I managed to use Madcap pattern to make a nice cap for my husband out of an old wooden jacket which had well woven fabric from Donegal:
Then I got a mind worm : could I make another cap from scratch i.e. from dyed fleece, hands-on and woven on a rigid heddle ?
I had to try.
Spinning, dying, weaving went well but then it cam to cutting out the pattern!!
Would all my work end up a a misshapen heap for loose fibres??
Decidec to apply thin fabric stabiliser (Vilene I believe) and machine sew around the pattern pieces and then zigzag beside the seam before cutting it out. Glad to say it worked!!
The dyes used were acid Landscape dyes.
Very Mary Quand (for those who can remember that far back).
Here's buddy wearing one"
Some photos from the finer prep, dying, spinning, weaving for this cap:
The weft followed the same pattern as the warp in a plain weave.
The dyes used were Landscape Citrus, Tanbark and Sky.
