nothing like laying on wool carpets wearing blue jeans in 90+ degree sun:
Posts Tagged ‘random’
4 Jun
100 sq ft… check!
last night, i finished weaving the square footage needed for the mini golf hole! it was more exciting and relieving than i could have predicted, even though we still have a lot of work to do making hazards and pulling the whole piece together. nevertheless, i poured myself a nice, cold, new belgium mothership wit [...]
29 May
weaving the bedrock+ water hazard
i’m using a diamond twill for the bedrock: here it is wrapping up on the front beam: the warp has four colors: i’m using an extended herringbone twill + random warp for the water hazard. the orange cord you see below is used for the first few shots to spread out the warp (when you [...]
25 May
waffle-woven earth
got the earth strip done, using waffle weave and the randomly striped warp: i really liked weaving this structure. the “waffle” stood out much more clearly with plainer yarns, but still gave a nice texture with fancier, more elaborate skeins. it would make a really nice blanket.
22 May
how to warp an earthy loom from front to back, abridged
1. tie the bouts you’ve measured to the front beam. 2. sley the reed. 3. thread your heddles: 4. as you’re threading your heddles, tie every ten ends with a knot: 5. tie your knotted ends to the back apron rod. 6. beam your warp (wind it up on the back beam). make sure you [...]
21 May
measuring the earth
mahana, ever helpful, makes sure the brown yarn doesn’t get away: first bout of “earth” warp, using random striping again, measured out: the cross:
20 May
about two-fifths done…
my little sister jillian’s dog, rico, hanging out with the sky + grass strips: another view: close-up of the herringbone rug:
17 May
2′ by 8′ of tweed grass
finished strip of tweed grass using a randomly striped warp, shown here on my parent’s kitchen floor: i also randomly kicked the tweed’s direction back and forth. detail of an area of shag loops and bit of tapestry: i love the loops and the tapestry, but since i have limited time to complete the fairway, [...]
16 May
the end of grass no.1
i’m almost done with grassy strip no.1. the whole thing is woven in 2/2 twill with the randomly striped warp and lots of weft striping. here it is wound up on the front beam: below is the back apron rod. you can tell i’m pretty much done because this is the end of the warp, [...]
14 May
random stripes and tapestry moves
for the first strip of “grass,” i decided to randomly stripe the warp. i pulled simultaneously from about 7 spools of my 8/4 cotton carpet yarn and wrapped them on the warping board. then, when i was holding the cross and sleying the reed, i randomly picked a color to sley. this process gives a [...]
