C'est Fini!

And that's the extent of my French, too.

I tried making 2:2 peacock feathers in the blue/red section. Sort of successful, although it'd work better with an inlaid weft, I think. Above, that, a 3:1 twill, and above that, 1:3 (in linen! With straight selvedges! That counts as a triumph).

Somewhat further along, a lovely 1:3 with a treadling pattern I can't remember at all, 2:2 in my favorite treadling pattern, and then 3:1 in an attempt at a more complex treadling pattern. Not a failure, but not quite a success since I kept forgetting where I was in the pattern.

The blue was 2:2 in a 1-3-2-4 treadling pattern. I like the results, but I'd like to try it on a warp threaded for twill all the way across; I think it needed to be packed tighter, but I couldn't with the plain weave borders. And above that, wiggly twill! Three-quarters of the treadle repeat for my favorite diamond pattern, in 3:1.

And the end of the warp! I probably could have woven another half inch or so, but it was getting tight with the shuttle and the strain on the warp threads (and I'd already retied one bundle of the white warps because they'd come loose) so I ended here. Two big chunks of my favorite pattern in 1:3 (the yellow and the turquoise), a wee bit of 2:2 in red separating them which looks much more striking in person, and the very last is a lovely sparkly weft in 3:1 straight draw twill.

Next on the weaving front is hopefully cloth for a new cloak...possibly in a clever 8-harness pattern, although I might just stick with something simple for the sake of efficiency. Then again...well...it'll be something fancy. Probably.

And Sunday morning, I started a nice mindless garter stitch shawl. It might end up living at my office—I'm always freezing there, and I have enough yarn to make a nice cuddly shawl.

Previous post ~ Next post