Have Mini Inkle Loom Will Travel

28 Tuesday Feb 2012

Posted by Jennifer Williams a.k.a. inkledpink in Inkle Looms, Travel

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Blissdom, inkle loom, mini inkle loom, plaid pattern, travel, Weaving

When I first planned this post it was going to be about the gorgeous inkle bands I wove on my wonderful mini inkle loom while traveling to the Blissdom conference at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, TN.

Really, I had every intention of weaving while I was away. Yeah, well, that did NOT happen. The conference was jam packed with sessions and way too much fun! I did take it out of the bag though, look at it a few times, move it to reach something behind it, and then pack it again for the return trip home without weaving anything. Oh, the intentions.

I even bought this cute handbag to carry it in. It’s as though it was made just for this loom. Notice the tweed plaid pattern; it is woven and not just a print. Too perfect for carrying an inkle loom on the plane!

Hopefully, the next time I pack it up and take it with me I will actually weave on it. But even if I don’t it is comforting to know I can easily weave on the go in style if I want to . . .

An Inkle Dance of Joy

17 Friday Feb 2012

Posted by Jennifer Williams a.k.a. inkledpink in Design, Projects

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bangles, Weaving, weaving time

Ta-Da! Introducing the project I made with all those inkle bands:

Inkle Bangles!

I am doing my version of the dance of joy right now. If this was a football game my team would definitely be charged with an excessive celebration penalty.

This inkle project has been an idea in my head since October. I could see what I wanted, but wasn’t sure how to create it. I made a few samples that were unsuccessful, but close, then I finally came up with the right process. Yay!

My studio (a.k.a the room where crazy happens) is such a mess right now. The past two weeks have been a crazy dash of conceptualize, weave, create, tweek, repeat. Nothing I used in the create/tweek stages has been put away. I can’t pause the creative process and clean up when I am in the zone. Actually, I don’t ever like to clean, but that’s not the point. Crazy was happening.

The bangles take about 3 hours to make, including weaving time. Not a bad time investment considering what I end up with.

I am SO SO jazzed about how they turned out! It always feels great when something I have envisioned in my mind turns out even better than I hoped. And it is just an added bonus if I can wear it too.

warp, weave, be happy.

Inkle Bonanza

10 Friday Feb 2012

Posted by Jennifer Williams a.k.a. inkledpink in Design

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Weaving

I’ve been inkle weaving my little heart out. In the past 7 days I have woven 9 inkle bands. I was trying to create a new design to replace the inkle band I wove last week that was too wide for the project I’m working on (to be revealed soon – I’m so excited about it!). I went crazy. It was so fun!

The results of my inkle weaving bonanza.

It’s amazing how changing the accent color can change the look of the pattern. The red/black and yellow/black bands are the same pattern. The yellow pops so much more.

The inkle bands are woven with garment quality nylon crochet yarn. Nylon is not normally a material I use, wear, or like, I am a cotton girl, but I love this stuff. It is soft and smooth with a great sheen – perfect for the soon to be revealed project. The only challenge is that the sheen makes it hard to tell the whitish colors apart from each other when next to black.

Top: beige/black; Middle: cream/black; Bottom: grey/black

In the end, the red/black – yellow/black designs come the closest to what I was trying to do, but overall I am pleased with all of them. I think they will look great in my project.

warp, weave, be happy.

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back to the inkle drawing board

03 Friday Feb 2012

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Weaving

I’m working on a project and designed an inkle band in black and white that I really like. The only problem is that the band is too wide for my project. The pattern needed to be modified to fit a narrower width. So, I wove another inkle band in cream and black, which I really like too, just not as much as the first one.