2007/52

Mary Kinipple (Maker)

This woollen travel rug was made by Mary Kinipple in her home in Streatley, West Berkshire. She hand dyed and spun the wool, and used a loom in her house to weave it. The rug was purchased as part of the Filming Rural Crafts project, as Mary was filmed dying, spinning and weaving at her home in May 2007.

Travel rug: wool; good condition

MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Made by Mary Kinipple at her home. // Hand spun wool, hand dyedd - see attached list of dyes used; hand woven on loom in her house. // Travel Rug // ... Purchased as part of the Filming Rural Crafts project. // Mary was filmed dyeing, spinning and weaving at her home in May 2007. See Project Archive for full details.', Miscellaneous note - 'Daffodil // Hand Spun Hand Woven Travel Rug // Mary Kinipple // Warp Sequence // (No. of ends and natural dye or sheep breed used in half of the width - this then repeats in the other half) // ... Weft Sequence // (No. of ends and natural dye or sheep breed used in half of the length - this then repeats in the second half) // ... Exhaust // A dye bath using the remaining dye after a batch of fibre has been dyed. Results in a paler colour than the first use of the dye bath. // 1st Dip/2nd Dip // More and more indigo dye is built up on fibres by successive dipping of the yarn into the dyebath. 2nd dip therefore gives a deeper colour than the first. // Mordant // Alum was used as a mordant. Mordants are things which help the dye to work, and can also affect the colour of the resulting fibre. // Overdyed // A technique of dying firts with one colour and then a second. Weld (yellow) overdyed with Indigo (blue) gives a green. // Warp // Warp threads run the length of the cloth // Weft // The weft threads run across the cloth from side to side.'

Streatley [West Berkshire [unitary authority]]

2007-05-30 - 2007-05-30

Woven, Dyed