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Settling down to design
I’ve started winding the warp, which I’ve decided will be black 60/2 silk sett at (initially) 40 epi, which is in the mid-range of what Peggy Osterkamp recommends for plain weave. The warp will be 24″ wide – that way if I need to resley to a denser sett, I’ll still have enough width to [...]
Ready to start
I did some more designing this morning, producing this monstrosity:
It’s a patterned weave with all sorts of patterns (see the right side of the liftplan) with a 12-shaft network drafted pattern in the ties (left side of liftplan). Tabby ground.
Now, why on earth would I want to weave up a monstrosity like that? The answer [...]
Weaving and dyeing and designing, oh my!
Not too surprisingly (except to me!), I spent nearly all day Saturday sleeping. 3 hours of naptime during the day followed by 10 hours of sleep last night seems to have brought me nearly back to my usual energy, though, and I got quite a bit done today.
First, I finished weaving the final shawl on [...]
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Back home
I had a WONDERFUL time at Complex Weavers and Convergence! The seminars at Complex Weavers were everything I had hoped for – very informative talks on advanced topics. I learned a lot about using Photoshop to design, tied weaves, double twills, and oh! lots and lots of very interesting stuff that I plan to go [...]
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Chugging along