working at warp speed
this one should be quick and easy – don’t think that is tempting fate
5 1/2 inches wide – only one shuttle
no stretcher/temple – no floating selvedge
I love to weave like this, just throw the shuttle back and forth, back and forth
indigo dyed cotton and bleached linen
edging for the ends of the kesa – and then it will be finished
the Japanese weave stripes – shima
they publish books with nothing but stripes
families keep sample books (shimacho) of their woven stripes – and passed them down to daughters and granddaughters
they are hard to find and if you do they’re expensive
so I’ve started collecting my own
2 skeins of the Icelandic spun and washed
in the grease they weighed 10 3/8 ounces
washed – with the lanolin gone – 8 1/4 ounces
that’s approximately 3 more pounds to spin!
my favorite azalea is blooming
named Mt. St Helens’ – after fire and eruptions
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love those sample books! haven’t had luck finding one.i have the lattice & stripes book too.i find it very inspiring. your azalea is just stunning.
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Hi Neki – if you are lucky enough to find a good sample book they are expensive. it is truly mind boggling how many different stripes are possible.
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A dream weaving. I want to try. The linen is for warp and the cotton for weft, right ?
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Guillaume – the indigo warp is cotton and the white stripe is linen. the indigo weft is cotton. Have fun weaving.
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Ok, thanks. I have to put it first in french, then in the right order in my mind, then on the loom đŸ˜€
I have to dye the threads first…. The crazy thing is the length of thread youi need to do just a small piece of material… But this kind is very hard to find, i want to try to weave it myself.
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Guillaume – I dye many skeins of yarn at one time ready for future use – this warp was only 13cm. X 3m didn’t take very much yarn. hope you enjoy the process.
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lovely weaving, and then there is that amazing color called a flower. what a good idea to make your own shimacho. i want one, but keep balking at the prices.
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Velma – I’ve looked at shimacho for years and never indulged – and they keep getting harder to find and more expensive so – I decided to make my own version. It will never take the place of a “real” one.
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Love that striped fabric! There’s something so elegant and serene about the Japanese design sense. My guild has at least one of those inspirational books in our library. I used to like pattern on pattern on complicated pattern but somehow the older I get the more I like simplicity. Go figure.
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Louisa -me too! maybe be got all those fancy/complicated/technical patterns out of our brains and now see the beauty in the plain and simple. I love this and am having a delightful time just weaving back and forth.
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What is a kesa, Jean?
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Myra – kesa is a Buddhist monk’s robe, more like a shawl. I started it in January and first posted about it on January 4th.
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That azalela is stunning! And maybe your kesa will be finished about the same time as my backpack! Sounds like a photo op to me! Let’s meet and show off our Japanese-influenced projects to each other!
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Heather – sounds good to me. Let me know when you will be in town. đŸ™‚
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