Comments on: Bhutanese Textiles ~ Up Close and Personal

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:19:52 +0000

I think your drawings are exquisite. Your analysis of the work is really appreciated. Thank you.
Anne

By: curiousweaver

curiousweaver — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:33:07 +0000

Thanks for the comments.
The horizontal arms are really just soumak weave within the ground weave.But for the vertical arms the yarns are twisted around themselves and anchored around the warps at points if needed. If the vertical line is too long the yarn will need to be anchored every few rows. The verticals in this piece aren’t too long so the twisting is sufficient to give the appearance of a vertical line on this fine sett.
As the soumak weave is done within the ground weave the weaver begins at the bottom of the design and although the design appears to weave downward into already woven cloth it is planned and woven into the weave structure row by row.
The work is very detailed and a delight to look at.

By: gertieanne

gertieanne — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:14:49 +0000

Your post are great. I just love reading about the Bhutanese textile, it is just so beautiful. It looks like embroidery and weaving mixed together. Very talented people. Is there any books teaching the techniques they use?

Thank you for sharing you video.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:20:22 +0000

Thanks for this post!
What a great way to incorporate conductive thread into my weaving.
I saw the image and started thinking circuit board.
Then your method diagram solved it all!
I can’t wait to try it out as I think it solves my latest challenge.
Thanks!

By: Diane Roeder

Diane Roeder — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:21:10 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful work, and even a video…what a treat with my early morning coffee.

I have a comment and a conundrum. It looks to me, in examining the illustration of the yarn travelling up a warp thread, that there’s also some twining involved.

And what I don’t understand is how those arms that leave the lower quandrants of the diamond can dogleg down, or into already-woven cloth. Maybe I’m missing something here.