It was suggested that we start a separate thread to post finished projects for the group. So here goes - post photos of your finished weaverliness or finished samples or finished spinning or anything else that might fit into the topic - things like Reedguy's chair, homemade loom equipment, etc. Having a separate thread for finished projects will allow us to gaze on all the loveliness in one place! (Of course, this now means I need to actually finish some projects to post photos - does it count as finished if it isn't hemmed?)

Contunue to post progress photos in the Daily Check-in thread. Weave on!

Tina

Comments

Sat, 03/15/2014 - 22:39

pammersw

I think you mean "finished sPinning" *wink, wink*

Sat, 03/15/2014 - 23:25

endorph

Fixed that little typo! Although if the shoe fits. . . . :)

Sun, 03/16/2014 - 02:38

pammersw

I think if we'd posted photos of finished sinning, the forum would no longer be G rated!  (Googly-eyed shocked emoticon.)

Sun, 03/16/2014 - 18:41

theresasc

I beamed a new warp onto the CM and I have found that my sewing machine bench is the best hight to thread from, but went I went to grab it I was guilted into hemming a bunch of towels <sigh>, I don't like sewing, but it had to be done.

Holiday point twill

This warp had turned into a dog on my loom, but I did end up with 4 towels.

twill blocks

And the twill blocks are went on after I cut the dog off.

Sun, 03/16/2014 - 22:47

ReedGuy

In your first piece, was the warp and weft two different sizes? I have a couple drafts that the pattern is similar, but does not show well with the same size weft. I was going to use larger weft in each of these at a later time. Linen warp, wool weft. :)

Mon, 03/17/2014 - 02:56

Artistry

Theresac, Love the twill blocks! I really like the color changes in yours.
Mon, 03/17/2014 - 13:11

theresasc

the color changes kept it interesting but were not a big pain to do - just kept things moving along.

Reedguy, the first towels are a point twill variation, the warp is 8/2 unmercerized and the weft is 8/2 mercerized.  Same grist but I wanted the extra little sheen from the mercerzed in the weft.

Mon, 03/17/2014 - 13:21

ReedGuy

I was just curious, as when I used the same grist weft the pattern was very difficult to see at all up close. It's not the exact draft as yours, but very close.

Mon, 03/17/2014 - 13:31

theresasc

I wonder if it was because you used wool for weft and maybe the cotton colors stayed, I'm not sure how to say this, clearer?  I have woven with worsted and woolen wools, I can never keep which is which straight, but one blooms a lot more when fulled and the colors blend and become muted.

Mon, 03/17/2014 - 13:40

ReedGuy

Yea, possibly. It warrants further study. :)

Mon, 03/31/2014 - 19:25

Artistry

O.K. I got her off the loom today! There is still some hand finishing work to be done, but I consider her done for now. Just to refresh your memory where Georgia's Chair came from. Here is the chair I took out to Kathe Todd-Hookers house that I wanted to work on.

tapestry chair

Kathe and I decided it was too big to work on so we decided to take a piece of it to do:

piece of the chair

And this is how she turned out:

tapestry georgias chair

Mon, 03/31/2014 - 19:37

tommye scanlin

Congratulations, Cathie! Please give Kathe my regards. Tommye
Mon, 03/31/2014 - 19:40

Artistry

A few comments about Georgia.  We've all learned through this one how important it is to look at positive and negative spaces when doing a compostion. Kind of like looking at both sides of your weaving to see what the structure is doing, right? There are some other things I could have done to make this more successful. The most important is the choice of background color .I choose a light,bright in the pink and blue, that;s going to advance . For shadow I picked a red combo,warm recedes a bit next to the light , bright, but advances next to the Mahongany of the chair. This is a dilema as to what color can you use to recede without going darker or similar to the Mahongany. I think I would have dbee wise to have a cool medium blue, sort of like the frame, just in the cut outs of the chair. The blue would have would have stood it's own without overpowering the chair. Plus I think it would give the chair some punch because there is a some orange in that chair.Just some thoughts, would love to here yours!

Tue, 04/01/2014 - 13:53

theresasc

Georgia came out so cool!  Just from looking at your drawing to the tapestry and reading your explanation I just learned a whole lot on creating shadows and depth to a flat woven piece - thanks!

Tue, 04/01/2014 - 15:37

Artistry

theresasc , Thanks for your comments! I've become quite attached to Georgia, she has her own personality, chair or skull, I find it interesting she can be both. Thanks for taking the time to look:)
Fri, 04/11/2014 - 11:48

Artistry

I agree Erica, lovely! Is the ground 5 shaft Satin? Or more shafts? Outside of the ground shafts , how many cords did you use? I just think Drawloom weaving is amazing!
Fri, 04/11/2014 - 18:30

Erica J

Cathie, thank you for the compliments and questions. This is a 4 shaft modernly called "false damask", but the 4 shaft ground is in keeping with early Medieval European damask.

The entire pattern utilizes 10 pattern shafts. One set of water bougets (that's what the pattern is called in heraldese) starts on pattern shaft , then the next row of patterns starts on pattern shaft 10. I even remembered to start weaving the patterna from bottom to top after the half way mark! ;)