Weaving Update

Finally, a bit more weaving to show. First an alpaca/silk wrap in a combination of thick and thin yarns woven in plain weave but a complex threading and treadling to give a "random-looking" texture. Not the first and I'm sure it won't be the last time I find a complex way of doing something simple!

For a change of scene I put on an experimental linen warp, also in thick and thin yarns but with less difference in the size. To be effective I think the thick should be about four times the size of the thin.  This time there was also a difference in colour. The first few inches told me it was not going to be suitable for table mats or runners so I wove half a yard or so of each of the colours of 16/1 linen I had. The thick yarn is 16/2 in silver-grey and the thin in the warp is pale pink.

 The result is a pleasing collection of linen fabrics I think will be excellent for book covers and greeting cards. Already I have sent the first "guinea pig" postcard away and await a report of how it stood up to the mail service.

 
 

Catch Up Time

Ooops!  I have been taken to task by my mate Peg who is asking why I do not have my Cloak on my blog - and certainly it is time for an update.  I did post photos in June last year but am happy to have a second viewing. The PWN Exhibition "Cloak" was held successfully at Pataka Gallery in Porirua, again in Oxford, Canterbury, and finally at the Wallace Gallery in Morrinsville. My main entry was called "A Thing of Shreds and Patches", a cloak for a minstrel. Here are several views of it showing the changing colour from green in the front to blue in the back.

 The cloak was returned to me after the exhibition tour and has subsequently been sold to a friend who coveted it at first sight. It fits her perfectly and I am awaiting a photo of it on its new owner.  I still have my second entry - not so grand or time-consuming to make but I am happy with it.

Now I need to get my camera into gear and photograph a couple of new pieces.