Author: Cissi_555
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Sulawesi style with hexagonal cards
After 2 tests with hexagonal cards in Sulawesi style, I can conclude that it works, but it’s a pain to weave. Is it worth it to get that extra colour? I will show you and let you decide wether to try it for yourselves. My first attempt, where I used the rest of an old…
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Midnight Blue weaving
The silver-blue belt in silk and wool is finished. I really love the feel and look of it. The wool is matte and the silk shiny, which means that the two quite similar shades of dark blue appear quite different and contrasting. Here are some pictures:
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Lady Midnight – Silk and wool
I really enjoy working on this belt in wool and silk. The silver and blue are pure silk and the dark blue (accompanying thread) is 100% wool. I was worried that they would stretch differently, but it works out great. So a sneak preview! More to come later…
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2 different designs using one warp.
I wanted to weave with some lovely pinkish-mauve yarns for a while, so I set up a regular 16 cards weave with Oseberg edging using these these colours (even though I don’t really use much pink, but the colours spoke to me). But when I started weaving, I feel that it turned out a bit…
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2, 3 or 4 threads – What difference does it make?
This post is to (hopefully) clarify on how to play with missing threads, background and accompanying colours. All my motifs can be woven with these 4 variants of threading (with different results). Please give some feedback if it is not clear. Case 1: Classical Sulawesi: One motif colour (red), one background colour (blue) and 2…
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I finally finished the silk belt.
The photos don’t do it justice, but the yellow really looks like gold. It is the longest weave I have done so far, over 3m. It was a custom piece for a good friend. Unfortunately we could not meet in person, since I have been down with Covid/flu/nasty cold for the last weeks. Anyway some…
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Silk weaving again
I like to weave in silk, but I also feel limited with the colours I have (since it does cost a bit more). Well, I am slowly advancing on this one. A lot of see creatures and some horses. It looks better in real life, since the yellow looks really golden, but on the photo…
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The autumn belt is finally off the loom
It took some time to complete, but now it is done. I like it, but not my favourite. Maybe it is a bit to complicated with all the colour changes going on. It is nearly hypnotising when you look at it. Well, here it is: The Beginning….and the end!
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Start of the “Autumn belt”.
Since I been working on my “Summer” and “Spring” belts, I felt the urge to do an Autumn belt, and I have at least started. I used 11 different shades of yellow, orange, brown and green. Sneak preview below…