I have finished my Sulawesi belt with 16 motif tablets that I wrote about a few weeks ago. I am quite happy with the result. The automn colors go well with the trees outside my window and I like feeling of the wool. I even got a chance to try it on during a medieval market yesterday.
Automn bliss
I tried some new designs for 16 cards and I will add them to the library of motifs. I have also made a short video posted on the same page, to show how to weave using my pensil designs.
I am really happy with the baby dragons. I will weave more of these.
Baby dragonsMore baby dragons?
Some classical dragons and leaves to finish off.
Please let me know if you are interested in some of the other motifs.
I have started a new weave with 16 design tablets (+6 border tablets).
It feels really easy going to handle 16 tablets after the 32 on my last weave. I also really enjoy the yarn (Holst Garn, 100% wool), which I haven’t tried before. It has a rustic feeling and is quite strong. Above all, the strands does not glue together!!
I plan to add a page here with my favorite yarn suppliers (when I have time), and Holst will definitely be on it.
I have tried out some new motifs for 16 cards. I am quite happy with the pair below. Baby dragons?
I will add the turning sequence to the design page, once the belt is completed.
I also tried some new “flower bud” string motifs. For the below motif, I used the same on my 32 card weave, but using it as a double string. Even though I find the motif nicer in the 16 card version, I do like the idea of how the 16 card motifs can be combined together. I plan to explore this more on my next 32 card weave.
I completed my new Sulawesi belt in 32 motif cards (16 pairs), where I combine motifs from my “Creatures in Squares” series with motifs based on plants (grapewines, fruits, flowers on branches, etc). The red and the green are wool (regular knitting yarn, 100% wool) and the yellow is a mix of wool and silk.
I really enjoyed putting together my different designs in a new way. I find that I often make photocopies of my designs, where I cut and glue pieces together from different designs or I simply combine the elements with magnets on a cardboard board.
Taking one photo of the whole belt does not show it off very well, so I will show it in parts and if you are interested in some of the turning patterns, please let me know and I will add it to the Design page.
I tried out some new variants of dogs (in squares). Either single dogs, or 2 dogs (or cats?) together (mother and puppy?). I uploaded 3 of the dogs-patterns on the design page.
Various DogsWho let the dogs out…
I also made some new “wines” and “branches with fruits” motifs to go between the “squares”. The green/red/yellow in this band make them look like strawberries.
Berries and flower budsStrawberries, birds and dogs.
Here the squirrel and the rabbit are joined by a simpler wine with a leaf.
The full band is below but the light is rather bad. it meassures a bit more than 2 meters.
The turning pattern for one of the wines and the octopus.
