine-mesh nylon hop/grain bag? Attempt at bringing this thread back on-topic fails miserably…. {:-( — DAsh "I just bought some powdered water, but I don’t know what to add!" –Steven Wright"
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Textile and Fiber Crafts Weaving is a method of creating fabric by interlacing two sets of yarn threads called the warp and the weft. Basketry is the craft of making baskets and bags, mats, rugs, and other items through weaving, plaiting, and coiling techniques.
Hmmm…well, I’m sure I could use a few new coasters for the bar. (g) Wanta Beer…? ]]]Z[[[
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Grain husks have fibers. I could dry out my spent grains, mix them with epoxy resin, and use it to patch rust holes in my car. Auto repair is kind of a craft. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Textile and Fiber Crafts
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Just FYI and FWIW… If you post to the original thread without removing the second NG link you will be cross-posting! — DAsh "I just bought some powdered water, but I don’t know what to add!" –Steven Wright"
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Textile and Fiber Crafts: A weaver, a basket maker, and a homebrewer are all making Christmas presents for their friends and family. The weaver makes raindeer coasters. The basket-maker makes bright seasonal baskets. The homebrewer brews manna from heaven. With the weaver and the basket-maker, it is the thought that counts. Ain’t it great to be a brewer? Carter
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The weaver makes raindeer coasters. The basket-maker makes bright seasonal baskets. The homebrewer brews manna from heaven.
You could always team up and get the basket weaver to make your homebrew look like it’s in Chianti bottles :)
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