This piece is woven with bourette silk that was twisted with bits of silk in different colours. I believe that Habu labels this silk as “Tsumugi”, which is a correct name, as “tsumugi” means “bourette” in Japanese. But I also got the impression that bourette silk with bits and nubs of different colours is what … More Wedding Bouquet collection, wrap #4
Oh, the softness! This loop is woven in a diamond variation pattern, and the weft is the same silk as in warp. The weft is hand-dyed in pale pink, green, golden tones. And it is for sale! It is 30 cm in height (12 inches) and 62 cm in loop (32 cm flat, or 12.5 inches … More Wedding Bouquet collection, loop scarf #9
Weaving is all about making rectangular things. At least, weaving on a rectangular framed loom. So, among baby wraps, towels, placemats and table runners, I can also make scarves. And here is the first scarf in the Wedding Bouquet collection, for a dear friend. This is a plain weave, with a reeled silk as … More Wedding Bouquet, a scarf loop #8
Gentle and subtle, yet beautiful and strong, with 270 GSM density. The weft is the same silk as in the warp. Weft colours are gentle, with three shades of pale pink, and there is turquoise and sour apple green accents to add another layer of intricacy to the look. Just look at the drape! While … More The Wedding Bouquet, wrap #2
Drape, softness and pleasure for the eyes, if I am asked to describe this wrap. SeaSilk yarn, hand-dyed in pink, magenta, fuchsia, with the hints of yellow and turquoise, is the weft for this beauty. In my previous collections, I did a flower for middle marker on several wraps. However, as with any embroidery, the … More The Wedding Bouquet, wrap #3
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
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
THE SILKY WEAVE 