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 :-)

Rusted Silk Carrier Rod Cuff

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

Silk Carrier Rods

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

Prairie Potholes No. 12 Detail

Prairie Potholes No. 12

Prairie Potholes No. 12

2008 - December

8.5 x 10 inches

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!

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.

Rusted Carrier Rods In Progress

The rods don't look like much here, I ended up letting them dry completely and then resoaked them with vinegar and put more gears on top of them. It was rather windy and I think the wind got up under the black plastic - which helps them rust faster btw - and dried them somewhat. They were still damp, but not enough to rust suffeciently.

I think the images of the rusted rods I turned into constructed cloth must be on the other computer as I"m not finding them here. They are on the blog somewhere back in July I do believe.

Rusted Carrier Rods

Here I'm making constructed cloth with the silk carrier rods. I've plans to rutst more rods this evening and do some further experimentation with them. I have more rusted rods that I'm making a evening bag out of, will post pictures later.

Working on this small project has helped me to resolve a quilt I've had on hold for a very long time. I will be overdyeing some rusted rods with cutch and adding them as embellishment to the quilt surface. The top photo is a detail shot of the constructed cloth.