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August 23, 2010 by Tien Chiu

Second taquete samples

I rushed over to the loom this morning and wove up another test section…and then, since weaving test after test really isn’t much fun, plunged into the motif I had done up earlier.  It came out well, so at lunchtime I rushed over to the computer and made up another design, the chrysanthemum I’d been toying with, and wove it up as well.  Here they are (chrysanthemum top, first crest bottom):

taquete motifs
taquete motifs

And another view:

taquete motifs edge on
taquete motifs edge on

The first one has only a single weft on the surface at any given time.  In the second one, I got a little bolder – the purple flower petals actually have red AND blue wefts on the surface, producing a blended color.

More later!  Gotta get back to work.

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Comments

  1. Elaine says

    August 23, 2010 at 2:06 pm

    wow – these are so beautiful. I love the subtlety of the colors and elegance of the design.

  2. Nancy Lea says

    August 23, 2010 at 7:16 pm

    there is a very similar taqueté design in a back-issue of “weaver’s” mag. If you’d like the “wif” to compare with what you’re doing, I have it somewhere. would be glad to send it to you.

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