Tien Chiu

  • Home
  • About
    • Honors, Awards, and Publications
  • Online Teaching
  • Gallery
  • Essays
  • Book
  • Blog
  • Dye samples
You are here: Home / All blog posts / Collapse weave shawl, bobbin lace #3
Previous post: Magic in the water
Next post: What I Did on My Summer Vacation

August 5, 2009 by Tien Chiu

Collapse weave shawl, bobbin lace #3

The collapse weave shawl came out BEAUTIFULLY!  Here are two photos:

Collapse weave shawl, full view
Collapse weave shawl, full view
Collapse weave shawl, closeup
Collapse weave shawl, closeup

Isn’t it stunning?  I LOVE the ruffled “ribbons”.

Hard to believe that that’s “just” plainweave, but it is!

And, I finished my third bobbin lace bookmark.  Here is a Very Bad Photo, but you can get the general idea…

3rd bobbin lace bookmark, this one with spider stitch
3rd bobbin lace bookmark, this one with spider stitch

I fly home today, so I’m not starting any new projects.  Instead I’ll be roving through Laura’s voluminous swatch collection and library, looking for inspiration, information, and good reference texts to add to my library later (after I have a job again).

This has been fun!!  I can’t imagine a vacation I’d rather have than this one.  🙂

Share this post!

  • Tweet
  • More
  • Email
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Print

Filed Under: All blog posts, textiles, weaving Tagged With: bobbin lace, collapse weave, laura fry

Previous post: Magic in the water
Next post: What I Did on My Summer Vacation

Comments

  1. Sandra Rude says

    August 5, 2009 at 11:33 am

    It may be “just” plain weave, but when you get such wonderful texture from it, “just” isn’t the right word. “Enhanced” maybe? That sort of effect is why plain weave is still one of my favorite structures!

  2. Laura says

    August 5, 2009 at 1:10 pm

    The photo really doesn’t do the shawl justice – we should have taken a photo of you wearing it – maybe when you get home…. : )
    Cheers,
    Laura

  3. cindy coven says

    February 6, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    I have a simple straight tie-up 4 harness loom. Seeing what you can do by just alternating the materials w/a tabby is unbelieveable. I am very excited to try a collapse weave on my simple, little loom. Thank you for the inspiration.

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Information resources

  • Dye samples
    • Procion MX fiber-reactive dye samples on cotton
    • How to "read" the dye sample sets
    • Dye sample strategy - the "Cube" method
  • How-Tos
    • Dyeing and surface design
    • Weaving
    • Designing handwoven cloth
    • Sewing

Blog posts

  • All blog posts
    • food
      • chocolate
    • musings
    • textiles
      • dyeing
      • knitting
      • sewing
      • surface design
      • weaving
    • writing

Archives

Photos from my travels

  • Dye samples
    • Procion MX fiber-reactive dye samples on cotton
    • How to "read" the dye sample sets
    • Dye sample strategy - the "Cube" method
  • Travels
    • Thailand
    • Cambodia
    • Vietnam
    • Laos
    • India
    • Ghana
    • China

Travel Blog

Entertaining miscellanies

© Copyright 2016 Tien Chiu · All Rights Reserved ·

 

Loading Comments...
 

    loading Cancel
    Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
    Email check failed, please try again
    Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.