NEWSLETTER February 2014
A reminder to those of you who have not yet paid the membership fee of 125Kr for 2014. Please pay as soon as
possible. The membership fee is used, among other things, to buy new yarns for the sample card for 2014. The
committee is in the process of deciding upon new yarns. If you have a particular wish regarding yarns, you are always
welcome to write to the president Signe Kejlbo or the yarn buyer Dorthe Merete Lykke Jensen.
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NEWS Pemotex is back in stock. Our yarn buyer Dorthe has succeeded in finding a new producer of this impressive
yarn. Pemotex incorporates a melting thread, which means that the constructed textile can be stiffened with a heat
treatment. This can be from a heat gun, through putting the textile in a hot oven, using an iron etc. Pemotex is also
flame resistant.
Those of us in the committee think that it would be interesting to show one another the many different ways of using
Pemotex. So if you have used/worked with Pemotex, we would very much like to hear from you. It could be pictures
of your projects, comments on the use of the yarn etc. Please send pictures by email to the committee member Louise
Ravnløkke [email protected] – deadline 1st April. Everything will be collected together in a newsletter.
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NEWS Shrinking thread 07-205 A and B is back in stock. 07-205A is on 10gr. spools and 07-205B on 100gr spools.
Both spools are suitable for use with a sewing machine. See these yarns at www.yarn.dk/category/polyester-9/
Unfortunately it has not been possible to find a producer of the dissolvable yarn 07-395. So this yarn has been
discontinued from the collection. In its place we have found a new dissolvable thread 07-396. This comes on 135gr
spools and is suitable for the sewing machine. The thread dissolves in water at 700 C.
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The Yarn Purchasing Association has the beautiful, fine Japanese crepe wool in many lovely colours and
shades. Everything from delicate pastel shades to deep, dark colours and strong, bright colours.
Crepe yarn offers many possibilities for developing exciting textiles, whether by weaving, machine knitting or hand
knitting. In the book ”Strik med garner som ter sig” [Knitting with yarns that misbehave] there are various projects
and much inspiration for using these crepe yarns, when they are knitted by hand or machine. Unfortunately, the book
has sold out from the webshop at present – but it will be back in stock again.
For the book ”Strik med garner som ter
sig” Susanne Rishede has designed these
stripe effects in light grey, black and
turquoise crepe wool. This textile is knitted
on a knitting machine equipped with a
patented device.
1: Machine knitting with crepe yarn before
it is washed.
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2: Machine knitting with crepe yarn after it
is washed.
The weaver Lotte Dalgaard often uses crepe yarns in her varied types of woven fabric.
Under the title ”Det Dobbelte” [Double Up], Lotte Dalgaard, Ann Schmidt-Christensen and Ole
Akhøj are exhibiting a beautiful display of clothing and black and white photographs at Officinet, The
Danish Designer-Craftsmen’s Project Room, 28th March – 20th April 2014.
The graphics and patterns of nature are captured in an elegant way in the exhibition ”Det Dobbelte”. Under
the name Ad Astra, Lotte Dalgaard and Ann Schmidt-Christensen have collaborated on special experiments
with weave techniques, to develop these exclusive handmade designs. The aim has been to transform the
experiments into functional clothing, resulting in a collection of elegant, light and exclusive dresses.
In this collection, Ad Astra explores double weaving; partly the scope of the technique in combination with
technical concepts within clothing design, partly the aesthetic interpretation of Twice as Much.
Ole Akhøj’s beautiful black and white photographs document recognisable graphic patterns, structures and
perpectives from nature, which are also reflected in the textiles. With simplicity Ole Akhøj captures the
nature of the textile works and the spirit of place, and he works on these both digitally and in the darkroom.
Exhibition open 28 March-20 April. Officinet, Bredgade 66, Copenhagen C, Denmark. See www.dkkh.dk
Lotte Dalgaard describes the materials and
techniques used in 2 of the designs:
In Volans - dorado (left) the flat loose pieces
include fine reflective yarn in the weft. In the
lower layer of fabric, crepe wool is used for
the weft – so that it draws in, crepes and
shapes itself to the body. The warp is
composed of both wool crepe and demeter
organic merino 28/2. The whole garment is
double woven with a warpways stripe of
single weaving. Here the two lengths weave
together. We call this 4 wings.
Cassiopeia (below) is also double woven,
with wool crepe used as weft for the inner
layer, which forms the closely-woven dress.
In the outer layer, which is composed of many
loose threads that simply weave into the lower
layer at scattered binding points, there are
many different yarns from all sorts of sources.
The weft in the outer layer is the black
silk/steel yarn from The Yarn Purchasing
Association.
In the January/February edition (168) of the American
magazine HAND WOVEN you can read a profile of Lotte
Dalgaard – Magical Materials:
The Yarn Purchasing Association of 1998 was established
in 1998 by a working group of 10 textile artists, mainly
weavers, of whom Lotte Dalgaard was one. The idea and
first initiative for The Yarn Purchasing Association came
from Gina Hedegaard and Kirsten Nissen. They were
annoyed because the many exciting yarns that they saw
abroad and in the textile magazines were not available in
Denmark. Students at the design schools were offered
yarns during their course that later they were not able to
buy, because of the large quantities that the yarn producers
insisted on selling. So it seemed obvious to set up an
association that would buy a large quantity of yarn to keep
in stock, which could then be sold to the members in smaller amounts. Funding was sought and the
association received 200.000 Kr from Designfonden [The Design Fund]. This was the starting signal for The
Yarn Purchasing Association of 1998 to become a reality.
Her enthusiasm and fascination with the magical crepe yarns from Japan that are tightly stretched on the
loom – and that after weaving will transform themselves in hot water into organic, undulating textiles.
Lotte also describes her pleasure in communicating her knowledge and enthusiasm to her weaving students.
She has written several weaving books, including ”Magiske materialer - i væven” (2007) [Magical Materials
to Weave], with projects in which crepe yarns are used. An English translation of the book was published in
2012.
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Dorthe Merete Lykke Jensen and her sister
Tine Lykke Jensen have worked with this
magical crepe wool. This has resulted in two
short films. You can see tham on youtube, by
clicking on these two links.
Threads of crepe yarn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsYmYEJqWY (crepe yarn)
Knitted crepe yarn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP0OaBe
W9H8 (crepe knit)
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If you would like to try out the magical crepe yarns from The Yarn Purchasing Association, there are many
to choose from: wool crepe in many beautiful colours, soft alpaca crepe in 3 lovely natural colours, silk crepe
in white and black, and linen crepe, unbleached and bleached (bleached linen crepe will soon be back on the
shelves).
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If you have any questions about the yarns, or anything else, you are always welcome to contact the
committee or the yarn buyer/distributor Dorthe Merete Lykke Jensen. All details can be found at
www.yarn.dk under ”About the Association”.
Best wishes
The committee – The Yarn Purchasing Association of 1998
www.yarn.dk | [email protected]