Category: Wool
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The Fire and water belt.
The belt I talked about in my last blog post is finally finished. I am happy with how the gradient turned out and I had quite some comments on the “fire” aspect. I like how the fire is flanked by “water” from the blue border. I have also been drawing quite a few alternative designs…
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Using colour gradients
I have been playing with colour gradients more and more in my weaving projects and I wanted to add a post on the material I use to achieve them. I recently posted on a belt I am currently weaving, where I use 6 shades of yellow/orange. I don’t like making any publicity, but I still…
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A new weave – and new designs
I started this weave last week and I do like the colors. A sneak preview below… I will add more photos as I progress.
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More bags and wired looking weaving.
Today I finished off 2 things: 1) a small backpack made from scrap fabric and an old tablet woven belt (one of my first). I quite like it!! 2) then I tried to save my 54 cards weaving project by cutting out the brown tread (making it a 3 hole weave). But it still looks…
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Some more sewing, and some weaving experiments.
I made this Viking style bag. It the outside is blue wool and the inside red/purple linen. I used an old belt I have woven for the strap and a piece for decoration. I used some wood from my garden for the bag handles. I like how it turned out. And then I have experimented…
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Some more new designs.
I finally finished this piece. I was happy to try a lot of new designs, but I am not happy with the result. It is too crowded, I have a hard time to leave enough space between designs. I will try to do better next time. Anyway, some pictures below.
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Some new “creatures in squares” designs for 24 cards
I have been drawing on some variations of creatures in squares for 24 cards (instead of 32). I am now test weaving, and I quite like how it turns out. It is not finished, but a sneak preview: Turning schemas will be added to the designs section soon. I also did some sewing using again…
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A mistake, which turned out surprisingly nice.
I had an idea for this belt, but I missed something and it turned out different than I expected. But in the end I think I like the result more than if I had succeeded. If you put it in the sun, it really glows. I have developed several variations on diagonal patterns, both for…
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Trying out some new designs with only 12 motif cards.
As you may know, I mainly draw my designs for 16, 24 or 32 cards. However, I have been tempted to weave something smaller, with simpler motifs. I also like the classical designs found in Hallstatt, and I wanted to do something similar. So, I drafted some new designs for 12 motif cards (+4 border…
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A new viking bag
I like to use my “belts” for other things (except belts), so I made again a bag for a viking friend. I am happy with the bag, except the bag handels which I bought (and dont like all that much). I am thinking about how to make my own handels in the future. The woven…