Just Off the Loom

On April 15, I mailed my first samples for the “Early Weaving Books & Manuscripts” study group of Complex Weavers. The description of the study group on the CW web site says ” A forum for those who love the challenge of early weaving drafts. Bimonthly newsletter, some with swatches.” It has been run by the illustrious weaver Marjie Thompson for over 20 years. Some early weaving drafts require extensive analysis to interpret; some have already been studied and updated, including many on Handweaving.net. For my samples this year I chose an eight shaft draft from a series of seven monographs published in 1900-1901 by Charles Petzold, handweaving.net draft #22413. The samples for the EWB&M group should be chosen from works published before 1923. For some unknown reason, my warp was bright pink–thoughts of spring amid the snow? Usually I’m not a pink person. I wove the samples with a pale peach rayon, which toned down the pink-ness of it all, but still….

From my notes for EWB&M–My inclination is always to try for balance and symmetry in my woven patterns. This draft’s asymmetrical treadling was a challenge to me not so much for its difficulty but because I kept wanting it to be symmetrical. I tried a lot of alternate symmetrical treadlings, many of which I liked a great deal. In the end, I decided to quit trying so hard and just to weave the samples with the original treadling to see what the original cloth from the published draft would look like. The resulting gently textured cloth would be good for table linens, a dresser scarf, or maybe towels.

I wove the rest of the warp off in a symmetrical treadling, with a pale gold tencel weft (maybe ecru?)!
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Pink Cloth on Loom

The cloth itself after finishing (washing, drying) is among the Handwoven Textiles above. Also the cloth from the symmetrical treadling.

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