Wrapt Weaving

It has been 10 years since I started Wrapt Weaving and six since I relaunched my website. Life changes however, and being a librarian and a grass farmer at happily occupies me to the extent that I don’t to have time to weave. I still have my looms (and a LOT of yarn in my stash) so it isn’t goodbye forever, just farewell for now. Your support and friendship has been wonderful and I can’t wait to share my new adventures as I follow all of yours. X # # # Jen

I love this cloud from last night

Trying to find some peace for my mind in the garden and here was this beauty.

We are underway. The pattern is called a braided twill (Strickler #380). Because it is a type of 3-1 twill it means that the front and the back of the cloth look quite different.
On one side the silver-grey weft is dominant and shows the pattern. The other side shows less of the silver and let’s the colours of the warp show through.
It is nice to be making some progress!

Sigh. This is the seventh time I have cut out the weft from this piece. It is fighting back at me but slowly, slowly I will fix the sett (warp thread density) fix the weft thread selection (too think/thin/bright/dark) and finally fix the threading error that is mucking up the pattern. Slowly, I will convince it that it is meant to be beautiful.

Sneak peak of this new warp. It’s beautifully fine, a combo of many different yarns and I love it. I feel like the yarn, colour and loom gods are smiling down on me right now.

This third scarf on the green hand-painted warp is paired with the navy/emerald and silver. Each time I look at it I see a different aspect of the design popping out. I’m determined to finish this tonight!

Ohhh in love with this weaving draft (pattern)!

I have been out in the sun today with 20 cones of yarn looking at colour combinations and gradients.

Last week I gave a weaving demonstration to a group of 50 7-year-old students via Zoom and talked to them about what inspires me as a weaver. And that is colour. Unknowingly they sparked my creative curiosity and this is the result. I have no idea what it will become but I’m excited by it.

Pictured here are some of the trials and the final results (although I couldn’t resist adding a deep shiny olive to the mix afterwards).

I’m using the second green scarf on this warp to test the double shuttle that my son 3D printed for me. I’m so happy that it is running smoothly and let’s me weave two colour at the same time with accuracy and speed. I’m using the same shiny olive tencel together with a deep navy and jade wool. Yum! This is how I’ll be spending my lockdown weekend.

I hope you are all well. There is so much going on in our lives right now. I decided that finishing this green hand-dyed scarf in merino, alpaca, silk and cashmere was one thing I could control. So I did. It will be on Felt.co.nz soon.

Twill blocks in hand-dyed silk and 8/2 cotton in purples and oranges. A bit like sunset.