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black jewel

By Tien Chiu | Published: September 2, 2009

This is another shawl woven on the 2/28 silk warp, with colors that gradually transition from turquoise to fuchsia and back again. It is woven with a black cashmere weft and is SO soft and sensuous against the skin! It is one of my favorites, and I wear it often.

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Silk & cashmere jacket

By Tien Chiu | Published: August 28, 2009

This jacket was my first attempt at sewing my own handwoven fabric, and one of my very early attempts at design. I hand-dyed all the yarns in this jacket, and dyed the silk lining as well.

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garnet shawl

By Tien Chiu | Published: August 23, 2009

This shawl was one of my early attempts at network drafting. The inspiration for the garnet red weft came when I dyed some yarn for a Tibetan lama friend – she had requested an auburn-to-maroon shade, and I liked the resulting yarn so much that I dyed some more in the same color!

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goldenrod shawl

By Tien Chiu | Published: August 15, 2009

This shawl is network drafted on 16 shafts, and was woven on my Leclerc Diana. I love the color of the weft! deep gold is one of my favorite colors, and I carefully dyed the weft to bring up the gold in the silk as well.

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Yet more doodling with huck lace

By Tien Chiu | Published: January 13, 2009

Today I played in the tie-up.  I discovered that vertical and horizontal lines make, not too surprisingly, horizontal and vertical lines respectively.  Then I started playing around with curves, and realized that (in general) if you make your lines parallel to each other, they will produce “echoes” of each other, making for a pleasing, repeating [...]

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