25 Oct 09
I finished the sample - and . . . well . . . I must have done something wrong - so after a while gave up on trying to create a pattern and simply enjoyed a plain weave. The end result is really elegant - its like holding very fine paper - shame that the attempt at making a pattern failed. I'll have to try again - perhaps with multi-coloured warp threads.
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so - furthering my "exploration" and experimentation with patterns I've decided to do a sample (can't believe I did not think to do such a thing before!!!) I'm following the tips from Ask the Bellwether - putting them to the test so to speak. No, I'm not questioning her oh so helpful hints - rather I'm trying to understand them better. I've got two heddles - I want to be able to do more than "just" a nice plain weave - the only way to achieve this is to jump in head first.
I've warped the first heddle - the second I'll do tomorrow. It's amazingly fiddly to warp such a fine thread.
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11 Oct 09
ok - sooo . . . ummmm . . .yeah.
this is not working as I expected. I've warped up fine (amazingly) and started weaving - the weaving is "working" . . . I think. But I see no pattern emerging and certainly no twill pattern emerging.
What could I have done wrong?
1) I thought - perhaps my monochrome choice was affecting it? But if that were true I ought to still be able to see the "pattern" no? Possibly even the texture?
So I swapped weft colours to see if that had an affect . . .ummm, no. Not so much.
I've followed the instructions - 123, 123, . . . but . . . hmm.
I'll have a pic or two posted tomorrow or the next day. I'm only doing a sample so its not a failure - its a learning process! And it gives me something to "examine" and figure out what is happening.
Ideas?