The weavers of our guild decided to use our Dutch traditional/regional costumes as an inspiration of our yearly project. I have chosen a “beukje”, a simple garment for ladies, like a bib which you wear as a top underneath a blouse or jacket. This garment can also express whether it’s a working day, a Sunday or whether you’re grieving.
The garment on Photo 1 shows a traditional, decorate beukje for special festive occasions. With that in mind I started my project, yet it also had to be wearable without a blouse or jacket.
On Page 49 of Susan Wilson’s book “Weave Classic Crackle & More” I found a suitable weave structure. For the warp I used a thin Venne colcotton, see Photo 2 the threading. In the weft I used three colours of linen, occasionally a shiny variegated sewing thread as well as a linen top stitch thread with beads. To enclose the honeycomb cells I used a black alcantara ribbon. (see Photo 4 for a close-up).
Anna (http://www.ansrotteveel.nl/index.php?page=Fotoalbum&p=1) helped me to find a suitable pattern and some additional fabric to turn it all into a wearable garment (see photo 5). Photo 6 shows how I’ll be wearing it soon for a special occasion.