Posts Tagged ‘weaving’
The design with the different brown hues and white, is choosen by intuition.
It’s a plain weave. I like shawls to complete my outfit.
This one is for spring.
Want to know more…. I did it! Today I finished my poncho!
My sister-in-law permitted me to use the model of her poncho. So nice of her! Thank you Loeska đ
The first time I saw her wearing it, I envied her, you know đ
The colours are different though.
Turquoise and purple are my favorite colours and I used red to brighten it up, but I already mentioned
that in one of my previous blogposts.
The fringes form a nice band at the bottom….(the way I braided them)…. I think đ
The collar is knitted separately and sewed with the machine to the neck-piece
I never wove with such a thick thread in warp and weft. Two per cm.
The total width of my loom is used, 120 cm.
It’s just a simple plain weave / tabby. The colours are the most important in this cloth.
I have been busy making a warp for my poncho.
The yarn I intended to use was very thin, compared to my own spun weft.
What to do….I decided to make a cabled yarn. I had never done that…..a real challenge it was.
Then I dyed the yarn and now I am threading the loom. First step done……
I finished the spinning of this ‘new blend’ several months ago! Dyeing was the second step.
Purple and turquoise are favorite colours of mine. The red is to brighten it up ;-)!!
I will weave the poncho and these skeins are for the weft.
The warp, I will dye the same and while weaving the same colours will find each other or mix!
A bit like this shawl….
This shawl is the first result of my ‘iridescent colours’ workshop.
For this shawl I used four shafts, four colours.
The effect is the interaction of the colours and it varies with the angle you look at it.
This technique is developed and copywrited by Marian Stubenitsky
I needed 8 colours and had to put them in line harmoniously. It took a lot of time.
I changed, and changed, but finally it looked good.
To be sure I made blends of two colours.
Time to make the warp. I lined the colours the way I needed them.
The threads went over the table……..
…through the reed of my warping wheel to arrange them as parallel as possible…..
then to my warping mill. I used my warping paddle for the second time.
432 threads………
Making the cross went fine.
Bundles of 10, easy counting…..
Tadah…..ready for the loom
Before washing my shawl, I have to make the fringes.
In every bundle I add one thread of the weft yarn.
A lot of work, but I still have a fortnight to finish. It’s enough time.
I have been very busy designing, winding the warp and dressing my loom.
The warp colours are: yellow, red, purple and green, 100 % mercerised cotton.
The weft is ‘lavender’, two threads together (40/2) 60 % cotton, 40 % wool
I am content with my treadling.
This is not a sample, but will end in a shawl. Still a fortnight before next class.
No words are needed…..
I am attending a workshop called: ‘Optical Illusions’ given by Marian Stubenitsky
Do you see the 3D effect too? Click on photo to enlarge…it is so amazing.
Looking forward to next saturday for the second lesson.
I joined a workshop ‘double weave’ through the internet, given by Paul O’Connor.
However I miscalculated my warp and made this scarf of the leftover.
The warp colours were purple and green.
The weft colours and the length of the blocks were variated.
The strands were given an extra thread, using the same colour rhythm as the weft.
