Satin Floral
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!
Satin Floral
work in progress, has basketweave selvedge on 24 shaft, using liftplan, please note only WIF was uploaded at first and nothing displayed with draft, have to upload a jpg for any type image to show in draft display
Variegated Curves
This project was fun in that I could run out an idea and learn how to work with a finer yarn. I had some doubts on the variegated colors but they worked. My next weft color will be red. If I fall short on the warp, the red weft will be my next sample exchange piece! The wet finished piece feels like butter. I will wear it to the CWS fashion show!
Up close you can see the design, far away you have a nice fall motif. I had lots of help on thinking this scarf thru so thank you very much! At 60 epi I need to make sure that I lift the proper # of ends with my filler yarn to make it easier to count threads for the fringe. At 60 epi I am also now a member of the battery driven braider that folks talked about in one of the forums.
You can see my original work thru on the idea here. That project was for the Complex Weavers sample exchange in a study group. I will post a wif for the scarf above at a later date when I am at my studio computer.
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