Interleaved Waves
It’s magical to watch the amazing color blendings of a four-colored warp and one-colored weft as the weaving progresses on the loom. Inspired by the various images in both Marian Stubenitsky‘s book, Weaving With Echo and Iris, and Bobbie Irwin‘s book, Weaving Iridescence, I designed a few drafts using four colors and interleaving in the threading. The color blendings looked pretty good in one of the drafts so I wove it as a sample that I plan to cut up and share with my fellow members of the Fine Threads Study Group at Complex Weavers. Here are photos of the finished piece and also how it looked on the loom:
For the warp I used 20/2 non-mercerized cotton in four colors: blue, yellow, green, and black. For the weft I used the same cotton in a dark pink. The sett is 42 e.p.i. and about 40 p.p.i. As you can see below, these yarns do not look very impressive at first glance, they are not even shiny, but once woven, wet-finished, and seen in proper lighting, the transformation is magical. The colors become iridescent – they appear to be changing as the angle of view changes. The colors are most playful and bright from close-up and not so much when viewed from a distance.
Using Fiberworks weaving software, my design started out with a simple pattern or design line that I networked using initial 4. Opting for non-parallel threadings, I then interleaved this networked pattern line with a straight twill, and then interleaved this with itself. Sounds like fun, doesn’t it? It really is with the interleave tool in Fiberworks. The final result is four interleaved threadings with four repeating colors. The treadling is just one networked pattern line of one color. Here’s a partial draft of my design:
Hope you’re inspired by this post. It’s mid-February now, and I’m enjoying the subtle beauty I see in my yard. A few days after I took this photo it snowed again, but I’m looking forward to Spring:
Wishing you well, see you next time!
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February 16, 2022 at 7:19 pm
Wow! Thank you for this post, especially the process of developing the weave structure.
February 16, 2022 at 7:20 pm
Exquisite!! Love it
February 16, 2022 at 9:02 pm
Gorgeous and inspiring! Thanks so much for sharing.
February 16, 2022 at 10:09 pm
What a fun weave! It’s beautiful.
February 16, 2022 at 11:23 pm
Always looking forward
Thank you for your inspiration.
I like to use black
February 17, 2022 at 9:04 am
thank you for sharing it took my breath away so beautiful
February 17, 2022 at 2:59 pm
Beautious!!!💚
February 18, 2022 at 4:02 pm
Thank you all for your comments, you made my day!
Eva