This is Habu's silk NS 18-J, the weft is a double lao reeled silk, like Habu's A13 Akagi hand reeled. Note the lao double pirn shuttle. Yarn is natural dyed, red is madder, the brown stripe is my attempt at black...couldn't get there this time, was a mix of agarita (yellow), madder (red), indigo...the elusive black! My dye blog is here.
The silk is in a 30 dent reed, sleyed two per dent at 60 epi. This is a sample length to test satin drape for some shawls. This particular length will be cut up (sniff) into 34 samples for Complex Weaver's 24 more or less study group sample exchange. More on Complex Weaver's can be seen here. I welcome any comments from more experienced weavers on how I can change my straight draw to mix up the pattern. I am learning slowly and surely to trust the treadles but my hands really TWITCH for the pick up stick!
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I always like your work. Re changing the threading, consider breaking it up into blocks of straight draw as a simple start. How big for each block? Look at your treadling and see if there are natural breaking points (for example, 1 through 4, 5 through 16, 17-21). Try also blocks of the same size (one way to do this is to work with your satin structure to determine block size). Try advancing and networking twills. Interleave from two different starting points in the same draft. Turn it into a lace or tied weave with 24 blocks (or reduce to 22 to leave tie-down shafts). I'd need to look at your draft to make more specific suggestions, but it's a fun project.
Now to get my own samples done for this exchange........
Laurie Autio
Thanks for the suggestions! I linked my draft within the project. I don't know why it doesn't show up. Drupal imps at work. Hers the draft link!
http://weavolution.com/draft/satin-floral
Your sample is beautiful. Good luck on cutting it into small samples for your Complex Weaver's group!
Your sample is very pretty, I love your colors. Sally
That is awesome, it even looks like seahorses, if you look long enough. :)
