The Magic of Thrums
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Show of hands if you have scrap bits of warp yarn laying around! Then, this episode is for you. (And by "you", I mean pretty much every weaver I've ever met!)
This week, I'm talking about thrums! What are they and what the heck do you do with them? This topic seems particularly fitting since we're marching through April and gearing up for Earth Day. Honestly, any discussion about being kinder to our environment is a good one, in my book. Enjoy!
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I had no idea those were called thrums! I was thinking of knitting with thrums. So after you weave a cool project with your thrum-yarn, then you have more thrums... then you weave, and make more thrums... then you weave, then you make more.... it’s a never-ending cycle!! 😆
Thanks for the fun video! 😊 That is a beautiful orange fabric you made.
Teresa, you hit the nail on the head! Never ending! Might as well do something fun with them, right?
Morning Chris! Excellent video, I have a jar of thrums and love the idea of making a yarn chain out of them.
One note, there has been a change in philosophy and most bird related organizations no longer recommend leaving yarn scraps for nests. Nestlings can get entangled in the threads and depending on the fiber the yarn they can retain excess moisture leaving the nest damp.
Cindy, thank you so much for sharing that!! I really appreciate it, since I am not involved in any bird-related organizations! Great information!
Brilliant, again the not obvious, obvious solutions 😊
Not only do I now have a name for these bits and pieces, but I have more ideas than just using them as header weft!
Sarah, I'm so glad it was helpful!!!
Great ideas and I love the fabric you created. I have to weave more to make more thrums.
Hi Chris. I have been watching your vids for a while and have picked up many ideas. All yarn waste becomes tassels, incorporated in embroidery, mixed up and stitched into art quilts, used for weft, overdyed for small projects, wool gets felted and turned into fabric, cotton is stitched onto art dolls, saved for kids camps, etc.... I look forward to all your videos and have a great week, too!
Hi! So many great ideas!!! Thank you so much for sharing!!
absolutely wonderful idea!
I'm so glad it was helpful!
I normally use them for place markers in my weaving or for choak ties. I really like the idea of using them for a weft.
I'm glad it was helpful!!
Genius!
I'm so glad it was helpful!!
Marvelous tips. I save all my thrums, but haven't used them much yet. I was thinking about the shorter bits being used for stuffing, and longer than 6 inches to tie things off temporarily. It hurts to throw them out, then have a need the next day.
Been there, Minka!! I hear you!
So, you (and I and others, I'm sure) have stumbled upon a Japanese technique known as Zanshi - definitely look it up. And for an article I've been working on, they used to use wool thrums to felt hats. NOT going there! LOL! Love your orange fabric.
Oooh, Zanshi!! I like the name! I'll definitely look it up!!
what FANTASTIC ideas/use of thrums!!! I love putting some out for the birds and for making a textured rug, wow!!!
Ooh, textured rugs - love that idea!!
Chris,
Yes I have used thrums! I hated the waste. Once I took small bundles of assorted colors of fine cotton and "handed them through" the warp to make placemats with side fringes. Another time I tied them together like you demonstrated and made another set of placemats. Interesting weft and saved that "waste"!
Denise
I love it, Denise!! Great ideas!!
My collection of thrums is small for now. I have been using the bits and pieces to tie up my warp. I like using lots of choke ties. I like your idea of knotting them all and reusing as a weft, your example is really cute.
Yes! Choke ties are a perfect application!
You could use the longer ones in making coasters since a coaster is only about 5 inches wide.
You absolutely could! Great idea!!
How did you get the knots in the weft to show up only on one side of the fabric?
Hi Gary! Great question! I run my hand underneath the row and spin any knots so they show up on top of the fabric. It's a tad labor intensive, but I love the look! Let me know if you give it a try!
I love this idea! I've used them for crocheting and have incorporated them into handmade paper, but I was never really happy with either solution. That said, my usual procedure is to warp extra length for whatever project I have planned. That way, I'll have LONGER thrums which I can then put on my rigid heddle loom for towels, etc. But I am definitely going to try this. Thanks, Chris!
Oooh, handmade paper? I'm intrigued! That sounds like great fun!!
@@ActonCreative My go-to weaving thread is 8/2 cotton. If you cut the thrums into pieces about 1/2-3/4" long and add them to the blender when you're making the pulp for pouring paper, they'll fragment even further. You occasionally get a thick piece, but that can be picked out by hand. In heavier papers (like for scrapbook or album covers), the fibers add a nice "handmade" touch.
@@DeForestRanger That's genius!!
I card some of my thrums to make a yarn,or weave little bits in to my weaving, hadn’t thought of making an actual yarn out of them.
Carding is such a cool idea, Lorraine! Thanks so much for sharing!!
Hi
I sometimes card my bits in the batt of fiber before spinning my yarn,or core spin them in
In the yarn as I spin it or use them to the my skeins.
You can weave them In as tied knots as a textured part of the piece as helpers around the !oom(as spare hands )
Thanks
Sheila
@@querenstewart9944 Great ideas!! Thank you!!
Some good ideasI. I save some for felting. I would be careful about throwing them out for the birds…I have heard that the chemicals for dying the yarn is really bad for the birds….Just an fyi…
Hi Jill! Someone else mentioned that, which I didn't know. So, thank you for clarifying! I will definitely leave that option out of future lists!
However, felting is a great idea!! I would love to see how you use yours!
👍🤣 I am not a spinner, but I wonder whether you could re-spin these ends ?
Hmm, maybe? I would need to call in the experts for that! But, I like how you're thinking!!!
@@ActonCreative I think if it was thin cotton like you showed us, it would be very hard to get it into a spinnable state. Not worth the effort, probably. But if it was handspun wool yarn, respinning it is a possibility!
@@PandTRanch Thank you, Teresa! I appreciate the spinning assist!!
The transcript is in Korean. Can't figure out how to change it
Ha!! Oh no!! That's no good!! I can look on my end to see if I'm the problem...
Joyce, it looks like I'm all set up in English. So, I'm not sure how to advise you! I'm so sorry!!
Oh, Chris...you have "thrums" spelled "thurms" in the title. Thought you might want to know
Ha!! You're right!! Good catch! I'll fix it.
Please don’t give them to the birds. They can get their feet tangled in them.