I finally finished this beast. It was much longer to weave compared to Sulawesi, also in part since I drew new designs all the time. Some photos below, and I will update the pebble weave page with the new designs. Please go ahead and use them if you’d like.
The pebble weave is actually double face, meaning that the contrasting colours are on the back (from and back side above). Please also note how you can switch between the 2 outlines/tack down colours (white and brown), to create different effects.
I have to admit that the weaving with 6-hole cards required a lot of concentration, so after weaving a bit, I decided to change to regular 4 hole cards, cutting out 2 threads. The results is below. The 4 hole is nothing spectacular, but more relaxing to weave. I took the opportunity to weave some designs I drew 3-4 years ago but didn’t really test, mainly various dragons and keltic knots.
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 too pink and I hesitated to change it by cutting out one or 2 threads per card. In the end I flipped the motif colors (mauve) and the background colour (green) and continued to weave approximately 2 m. I also worked on some variations of the leaf theme for 16 cards, which I will upload on the design page.
Then I attached the weft and cut out the accompanying colours to do some pebble weave with 2 missing holes, and it turned out much nicer than my initial weave. I regret not doing it sooner, since I only had enough warp to weave around 60cm.
The 1st belt looks like this:
The second, shorter pebble weave looks like this:
It’s amazing how the mauve colour looks so different (nicer) when the lighter thread is gone.
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.
I got a request for the dragon in the bottom right of the combined picture on top. I have 2 versions (as with many of my designs), one horizontal (as shown here) and one vertical. I added both below and to my 24 card designs page. Enjoy!
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 it is somehow “flat”. I will add some of the new designs to the design page (and below).
After this one, I plan to take a summer brake. C U in September.
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 lately. I could not weave them all, but at least some of them. I will add the weaving diagrams asap here on my page for 24 card 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.
