Tag: Weaving

Silk, silk, silk

October 6, 2022 / Cissi_555

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.

It is what it is…

November 12, 2021 / Cissi_555

I finished a belt today, but I feel a bit disappointed, as it is not as I expected it to be. It is still ok, but the colors didn’t turn out as I wanted and I tried to fit in too many new designs in one piece. The results is cluttered and not as I had hoped.

But I am quite happy about some of the new designs thought, and especially the “Gruyere birds”. I looked at the Gruyere bird while eating some (Gruyere) cheese, and I decided that I wanted to try a woven version. It is not an exact match, but not too far off either.

I am also quite fond of my “Elks” or “Deers”. Not sure yet which one it is.

I also did some new versions of my Baby dragons. I think they are quite cute.

The threading was done like this:

That’s all for now. Please let me know if you have some comments, or if you are interested in some of the other turning patterns.

Have a great week-end!

A new 16 tablet weave on the loom.

October 20, 2021 / Cissi_555

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.

The turning sequence is added to the design page.

“Creatures in squares” meet grapewines…

October 6, 2021 / Cissi_555

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.

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.

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.