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In an effort to bring more unity to the towel designs, I'm trying one with a single weft color. No text this time, just a conglomeration of geometric motifs, most of them created in Repper. First, the border:
Then the body of the towel:
Haven't yet decided which is the "right" side. The structure is 5-end satin. Either side will work.
Today another towel woven on the wrong side, for lighter lifts.
The effects will be much subtler on the "right" side. Here's a peek at the previous towel on its way to the cloth beam, the right side visible:
And here are some towels with simulated handwriting, almost at the cloth beam:
I'm weaving this towel wrong side up, as there are fewer shafts lifted. Consequently, the text reads backwards as I work. A bit disconcerting. Now if I were Leonardo da Vinci, who wrote backwards, it wouldn't bother me a bit.
Views from the side, as the web travels down to the cloth storage beam, are always interesting.
This piece was finished a while ago, but I just got around to mounting and photographing it. It's woven on a straight threading on 40 shafts, and the structure is 5-end satin. Click to enlarge. If you'd like more information on the design process for this weaving, see Liftplan Connection in the sidebar.
This seems like a perfect opportunity to tell you about today's wonderful post from Terry Jarrard-Dimond. She has some very interesting comments about focal points and the aesthetics of craft.
It's so hard to get back to a routine after the jollity, the feasting, and above all the good company. But Monday morning rolls around, inexorably. To get my head going straight again, I sat down for a couple of hours at the dobby loom. The scrollwork dishtowels were waiting for me, as if I'd never left. These are the ones with the simulated handwriting.
It was a good way to begin.
Well, I'm not a real cook, just an occasional cook. And my cream cheese frosting shows it. Pretty lumpy. But it tastes great and will be a good topping on the pumpkin cake.
And a couple of Thanksgiving specials. In thankfulness for all my weaving friends, here's a little 16-shaft networked twill, with variations. Feel free to download the wif file following the pictures for your own use.
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Here's Miz TC-1, naked no longer. This is the longest warp I've put on with the warping wheel—24 yards—and it went on very smoothly. The trick is to have well prepared yarn packages (aka cones). I warped from six cones at a time. I may try a longer warp for this loom at some point, seeing as how easy it was. Next week: tying on.
In case you hadn't noticed, Halloween is over. I saw this on my walk this morning:
I also saw this, which is much prettier. Love the addition of reds to the neighborhood leaf piles.
And from the opposite side of the color wheel, have some brussels sprouts! I found them while grocerying yesterday.