Category: Diversifed Plain Weave
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AVL and Elbows
I remembered to mount the cheese grater beam for this sample of Diversified Plain weave using rayon chenille and bamboo. After weaving enough that the apron cleared the beam I wrapped the cheese grater on either side of the web with cloth to prevent the weft from catching on the metal and creating loops at…
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A Realistic No
The above ‘rat’s nest’ is actually more organized than it looks. The weave structure is Diversified Plain Weave (click on the label for more on that) and the pressure is on to clear this warp off the loom. My prospective client emailed this morning expressing interest in a ‘sample’ order. She had originally contacted me…
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Revisiting
on the loom ready to go There are certain weave structures I like to weave – as you may have noticed. Wall of Troy is one. This woven illusion is another. They are both in the twill family. Wall of Troy can be done on four shafts. The woven illusion needs 16. I’ve done the…
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The Neverending Warp
with broken end repair threads hanging from the back of the loom….. This is beginning to feel like the Neverending Warp! Of course it is the third 40 yard warp in DPW all black, so perhaps I’m justified in feeling this way. But it seems like very time I start a new scarf I think…
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The Neverending Warp
with broken end repair threads hanging from the back of the loom….. This is beginning to feel like the Neverending Warp! Of course it is the third 40 yard warp in DPW all black, so perhaps I’m justified in feeling this way. But it seems like very time I start a new scarf I think…
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The Neverending Warp
with broken end repair threads hanging from the back of the loom….. This is beginning to feel like the Neverending Warp! Of course it is the third 40 yard warp in DPW all black, so perhaps I’m justified in feeling this way. But it seems like very time I start a new scarf I think…
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Queen of Procrastination
a brand new warp – the peak of possibilities…. So, I’ve been procrastinating all week about getting the next Diversified Plain Weave warp done by messing about with computer software, weaving on the painted warps, visiting, reading – doing just about anything but the DPW warp. And the days have been slipping by. 🙁 Now,…
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Choices
This particular weave structure and yarn combination loses quite a lot of length/width during wet finishing. Partly, I think, because of the rayon chenille which is fairly stretchy, partly because of the weave structure – two fine threads and one thick one in warp and weft. I think that means that the weave structure can…
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End of the Line – nearly
Still learning the new picture editing software. One of the things I’m trying to figure out is where it now saves things. None of the places seems intuitive to me – but then I’m a dinosaur. :} At any rate, here is the last of the scarf warp. There is enough left on the warp…
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Like a Jigsaw
dancing butterflies….. I envy people who receive revelations complete and in full colour. I rarely do. Rather it seems like revelations for me are like jigsaw puzzles. You know – the really hard ones? The ones that may take weeks or months or even years to finally finish? This morning I appear to have set…