The first drape is almost completed on the loom and weaving up well. Each of the three drapes will have a different patterning and there are silk rya knotted fringes within the textile at each end.

I’m using floating selvages which I’ve decided I don’t really like. They slow down the weaving process, but there isn’t much choice with a fabric like this one that doesn’t leave any spare shafts for a nice plain weave edging as I’m using all 24 shafts.

Keeping me really busy at the moment is learning more about peg plans for my compu-dobby loom and how The Woven Pixel can be manipulated in Photoshop and transferred to my weaving software, Fiberworks.
The Woven Pixel by Alice Schlein and Bhakti Ziek is a very impressive publication. It really hits the spot with weavers who are artists and Photoshop fans.I feel as though it has opened new doors in my mind and, as you can see, paths to better peg plans which are more fluid and painterly. Although the book is mainly aimed at Jacquard or TC-1 looms, I’ve found it inspiring for dobby loom application as well. I’m developing all sorts of abstract ways of getting peg plans from imagery. I think the authors are successful in unlocking Photoshop for weavers… showing me how to customise it as though it was especially developed for me and woven textiles.

PS Terri has some great pics of a trapeze in operation!