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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…

Creatures in squares

A video explaining how I weave with my designs.

Creatures in squares

I wanted to make a belt inspired from a painting from around the year 1400. Painting in the lower corner and my weave above. It didn’t turn out very well so half way through I changed my mind and added some pink threads in the empty holes.

I am planning my next weave. I often add potential colors next to eachother and then I take a photo. Somehow the combination of colors stands out more on a photo. I asked the cat for some advise, but he couldnt care less… Any advise?

I have created a collection of some designs with various creatures and animals in a “square” to allow variation of the known theme “Dog biting its tail”. I did most of them for a set up of 32 pattern cards (16 pairs). The first part of it can be found below. I will add some…

This is my first blog ever, so please bear with me. It will be a learning journey, just like me learning to weave, sew or naalbind. I am happy to have you here reading this. Thank you!