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Jane, and Crew, I have so enjoyed your first year of teachings for your Guild. Thanks. Our guild in Richland/Kennewick/Pasco, WA nearly cooked you a few years back during a workshop in our desert air. But the weaving interest here is still going strong. The guild has since been granted studio space. We bought a used draw loom and some of us are learning to use that. We have a healthy number of folks on portable looms and another study group for floor looms. Several folks are weaving on the large countermarche looms now. Thanks for your encouragement, in town and online.
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Just a couple of questions:
1. If you used mohair only for weft and another type wool for warp, would you still brush the scarf?2. What are your thoughts on using a wool soap such as Eucalan for fulling?
I am loving the online guild. You provide so much useful information. I find myself watching some episodes several times over and I learn something new each time. Thanks so much Jane and team!
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Hi Brenda,
You can absolutely brush a blanket with a wool warp & mohair weft. You could weave a small sample and follow the same instructions as Jane shows in the video and see how much brushing your yarns would need.
As for the Eucalan, you may need to contact them directly and ask if it’s possible to use it to full with. I would go with a laundry detergent.
Glad you’re enjoy the videos!
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I have two questions. I would like to try a brushed mohair scarf. The one you did had 3 colors. Purple, green and woven with black. Your PDF indicates only two skeins/ Hanks of mohair are needed for a scarf but can I assume if I want to make a 3 color scarf like you did then I will need 3 hanks? And if I do that, will I have enough of the 3rd color to weave the entire piece? Second question would be – how much do you feel black “saddens” the original colors when used as weft? I am considering a grey and purple warp. Black weft. Thank you. – Judith
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The total amount of mohair needed to weave the scarf is equivalent to two balls – if you weave the warp in one colour and the weft in another or make a one colour scarf. The outline Jane is showing on her page would work perfectly if you used one colour in your warp and another in your weft, because the Reference Guide is about how much mohair you need. The mohair in the JST Shop is 215 yards per ball. However, once you start adding colour to your scarf – you need to add colour to your plan. So – you could weave a similar scarf with three balls of yarn (three colours needed). As to whether black saddens the scarf – just imagine using black in any project you weave. The black can create more subtle colours. Hope this helps.
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Not only am I learning sooooo much about weaving, but extra surprises. We’re building a new house and I really want your sink for my laundry room ;). Do you know the model number?
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I have just successfully finished my scarf, thanks to Jane’s most excellent advice and instruction, especially not to be fooled by the gauzy and delicate feel to the yarn but to be firm and tough with it! It sure is an unusual material to work with, and getting 6-7 ppi is a challenge. Only one question about fulling before I do it: do I need to lay the scarf flat to dry after fulling and brushing or can I hang it over a drying rack or some such? Second, assuming I manage to weave my blanket as a follow up to the scarf as planned, I have two related finishing questions: I doubt I’m going to find a top loading machine for fulling and my small front loader will not work, I don’t think. Could I full the blanket in something like a bathtub by hand? And again, do I need to dry flat or can I drape it over something? Many thanks.
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Hi bzbbell, you can hang, drape over or lay your blanket down to dry. Either way works. In the next episode, Jane talks about fulling the mohair blanklet and a front loader machine. As for fulling it in a bathtub by hand, you could ask your question in the Forum and see if anyone has done it. I haven’t tried it personally. I do have a friend that wanted to full her harrisville blankets and only had a front end loader, she came over to use my top loader, it was quick. There’s always that option, see if anyone you know has one your could use.
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Hi Jane,
You mentioned fixing floats that may have occurred before fulling. Do you have any advice on the best way to fix floats, or is that covered elsewhere (and I missed it)? I look forward to your advice on this wee vexation. Thanks!-
Hi Karen,
I just fix floats by needle weaving a new piece of weft in the proper interlacement. I don’t think I do it in a video.
Hope this helps,
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I have some mohair boucle yarn. Same fiber composition, just spun as a boucle yarn. Can this be fulled and brushed the same as the mohair yarn used in your projects? Will it look the same after fulling and brushing?
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I’m going to cheat here because I’ve never woven with mohair Boucle! I remember Ginette answering a question about it not long ago- so I searched the Forum (we have that option at the top of the page – and I found this thread.
https://janestaffordtextiles.com/forums/topic/mohair-boucle/
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Thank you! Duh! I should have done a search of the forum before I posted my question. I am currently weaving a mohair throw – my first all mohair project – using up yarn I already had on hand. The warp is all plain mohair and I started to weave with the remainder of the plain mohair as weft. But I ran out of plain mohair so am now weaving with the boucle mohair, so the weft will be plain mohair on one end, and boucle on the other – which will be an interesting comparison when I finish it. I’ll update this post with how it came out once I’ve fulled and brushed it.
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Well, I finally took the dive and wove the 75% mohair/25% silk I bought some time ago. I made a scarf–80 ends at 6 epi and 6 ppi and then finished according to Jane’s video. You note that I didn’t say I dressed the loom after rewatching the video, which I wished I done! I dressed it back to front and made it through with the help of my husband, patiently waiting as I undid the sticky globs from the warp as they passed through the lease sticks. 🙁
While I thought I might have over washed the scarf, once I started brushing, the weave opened up again. The fringe was a twisted mess, either because I left it too long, or processed too long. Nonetheless, I got the fringe untangled 🙂 and am amazed at how soft the scarf is after brushing. It felt really tight after washing and I thought I was going to have a matted mess.
Jane you make it look so easy! Thanks for all the great lessons and how to’s. You are an amazing teacher!
Karen
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I have some beautiful 2/17 Lambs wool. It does full beautifully. I have never tried brushing. Can I brush 100% wool cloth
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Just finished my mohair scarf. So proud I need to share a photo. I used an interesting mohair yarn that I had intended to knit a scarf with. First time dressing my loom from front to back. You are right! Mohair is a sticky little devil but it wasn’t as bad as I was anticipating. Your wonderful tips on weaving technique made this a really fast and easy one. Thought the finishing was going to be a chore but I was surprised at how quickly and easily it fulled. Loved doing the brushing. The fringe was the only part that took a little time to untangle. I see a Mohair Blankie in my future.
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I believe I heard Jane say she also does this fulling and brushing technique with her Harrisville wool scarves? Is that right? This exact thing isn’t just for mohair? Thanks
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Hi SaDonna,
Yes you are right, Jane does this technique with the Harrisville blankets and brushes them as it give it a nice fluffly feel to them. On the JST Oline Guild PDFs page, for Season 1 PDFs, there’s one called ‘Grant’s Shetland Blankie’ with pattern & washing instructions if you’d like to download it and have a look. Harrisville Shetland makes amazing blankets!
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Amazing how much you learn from these videos! I wove a mohair scarf on my rigid heddle loom since my floor loom had another project on it and I wanted to quickly weave some mohair before I forgot or chickened out. So I did give it a go and then I washed it before I saw the video on finishing it. I was far too gentle, so after watching this video, I went back and gave it a good fulling. I was amazed at how much it expanded. I also gave it a good brushing and this is such a soft, soft scarf! The green yarn was just mohair, no extra binders, so it was more of an open weave than the blue, which had silk with it, but it still is SO snuggly! I was afraid to felt it, but this video assured me that felting was a good thing for mohair! Thanks for giving me the confidence to do this! The fringes are not the nicest because I ended up drying the scarf after the first wet finishing, so they didn’t want to brush out well after the 2nd washing. But I’m still happy with my first try with Mohair.
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It doesn’t hurt to try it again, but I honestly don’t know. It’s hard to answer that question without actually being able to feel your cloth to see how much it is actually fulled. Why don’t spray a corner with water and let it soak in. Then try brushing that corner to see if it does make a difference.
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You might want to try using an old-fashioned guillotine to trim the ends – much cleaner and more even cut than using scissors – but it has to be the kind that doesn’t have a guard to stop you cutting your fingers off! This is not handwoven fabric but it shows the kind of cut you get. I am really enjoying watching my way through all your videos. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience.
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