Category: Diversifed Plain Weave
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Making Plans
One of the warps that has been on my to-be-done list for a rather long time is a production run of rayon chenille scarves woven in Diversified Plain Weave. I first came across this weave structure in a copy of Weaver’s Magazine where it was referred to as Diversified Huck because the threading system was…
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Whirlwind
In amongst all the other things going on since Wednesday, I managed to run the Diversified Plain Weave rayon chenille/bamboo afghans through the washing machine/dryer. I was a bit leery because I wasn’t sure I’d got the set right and it was with a dollop of trepidation that I tossed them into the washing machine…
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Moving Onwards
It was only when I started to write this post that I realized I had taken a nearly identical picture for the blog only a few weeks ago! I cut the Diversified Plain Weave afghans off the loom this morning and started beaming a shawl warp. The warp is made by dressing two scarf warps…
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Birthday
Yes, it’s that day. 🙂 And how better than to spend it weaving? The back of the loom is looking a little tatty as I ‘suffered’ a couple of broken ends. Using Kerstin’s suggestion of running the repair end alongside the broken one means I won’t have to do any needle weaving later. Anyone wh0…
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Playing
Rayon chenille is notoriously hard to photograph, and especially so when there is little contrast in value of the colours. This photo shows the hem area and the beginning of afghan number 3. The pattern weft is a variegated lavender/grey. I’m really just playing with this warp – I have no idea if the rayon…
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Progressing
After years of trying to figure out how to make more space in our teensy tiny bathroom, we finally threw up our hands and decided to just do the needed repairs and update the facilities – new tub, toilet, basin and medicine cabinet. But before that could be done, Doug needed to remove the existing…
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Queen of Procrastination
Apologies again if this photo isn’t in focus. While I’m doing well with other tasks, the computer is still a bit of a blur – although it’s getting better. :} So, it’s confession time. I’ve been avoiding the AVL and the two shuttle DPW – and the shuttle boxes that started misbehaving for some unknown…
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Cloth Materializing
Got started weaving last night after fixing a threading error, and a tie-up error. It’s taking a while to get used to the rhythm – two picks of foundation, one pick of pattern. It feels unbalanced and erratic, which is only normal given the hop, hop, skip nature of throwing the two shuttles. 🙂 With…
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The Tricky Bit
It’s beginning to come back to me – how much extra work and how fiddly working with two warp layers is. 🙂 The above photo shows the first warp all beamed, and the second (upper) warp nearly beamed. I put plastic over the bottom warp beam just to make sure that nothing gets caught on…
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Sectional Beaming
I’m setting up the AVL for an experimental warp for Diversified Plain Weave. With DPW, you need two different warp threads – two very fine ends to every thick end. Since I’m beaming a 20 yard long warp, and the fine threads are very fine compared to the thick ones, it’s much more sensible to…