1) there has been too much tabby. This is because I have done a lot of yarn dyeing for class samples and to show off the colours (see 5-section warp for a scarf and Devore Autumn Leaves scarf), tabby is best.Not sure that is true in all cases.
2) I hop around from one weaving technique to another. Networking drafting, point twills, double stitched cloth, I have done them all. Jack of all Trades and Master of None.
Suddenly I would like to try out the same technique a lot, say, for a couple of years and get really good at it. And I would like to go on dyeing yarn for warps so that the final fabric has a range of colours in it. I have bought some yarns from 21st Century Yarns (cotton) which are spaced dyed and I will warp up the Megado, using a ghost warp as the yarn is very expensive and I don't want to waste any. I will use a variant of the twill weave shown in this blog which was on 8 shafts but has been extended to 24 shafts. I intend to do a 'Daryl Lancaster' on the space dyed warps and wind the warp so that the colours line up. Warping up will be slow. If this all works then I will dye my own warp yarn, probably a not too fine silk, maybe 20/2NM and tie on to the same ghost warp. Network drafting is also on the cards. The objective is to mix complex weaves with space dyed yarn. I want a shimmering fabric.
The problem, to which I see no solution at the moment, is how can I tell in advance whether I like my choice of colours. Doing wraps will not help since the warp will be space dyed. You might have thought I would get an idea or two from the London Guild Exhibition but I did not. Probably just as well. I don't want to copy anyone. I am not sure what results will appear but I will know, when I see the fabric, if I am going in the right direction.
In addition, I am going on a 3-day course with Samantha Field at the end of October. She is my favourite artist/teacher. The idea is to make you solve your own problems with, I hope, some pushes in the right direction from Samantha.
This will occupy the Megado for the foreseeable future. The Louet Kombo is going to be busy with Tied Weaves which I intend to conquer this winter. I have joined the Complex Weavers Tied Weaves Study Group and the group mentor, Su Butler, has provided us with a starting point in Summer and Winter. Although I have done S&W with Margaret Roach Wheeler, I will do these exercises. And I plan to do the Christmas Cards based on Tied Weaves.
Apart from that, I have completed one loom with its colour gamp, woven my section and am warping up the second. I do not like metal heddles and both are fitted with them. These are Guild looms.
And the Bookbinding class started yesterday. I am practising doing leather inlay and onlay. Photos when I have something to show.
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