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Hello, I have a question. Why do you tug only one tail and then cut the other in the yellow stripes? Could I cut both tails in a sequence of two picks between ten picks?
thanks Antje
Antje - the reason Jane does these 2 pick tuck-ins that way is to secure them as well as possible and to prevent too much build-up in the selvedges. The way Jane shows us at the 6:20 mark in the video creates a less bulky but secure selvedge. You are changing colour often in plaid and you want your edges to be lined up with the plaid stripes. Hope this makes sense.
In the video on designing collapsible fabrics at a time stamp of 3:00 Jane discusses three ways to develop a collapsible fabric. In the second method she mentions over twist yarns, elastic yarns and stainless steel, however the last is not elaborated on . Unlike the elastic yarn and the overtwist I assume the stainless steel is the inactive yarn in this case and the companion yarn would need to be the active component, is this correct. So as an example I could use the stainless with the merino? I have some stainless steel and I have not used it yet, so I am searching for ideas. Any thoughts on this yarn would be appreciated, thank you.
The stainless steel is different option to bring shape to your cloth, and in this case you really shape your cloth when you wear it. You can use merino but you wouldn’t full it the same way that you do with the collapse weave scarf that Jane demonstrates, therefore … using a closer sett will give you the “drape” you want.