Monday 1 July 2013

More donsu

I bought 25 gms each of 8 colours of 30/2 silk, intending to try them all out of the donsu with a geometric pattern. On inspection, some would never do as they were too close in tone to the warp. So I started with the rust. This was so nice that I stuck with it and have finished off the 25 gms and ordered enough to do a waistcoat length.


Here is a close up.







And another view.

















This is the result of playing around with distorted squares. But I will have to wait to try it out until the waistcoat length is complete. Now to wind a warp for the borrowed loom.

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I am weaver and - -. I dye my yarns with acid dyes, I paint my warps, put fabric collages and stencils on my weaving. I have three looms, a 12 inch wide, 12 shaft Meyer for demos and courses, a 30 inch Louet Kombo which is nominally portable but has a stand, two extra beams and a home-made device containing a fan reed. And last a 32 shaft Louet Megado which is computer controlled, has a sectional warp and a second warp beam and I am the proud owner of an AVL warping wheel which I love to bits and started by drilling holes in. I inserted a device for putting a cross in. I have just acquired an inkle loom and had a lesson from an expert so I can watch TV and weave at the same time. I am interested in weaving with silk mostly 60/2 although I do quite a bit with 90/2 silk. I also count myself as a bookbinder with a special interest in Coptic binding.