Fourth Time’s a Charm

At last, at last, there is something to say about weaving around here!  In my last entry on yarn, I showed how I struggled getting the wedge weave of the Noro yarn level.  It was growing thicker, which indicates there is too much yarn in there.  From suggestions – I chalked it up to how the Noro yarn packs.  Typically in a wedge weave, I advance one warp with each pass.  With the difference in the packing, I started to take an “on-off” approach.  So I took out the weaving and tried skipping every other warp with the next pass – the top sank which indicates there’s not enough yarn.  Ugh - Unweave that as well.  Now let’s try two rows together, then one single.  Still droops…  Take that out again.  Finally, I went with two together, skip a warp and two together again.  That seems to be working VERY closely to level without much interaction from me.  So now I can show you a complete wedge!!!!

Besides the Noro Yarn, one of the new things about this piece is to make it reversible.  Unweaving and reweaving has given me a great deal of practice since I am working in the ends as I go.

Here’s where I came to the end of one bobbin of yarn: I did secure the end with a half hitch around the warp and brought the end to the front of the weaving.                                   I then split the yarn into it’s number of plies and distributed them around the warps.                                                                            The chocolate yarn breaks down into 4 plies, so I distributed two in either direction.  The far left and the far right ends were woven to hide them within the weave.                                                   From there I threaded each ply through a needle and fed it through the middle of the weaving next to a warp.  In this picture I’ve already finished the first and am about to pull through the second. The ends are carefully trimmed and i even pull a bit on the half hitch to hide the very tip of the yarn into the fabric. Then same is performed with the start of the next piece of yarn.

Hopefully now there will be a bit more news relating to yarn from this neck of the woods!

Tapestry Articles in fibre quarterly

fibre quarterly in Canada focuses on tapestry this issue

http://www.velvethighway.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=28&id=46&Itemid=107

If you are just interested in seeing the tapestry pieces, these show some stunning works.

from the Moon Rain Center
http://www.velvethighway.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=149&Itemid=107

Canada Tapestry Network
http://www.velvethighway.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=150&Itemid=107

Tapestry Blues

For those who don't follow Debbie Herd's Blogsite:  There was a tapestry exhibition in Adelaide, Australia from June to July sponsored by the Hand Spinners and Weavers Guild of SA.  Tapestry weavers from Australia and New Zealand created 47 tapestries that may be seen at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41841907@N04/

Other blogsites I follow who also participated are:

Katie at YarnGarden
Ruth Lathlean

Enjoy!