I thought we might want a space reflect and share what we learned in Ch. 1.

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Fri, 01/30/2015 - 15:55

Queezle

Though it can be plain, plain weave can be as fancy as one wants.  Really, we could do spectacular things even if we only had 2 shafts.  That is the most important thing I learned.

Second, I really get it now that threads treadled together pull together, allowing the adjacent threads to relax and spread out a bit. This gives movement to the fabric, that is, gets it off the straight grid.  This is also the basis of lace weaves.

Third, something as simple as grouping your picks instead of always a single shot really can have a big impact.

I liked this chapter, and really enjoyed seeing everyone else's projects!

Fri, 01/30/2015 - 16:56

theresasc

I think what I found the most surprising is how often I weave projects that are based on plain weave and by changing little things up such as how many ends are threaded together, or color order in warp and weft ends up creating such diverse fabrics.

Sat, 01/31/2015 - 19:59

Weavolutionary6

Queezle,

You really summed things up well!

I learned that plain weave is the answer to something I've often struggled with making the warp ends the focus of the cloth. If you want the warp colors to be the focus of the cloth plain weave is the way to go! The pattern and the weft are very subtle in plain weave adn therefore does not distract the eye from the warp colors.

Sun, 02/01/2015 - 15:07

ainz

I guess I thought just plain weave would be boring. And I imagined a whole month on it would be more than enough. 

Thanks to the discussions and samples presented, I now have a number of exercises I did not get round to during these past 4 weeks. I will eventually get round to trying them out.

An eye opener, this plain weave.