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Tue, 06/16/2009 - 14:56

ellenlabruce (not verified)

Greetings!

I am interested in weaving altar cloths for our Congregational Church.  We are an inclusive faith community and also share our space with a Jewish Congregation (Shir Shalom). I have an 8 harness jack type loom and would like to incorporate native American and/or Latin American motifs in the design, perhaps on the borders?  will need to produce cloths in the church's seasonal colors, but the shades can vary from the traditional.  Would like some advice on weaves that look interesting, even from the back of the church.  Any suggestions would be most welcome!

Ellen

Thu, 06/18/2009 - 00:48

KayStarkindler (not verified)

Hi!

I just completed a liturgical stole as part of an assignment for a ritual studies course on my rigid heddle loom using a combo of 5/2 varigated rayon and 5/2 cotton.  I, too, would be interested in reading any responses to your question!

 

Kay

 

Thu, 06/18/2009 - 13:27

maurerwerks (not verified)

Hi Ellen - I too am interested in doing liturgical weaving, hopefully to sell.  I made a stole for my paster - green linen, mostly tabby with an overshot border in gold - that came out very nicely.  She encourages me to do more and put them up for sale.  Here's an idea for you which I'm going to try also.   You could incorporate inkle bands with a pickup pattern for borders if the weave structure of the main piece doesn't lend itself to a border that is woven along with it.  I've had a bit of fun lately designing pickup patterns for inkle bands, but I wonder if there are any resources out there for patterns for liturgical textiles.  Maybe someone else knows?

Sue

Tue, 06/23/2009 - 20:28

DEBBIE JONES (not verified)

I've been commissioned to weave a strip of tartan for a St Andrew's Day Stoll.  Does anyone know of a site that has tartan setts?
Fri, 06/26/2009 - 21:43

fireflytex (not verified)

I'm weaving again after a gap of 11 years. Been at the beginner to adv-beg level for decades, in terms of what I've done; still a rank beginner in terms of theory of weave structures, etc. I am making a stole for a friend, who is a priest, to give to a soon-to-be priest.

It's my first time making a stole and my first commission. My friend chose a subtle broken-twill woven in 2 shades of Jaeggerspun Zephyr. The Zephyr was a pleasure to work with, and the fact that I ran into almost every possible difficulty is due to my inexperience (and threading late at night), not the yarn -- crossed threads twixt reed and heddles, a broken warp, a skip to repair, etc. Still, I am pretty pleased with the result.

Fri, 06/26/2009 - 21:44

fireflytex (not verified)

1000 characters isn't much! Continuing:

It's off the loom, rinsed and drying. I dyed a piece of silk for the lining last weekend, and I'm tentatively planning to use a fusible knit interfacing (still have to try it on the swatch). If anyone has input on that idea, I'd love to hear it. I'll post a picture when done.

Fri, 07/03/2009 - 19:26

chrysdef (not verified)

 Hi everyone - I am new to the group and have enjoyed reading about other's ecclesiastic weavings.  

I wove an altar cloth a few years ago along with a linen for a credence table and now getting ready to do some more creating with color.  The initial cloth was white -

 

Always looking for idea - here is my dilema - I have a 40 in AVL and the altar cloth is to cover a surface 52in square.  

The first cloth had a central piece with a pattern and a plain weave border that was sewn on to it.  A bit heavy - so now looking for a lighter border with some pattern and will combine color.  Perhaps a supplementary warp? not sure - any thoughts will be greatly appreciated.

 

I'll re-read what others are working on and see if I can give any input -

 

Stay well and enjoy the nation's holiday -

Chrystal

sunny San Diego  

Sat, 07/18/2009 - 13:26

Bobbie Kelsten (not verified)

Hello!

     I love weaving things for people to use in ceremony. I do mostly, Tallitot (Jewish prayer shawls) but also have done commissioned stoles for priests.....mostly lady Episcopals. For the stoles I like to do doubleweave in silk. You probably already know of it....but a great resource is the book, Weaving for Worship. Lots of inspiration.

Sun, 09/27/2009 - 20:04

Andreweaver (not verified)

How are things progresing?

I have done several frontals usually Laudian which means excessive amounts of fabric.

I tend to use variations on the Theo Moorman technique I have even used it in Rug yarns to give a tweedy look.

The inlay is slow but allows for designs to be as varied as you like with a good strong background structure to hold it.