slower and slower
which is more time-consuming?
finishing things or starting something new
finishing a fringeless tapestry means packing in the weft
tightly to the top where the actual warp and the supplementary warp meet
then threading the final weft on a needle and stitching through each tiny loop of the actual warp
then in order to reuse the supplementary warp (there is yards and yards of it)
I carefully pull it out of the loops and wind it on a bobbin ready for the next time
this is the process I like the least – oh what a tangled mess it can become
from the back with light showing the slit tapestry technique
I tried something new and wove the large areas of background in sections
producing what is known as “lazy lines”
who named it that?? – it takes more work and more time – but I like the effect
next the ends have to be woven in
because I’m teaching myself to do that while weaving there are fewer ends
most are mainly in the small detailed areas – technical progress is being made
after some finishing details and washing etc. all will be revealed
for a change I painted a large sheet of Japanese shifu paper with my homemade natural inks
to practice I made an envelope and brushed on the inks
next I’ll cut and spin the paper
it will be interesting to see how the colours appear on the yarn
finally started weaving more tea towels but they will never be finished before year’s end
the boro stitching is finished
waiting to be sewn into another pillow
and the next piece is already in the planning stage
hoping to include a small tapestry piece
now it’s back to work
You make such interesting, and wide ranging, projects! Love the boro.
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kerry – I have a short attention span, get bored easily. The boro is wonderfully mindless.
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so beautiful. π
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Dawn – thank you π
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Weaving with spun paper? That’s something I’d like to see; I wonder how it holds up to being threaded through the warp and compressed. What’s the hand like on the finished piece? Is it stiff or supple? And can you wash the cloth you make?
You’ve been very busy and creative in the last little while, and that beautiful boro is perfect for today’s ScrapHappy Day π
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Kate – I learned the technique in Japan many years ago. There are 8 years of blogs explaining it on the right sidebar under “shifu”. I generally use a silk or linen warp, it feels like a soft, slightly crisp fabric, drapes nicely and yes I’ve made clothing and handwash it like a good sweater. The Japanese have made kimono from the fabric. I’m working on my ScrapHappy blog now, the boro piece will wait until the sewing is finished.
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Thank you! So interesting that you can wear and wash it…
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Kate – π Happy stitching, hope your weather is improving.
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The stitching is a good way to pass the time, but sadly the weather is not being co-operative; from the forecast map it looks as if it’ll cross to the other coast, down to us, back up to Far North Queensland, and then hang around like a bad smell all over the Christmas holiday season. But it’s a cyclone, and therefore by nature unpredictable, so I tend to take forecasts with a pinch of salt!
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