Bamboo meets Ribbed Weave
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Progessing with the Pics to Picks challenge I’ve managed to wind a long 9 metre warp onto my loom ready to test out some ideas and yarns in the weft. I know the warp is long (at least for me) and I promised myself that I wouldn’t put on long warps anymore because I get a bit bored sometimes… but here I go again. I must admit that it is totally fun now winding and beaming warps with my new AVL warping wheel, so maybe it’s all an excuse to use my new tools.Using the bamboo image I’ve isolated the actual bamboo from the photo and used this as a basis for a ribbed weave with 3/1 and 1/3 twill stripes in 2/20 silk. Meg’s explaination about the use of bamboo in Japan and China in connection to food has challenged me to look again at the project. Either I create a piece that can be used in conjuction with food such as a table runner…or should I just eat nice food (or health food such as chocolate) as I’m weaving it. I was going to weave collapse style scarves but I could easily include a non-collapse table textile on the same warp, perhaps allaying any boredom with the long warp if it creeps in.
Look at the ‘seams’ on the bamboo photo. These are more interesting than the bamboo itself for weave design. So I’m trying to include lots of these in an intermittent way. This possibility is only achievable with lots of shafts. I have 4 shafts devoted to the basic ribbed weave structure. The other 20 shafts offer another 5 arrangements of bamboo ‘seams’. By changing the tie up again I can also combine arrangement to create more ‘seams’. The ‘seams’ are simply an exchange of the 1/3 twill with the 3/1 twill in small areas. Here is a design showing the front and back view of the structure, followed by photos of the warping process. See all my Pic to Picks entries so far. |
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Moving right along, aren’t you? I love the colors. I also love the idea of getting a scarf and table linen off the same warp.
Love it! How handy all those shafts are. 🙂 I’ve heard nothing but good things about the AVL warping wheel. Sounds like another happy owner.
I vote for eating chocolate while weaving, always.
That looks great! I was almost hoping that the yarn is bamboo as well!
those last two photos are music to a weaver’s eyes!
Not that I didn’t before, but yes, I am experiencing shaft envy…. added to the purpose-built computer-controlled, rather than the retrofit…
I would never have associated so many colors with bamboo. Brava!