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T-shirt yarn is chunkier than ordinary yarn, so in this lesson, Maria will be showing you a way to handle the t-shirt yarn to make weaving easier.
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Prepare the Weft Yarn
How to prepare a T-shirt yarn to be introduced into the weft using your fingers
STEP 1: Unravel the T-shirt yarn from its ball.
STEP 2: Take the end and hold it in your palm so that it dangles down and the yarn sits in the gap between your thumb and forefinger.
STEP 3: Loop the length of the yarn around your thumb, across your palm to the gap between your little finger and ring finger.
STEP 4: Take the yarn behind your little finger and round to the back of your hand to the gap between your thumb and forefinger. You are creating a figure of 8 shape.
STEP 5: Keep going, stopping before the bundle of yarn gets too chunky to fit easily through the warp.
STEP 6: Cut the T-shirt yarn. Take the end around to the middle of your palm and then under the centre of the figure of 8 up through the middle and secure it with a knot.
STEP 7: Remove the yarn from your hand. This bundle of yarn is now much easier to use as the thread can easily be pulled free.
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Maria Sigma
Award-winning textile designer
Maria Sigma is an award-winning Greek textiles designer and weaver specialising in ethical hand-woven textiles for interiors. Maria’s work - inspired by a traditional Greek Cycladic crocheted lace pattern - celebrates 'zero waste' design and a slow-making ethic, combining a contemporary approach of traditional weaving techniques with a focus on raw natural materials and texture. Maria has collaborated with a long list of exceptional interior designers, architects, galleries, fashion and furniture brands, including Susie Atkinson, Hauser & Wirth, Soho House, The New Craftsman, Anthropologie and Toast. She also teaches regular ‘weaving from waste’ workshops across London and has authored a book on the subject entitled, Weaving: the Art of Sustainable Textile Creation.
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