A blog about tablet weaving and how to design your own belts.
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:
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…
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…
I just finished a new belt, woven in Sulawesi (as usual), but in 100% silk. The photos doesn’t give justice to the subtile shiny surface and the very soft feeling, but the feel of it is nice. I am a big fan of wool, but occasionally, silk is great too.
I have used 32 motif cards +6 border cards. Some of the designs are uploaded in my designs page and I plan to add some more, since I have tested some new variants and also how doubling up on some 16-card motivs can look like.
Kalle the Cat agreed to do some modeling…
I cannot stop weaving my beloved “creatures in squares” whenever I have a 32 card weave on the loom. To the left, octopus and swan and to the right a collection of dogs.
Various pictures of the belt. The light makes a big difference on the colors though.
I will upload some new designs on my designs page, or you can download them directly below.
I have been lazy on the weaving during the summer, but now I feel inspired again. I have started a weave with silk. Well, the yellow is technically a mix of wool and silk, but still, the green and red are pure silk. Current weave: 32 motif cards + 6 border cards. I plan to maybe try some combinations of different 16 cards motifs (since 16 +16 =32). Lets see how it turns out. A first glance below.
warping and threading…
Weaving…
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).
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 really like the combination of blue and purple, but I feel that it is too “girly” somehow. Now I have finished a belt in blue and a quite pinkish purple. I do love these colors, but I still feel that I should weave with more grown up colors next time.
Well, here is my girly Sulawesi band, in wool from Weavers Bazzar, threaded with 3 strands per card (one empty hole per card, omitting the background color).
I took the chance to try some horse patterns and some lizzard and dragon patterns. I will add them to the designs page.
The threading diagram below:
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