Weave...

Now I'm on Weave in the final rotation of Textiles for this term. We will be using the Jacquard looms to create very quick detailed weaves as well as doing about 4 hand woven samples.

This time in weave we had to learn to thread up the weave loom in the colours that we wanted to use related to our new project on lace.  The picture below shows the kind of colours I decided to use.  To make the threading up the loom easier we were put into pairs so we would be able to work as a team.  It was nice to learn teamwork and find out which way is easier and quicker to thread up the loom.  We chose light crème and brown colours which were very suited to lace.  We had to choose yarns that were strong and were very hard to break which was tricky as we would find the right colours but the yarn wouldn’t have been suitable.

In order to get all these new samples completed I must go in and work on my hand loom during my free time as well as my tutorial classes.  I am sketching interesting patterns and designs to create on the hand loom and I can’t wait to start experimenting with the looms.