Nu'mer fjo'rta'n (Icelandic with apologies for the l'accent aigu)

I really could not leave it at Blog Entry #13.  Superstitious, yes.  No other questions, please.

Behold, the weaving that was done.  This is remarkable, because I took a weaving book, looked at the draft, figured out which threading I had, which pattern might show up, and did a trial run.  This is the World's Slowest Weaving Technique, because FOUR throws = one line of visual pattern.  I like that about this, as it allows more contemplative, meditative patterning.  There is a place in weaving life for whipping the shuttle back and forth.  But there is also a place for sticking a warp on a loom, and living with pattern design on the fly for weeks.  (Probably months in my case.  Maybe even years.)  It can be a wall hanging, a table runner, a pillow front, a tote bag, a rug.  

You see the garlands at the bottom.  (They were supposed to be undulating lines, but oh well.)  And you can see the trees!  The warp is blue because it is completely covered by the wool.  And the trees are in non-Etherknitter colors because I am deviating in all things.

In July, this warp was used for the Tom Knisely workshop on Boundweave.  We sampled and sampled, and played even more.  On the same warp, my WIP looked like this, and then that.  I think you get the idea:  invisible warp, densely packed wool in particular patterns that are controllable by the weaver.  It is the slowest cloth imaginable, with infinite design possibilities.   

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Marcia]

I have decided that one of the things I love about Rosepath on Opposites is that front and back are interchangeable, but different. The other thing is that I can whip out a pillow front in an afternoon :) I’m old...that’s important. Love what you are doing with this.

[Carole]

That's really beautiful. And look at you - it's not blue!

[Lynn]

Still blue at the core.

[Elaine in NYC]

Pretty. Slow—so what? I’m a process knitter. Process weaving can’t be a bad thing..

[Margene]

This weaving technique looks much like Fair Isle knitting. Hidden blue is still blue enough to keep one happy.