Just before I went to Japan I managed to get a lovely echo weave on my Toika loom, seen here in the threading stage. Using a random assortment of previously dyed skeins of 2/20 mercerized cotton in a dense sett, I tried to capture a ‘feel’ for the Australian bush with it subtle greyed and sunburnt hues. In the example here I used a fine green Galway linen weft. Entirely appropriate given the Irish family history many of us share.
This piece came off the loom but I was disappointed in its lack of lustre and vitality. Undeterred I started another piece on the same warp with a brighter peach linen warp but I’m still concerned that it is the warp causing a lack of umph in the weave. Is umph a word?
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