Finished Length Unit
yards
Finished Width Unit
yards
Length Off Loom Unit
yards
Length on Loom Unit
yards
Notes
Spaced linen warp in plain weave, linen, half-bleached, and unbleached. Mixed wefts of colored linen, and Finnish paper yarn (paperilanka) used in rya knots. This is a simple version of a transparency weave I've been making over the last 3 years. My paper rya experiments began after a trip to Finland where I saw paper yarn used in contemporary weaving, especially using rya.
I brought home some of this yarn. It is very tough. In this piece I have brushed the yarn with water and unwound it to create flower petals. The Japanese paper chenille yarn is a rya knot that acts as a stamen for the flower. My first use of rya and linen in a transparency used many mixed paper and silk ribbon and plastic strips.
Number of Shafts
2
Number of Treadles
2
Project Status
Finished
Sett Unit
epi
Width off Loom Unit
inches
Width on Loom Unit
inches
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