The warp is a thin spun silk that I ordered from Japan. I am very much in love with Japanese silks, and use them extensively in my weaving. For the colour palette of the warp I was given a lovely inspiration picture – or, rather, a collage of three wedding bouquets. So, this is a colour … More Weaving Bouquet collection – introduction
My latest adventure in the fabric world is shibori, in particular – itajime shibori. Translated from Japanese, it means folded and clamped dye technique. There are many ways to fold a fabric, then to clamp it and then to dye it. All three factors result in a gazillion combination of the possible results. Which means, … More Itajime shibori silk scarf
Well, not anymore. I got the dyeing / painting / bug in the system recently, and here are the results. This is a large square scarf that I painted with fibre reactive dyes and then, after washing, drew spirals with golden glitter. Will see how it survives the wash, but so far I am happy … More White silk scarves
Parts 1, 2, and 3 After seeing dark and really light colours in weft, I decided to try white silk. I also added pale green at the end of this sample, just for fun. Here are the results, and what can I say? I love silk in all grades and colours.
Part 1 and part 2 Now, let’s play with the cobalt blue and another variegated yarn. The blue is 10/2 mercerized cotton in Nassau, and variegated is bourette with fuchsia, orange, pink, yellow and purple. Really dark colour weft really works with this warp. And variegated weft works too – both add intensity to … More Wedding Bouquet project: selecting a weft, part 3
Part 1 Now let’s have a look at the intense and dark weft, like dark purple, and compare it to a variegated weft, where I used yellow, turquoise, fuchsia, magenta and purple. Dark purple is thick bourette silk and the variegated weft is thin spun Mulberry silk. It looks to me that dark weft allows … More Wedding Bouquet project: selecting a weft, part 2
The lovely hand-painted silk is now on the loom, and the question my customers face: what yarn, which colour and which pattern to choose? I run the samples at the beginning of most projects to ease answering it. So, let’s start with plain weave and hearts weave, in light gold silk weft and pale purple … More Wedding Bouquet project: selecting a weft, part 1
I don’t know if I mentioned it before here, but when I weave, I practically never see a pattern. I can spot an irregularity in woven fabric (aka a weaving error), I can see the coming knots in the warp. But I simply do not see the pattern beyond the mesh of the warp … More A point of view
What I love about my weaving, is that it connects me to people in more ways that I can imagine. And this morning was not an exception: a new name popped up in the FB messages, and I learned that one of the pieces I wove made into a bracelet! How awesome is that? (and … More A path to connect
Still working on a backlog, but definitely making a dent. 🙂 Here is one of the Stone Plum shawls, with silk weft. It is a beauty, light, but warm, draping like a charm and so so lovely in hand.
THE SILKY WEAVE 