A blog about tablet weaving and how to design your own belts.
I got happily surprised when I got some pictures of Sulawesi weaving using my patterns. It was from Marieke Kranenburg who organized a weaving get together. It looks great!
I feel really honored and somehow more motivated to draw new images and to add more of my existing designs to my blog. Thank you Marieke for sharing!! It made my day!
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 part is done with 24 motif cards + 6 border cards in wool. In the end I did 3 variations for the decorative part, but I chose the birds. Below are the other 2 variants.
A few more photos:
I have finished yet another jacket (the 5th in 4 months) and a new Sulawesi weave, which I aim to make another bag out of.
I will start with the Sulawesi belt. It is in wool, 24+6 tablets. My own designs , as usual.
I modified my elk design and I belive they look better now. Turning diagram below and on the design page. I also included the horses.
So, saving it for for last, here is the jacket. It is in 100% linnen, both inside and outside. I am quite happy with how it turned out.
Finished for today. I will be back soon, maybe with the bag I plan to make with the wowen strap.
I have advanced slowly on the weaving lately since I have been doing some sewing. I have added a page dedicated to sewing on the blog. Please feel free to check it out here.
Here is a preview of my current weaving project though, which is a mix of various animals.
I like the viking style bags with wooden handles, and it is a good place to use some of my woven straps/belts. So I made a belt with the leftovers from my coat and then I did a Sulawesi style strap in thin wool in colors to match (green, white and brown). So here it is…
The strap is using 16 motif cards and 2+2 border cards. Most motifs are in my design page. If not, just drop me a note and I will upload it.
The woven part, with quite a lot of leaf variations:
It took me some time to finish and the main reason is that I decided to sew myself a rain jacket in the middle of weaving it. The results is here.
I have been working on this belt on and off for the last month or so, in paralell with sewing my coat. I do like the color combination, but I need to draw some new patterns for 16 cards. I seem to weave the same designs over and over. I do like weaving the edges in the classical diamonds pattern though. I find it adds alot to the overall impression.
Well, here it is. a bit more that 2 meters long, wool, 16 motif cards + 10 border cards.
Some of the design elements:
I finished this belt quite fast. I really like to weave in silk, since it is very smooth. However, on the down side, the threads are brittle and wear easily during weaving. Well, here it is.
I thought of this “horses” pattern (to the left) while weaving, and I really like how it turned out. I also tried some new “creatures in squares” for 24 cards.
The silk yarn and some details.
The other design elements are mostly my own. Some I have tried before and some not, but I have lost track. I have hundreds of designs and sketches in my folders and I never took note of what I tried or not. If you would like the turning pattern of anything not on the design page, please contact me (the contact page is not always working though, please use the e-mail adress).
As some of you may know, I have created quite a few patterns on the theme “creatures in squares”. Here is a small sample of some of them. I am still experimenting on the context and new patterns.
Some of them can be found in my design section.
I warped up this band in silk, and I just love the soft feel of it when weaving. So a sneak preview…
The yarn…
and the weave…
I also have a new page with a gallery of some of my work, here.
I loved this color combination of blue, red and yellow in Mora garn (a swedish, quite thin, weaving wool yarn). However, when I started weaving I was a bit disapointed how it turned out. The blue and red transformed to purple when viewing it from a distance. So I decided to inverse the motiv color and the background color (by weaving 2 more picks forward (4 forward), so the starting position was B and C upp, instead of down. Then I changed back after each design element. Have a look below.
I also tried some floats in the center of a flower pattern (to the right on the 1st picture). I also did the original for comparasion (left on the 1st picture). Turning diagram in the design section.
Below are some of the designs, and I am super happy with the kangaroo! Turning diagram can be found in the design section.
Some other animals – reindeers, horses and an octopuss.
I am quite fond of the reversed colors with the blue as design color:
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