Weave

We started off making yarn wrappings, I don’t really like the colours I’ve picked but it’s a really good way to visualise a colour scheme before embarking on the looms.

I was abit daunted by the looms, but excited to learn a completely new skill. It’s kind of mathematical and technical which I really enjoy, and there are so many steps even to set up the table loom. I’m finding it very interesting and finally understand how a piece of woven fabric is constructed. We have started off trying out different patterns, using colour-ways from my box. I think I’ll like weaving as it is a set process but still gives you the freedom to be creative with colour, pattern and texture.

The weave below is an experiment into different techniques. The bottom one, using yellow wool, was done by pulling yarn back out of the weave, securing each time with a straight stitch in between. I tried to create a gradual colour fade at the top, taken from a painting I had done of a bottle. I enjoyed the challenged but found the technique pretty confusing and mathematical. It doesn’t look so good as I went from colour fade to colour fade, it would look better if I had a block of each colour before fading each time.

In the next session, I developed my gradient pattern by doing larger blocks of colour, it looks a lot better and the colours work well together, the pink above is too bright.