Shadow Weave Scarf
This is from the Handwoven magazine, January/February 2012, page 46. I used everything the same except I am using 8/2 bamboo. This is the first time I have done any shadow weave, wish me luck.
Shadow weave scarf
I needed a quick project of at least two different warps to demonstrate warping and dressing a loom for a guild meeting. Shadow weave seemed the perfect structure. I experimented with a variety of weft colors to play against the purple and black warp, including choosing some other dark color to replace the back. The oddest combination I selected was the most successful! It was a variegated yarn from JOY in mauve, a dusty orange-gold, and soft green shade. It made this warp sparkle! In the final analysis, black was the best option for contrast.
I am twisting the fringe now (using a technique new-to-me posted on Weavo last week) and will provide the finished dimensions once I have washed it. I plan to wash with clear dishwashing liquid in the machine, delicate setting, warm water. Toss in the dryer, monitor until it is nearly dry, but not bone dry, and then give it a steam press to bring out the sheen.
The draft was from the Strickler 8 shaft book.
Shadow weave by backstrap
This was an experiment on my backstrap loom so I only wound a one-yard warp. I have been wanting to weave a shadow weave piece for ages and try out the bamboo reed that I bought at Comvergence last year. Seeing Dawn McCarthy's fabulous shadow weave pieces recently gave the motivation to get going. I used one of her color combinations and a free four-shaft draft that I found online.
My bamboo reed is gorgeous and is 23epi. I put the ends for the shafts in each treadle into string heddles. So, the first set of string heddles held all the threads from shafts 2 and 4 and so on. I used three sets of string heddles and a shed rod for the warps controlled by the fourth treadle. The warps fit so snugly through the reed that they suspended it and kept it nicely centered on the loom. Weaving was really quite comfortable.
Before and after wet finishing. I have no idea what I will do with this little piece but I am ridiculously happy with this first attempt and with my wonderful reed from a weaver in one of the Chinese monorities!
Altar Cloth for the Chapel of St. Matthew
This was my first weaving project outside of inkle bands.
Chenille Scarf
Pattern from Handwoven Sept/Oct 1998. Draft for Chartreuse Scarf. Total ends 216. Finished fringe length 4". Finishing: immersed scarf in lukewarm water. Squeezed dry and put in washing machine on gentle spin. Put in dryer on cool dry for 30 minutes.
