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October 1, 2008 by Tien Chiu

Beamed on

Many hours of intense work later, we arrive at this pretty photo:

Warp beamed (finally!) onto the loom
Warp beamed (finally!) onto the loom

The photo really doesn’t do it justice, even after some tinkering in Photoshop to get the colors more nearly right.  The silk is luminously bright, and the fuchsia is a pure, shimmery color instead of the rather muddy result in the photo.  But it gives you a rough idea.

Tomorrow I turn the loom around, finish putting on the 1200 extra heddles I bought for it (another several hours’ work over the last few days), and start threading.  1056 ends.  Fewer than some, more than others – it is what it is.  I figure the next week or so (the next few days at best) will be threading.

And designing, of course.  I have been playing around with pattern lines in Fiberworks PCW and really feel that I’m getting a handle on what a wavy line does, what a straight line does, etc.  Unfortunately I haven’t found anything I really like yet – I’m strongly attracted to symmetry, so weaving as drawn in produces a very symmetrical result that I like.  Turning the tie-up so it is rose fashion instead of star fashion looks nice, and I will probably do one with that arrangement as well as star fashion; but I have no idea (yet) about the other pieces.

All in good time, I suppose.

Off to bed!

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