At the local wool gathering last Sept. I bought some color grown cotton yarn, color dune, in a small boucle.  When I got it home I could not imagine how to use it.  I have now used it as a brocade or inlay yarn on a natural cotton flake ground and I am thrilled with the result.

And this is before I washed it,  So now the ground is a little tighter and the inlay yarn is held snug.  Yes those are leno bands. I have two more panels to weave on the RH for this project.

 

 

Comments

lkautio (not verified)

Lovely!  The texture almost gives a boutonne effect (at least from the photograph).

Laurie Autio

w178 (not verified)

That looks super, what will the end use be?

 

gougy

claudia (not verified)

That is lovely! and on the RH loom.  How clever.  Will you share the draft and project details? 

I can think of all sorts of uses for this design.  It would look lovely as a table runner or even a purse.

Claudia

Lauries (not verified)

 

It looks great. What a nice use for a small amount of yarn. Laurie

Karren K. Brito

 

Not such a small amount, it was a 1 lb. cone.  Same yarn makes the stipes and I have two more panels to go.  Here is a bigger view. You see is less than half of the center panel and there are 6 different, but related brocade designs (two designs not in pic).   I'm working on a tunic inspired by the 3 panel huipiles of Central America.

 

So far I've gotten the front and back to match.

Did you want a draft for plain weave on a RH loom?  Or do you want the charts for each inlay?  I did the charts in pencil, I'll have to see if they are dark enough to scan when I finish the project.

 

 

 

Karren K. Brito

I have now finished all 3 panels, washed them and cut them apart.   I used 2 warps, a 3yd one for the central panel and a 5yd one for the two side ones. Here you can see them laid out on the floor.

 

I had enough warp left over to try out some different leno ideas .  And there are plenty of pieces to sample seams.

francorios (not verified)

That looks very good!

Well done!

Have a good day!

Caroline (not verified)

Love the brocade work in those colours, it has an antique look to it according to my monitor!

You must be very please with those results.

bolivian warmi

This is really beautiful Karen!.

Karren K. Brito

Here is the leno sample I made on the extra warp.  It was very easy to do because of the darker stripes.  Also alternating the leno blocks, which are higher than the tabby blocks compensates.  I tried a different number of picks between leno blocks, I think I like the overall cloth better with more picks ( you can see 3, 5 and & 7 in the pic) between the leno blocks,  How about you?

conib (not verified)

Where there are at least 5 picks between lino blocks the blocks seem to me to be better delineated.  Two blocks separated by only three picks looks like a single block to me, I think because the 3-pick separation appears shorter than the leno block.

BTW, I think this project is fabulous.

-- Constance

Karren K. Brito

Good observation! So when there are 5 or more picks of tabby between the blocks tabby dominates and becomes the background.  Thanks for the insight.

Karren K. Brito

I completed my seam samples, and this is the one I've selected to sew  the huipil together.  I have sewn the pieces together with sewing thread and ancient stitch (aka baseball stitch).  As I do this on a flat surface so I can get the alignment of the two pieces just right.  Then I'm covering the seam with a denser ancient stitch in the same yarn that I used for the brocading.  I wanted the visual line in the composition of the piece.

 

At the top of the pic you can see the seam before I have covered it with the brown cotton boucle.

Karren K. Brito

 The finished tunic is now on the projects page.  I'm designing another with the alternating leno blocks I tried out on the extra warp.

jordanj (not verified)

 Wow! It's lovely! 

thelmaweaves

Very nicely done!

Sharon Carey

francorios (not verified)

Finished project looks fantastic!

 

Have a good day!