A Gift for a Friend

A gift made by two for a friend.

 The wrapping was on a core of cotton with red possum and black bamboo/wool.

 Metal of red and black with a core of copper adds a richness to the creation........basket.

Shaped elements to remind us how nature is always adjusting and creating much pattern, texture and beauty for us.

Splash of Yellow

 

This is where I have used a splash of yellow yarn to give a splash of difference. I used landscape dyes to colour. I had done some solid dyed yarn for a present, this is what I did with the dye left to see if my other idea would work. Yes the dye idea worked. The pieces are to be wet finished.

Reflective Shape

The showing of the reflective tape yarn hanging at LOT 19 for the recent Sculpture exhibition. The first few images show insitu while the last is it reflecting.

To shape a piece of weaving after it is woven, or to cut up is always a interesting for me as one who likes to multi use a piece I have made which is straight length.

Dyed Idea

This set of pictures is the process of two making for one.
We dyed the yarn.
Warp is wound.
Then looked at.
Woven by two and finished.
Then delivered and now the if part of will the recipient wear it.
But then we realised no finished picture oh well that happens in life.


Remembered I do have samples which is lovely.

Trios from a warp

 

trios weaving - throw under is part of a set to be shown at another time.

These came about from a couple of weaving's exploring combined colours in a warp. I use a finer warp than weft and clasp weaving method that I feel gives interest and difference in pattern.

100% wool warp and weft, red (two different reds) and two- thirds dark green and pink in the left and centre weaving, the combining of clasp-weft and putting in other colours give interest to my weaving. I also tried out a couple of fringing ideas from two threads the same colour to twisting options.

These are what has inspired the trios above.

 

Two lengths using clasp-weft and is one way I do free form, in which it is done by eye and is very enjoyable.

Start of Winter Weaving

 Winter Weaving has be brought in by the use of wool in 3 & 8 plys and the interesting find at the Bendigo woollen mills of a rainbow coloured yarn with a black thread twisted around the rainbow. I am still on the Saori way of clasp weft and freeform as is more easy to see in last couple images. Squares by way of inlay and or clasp wefting gave a great sample or small piece.

Front before trimming.

Front now trimed, I like the threads showing the way I made

and possibly the unfinished and slightly messy way it looks.

I have washed this sample and knotted using two threads together.

This is the whole piece looking at the back, before it is ironed.

Moments wrap is showing how in winter the moments of sun, fun and comfort can be time shortened

yet much enjoyed and needed. I have very much enjoyed making these three weavings.

Winter Moments a very fun bit of weaving was had by myself with shape and rainbows against the black background showed the colours well.

Thank you

Reflective Tape Weaving

From the idea to loom then a bit longer than expected and onto delivery at RMIT First Site Gallery in Melbourne. I enjoyed the process even if it took longer than I thought. In part because somewhere I miss calculated the length, it was supposed to be 2.5metres long but resulted in closer to 4 metres. But very effective when light shines on it in a certain way.

  

 The loom looked a treat and almost space age.

 Now it in it's unreflective state. The method of clasping the weft has given myself a whole new world of opportunities to explore shape and pattern with texture.

Above shows the way reflective looks when partially aglow, and below when rolled up on it's black square rod as I didn't want to take away from the total effect by hemming or creating a pocket and this way it completes the project by showing all parts, and this is a me thing.

Laid out at home with the flash for bringing out the glow.

Now for the reveal at the gallery RMIT First Site Gallery - Melbourne.

When looking at the length looks like the first one, but under the flash there is the glow. I am a very happy with this piece.

Stainless Steel & Silk Warp

This length has taken some time as I have been seeing what white yarns I wanted to use on a stainless steel and silk warp. I had been collecting small amounts of the stainless steel and silk over the last couple of years through sampling and shipbuilding as they have been kind to let myself  know about the fabulous yarns from Avril and Habu among a few others. The introduction of Saori weaving from Sampling has opened many possibilities from my ideas head space. So I wind the warp - To which I am still a bit naughty in not working out too many figures like the number of ends per inch and sett, but that's me. I did write down somewhere the number of ends I ended up with but alas it is now in a new safe place.



On the Table Loom,  looking at the light coming through.



I have such a lovely time when sitting chatting to the two companion's that keep myself company on this textile journey - while I explore what happens when ?????? ya that was interesting.

A square of stainless steel and silk to give a feature of some sort.

I still have tension issues and edges that look like waves to which I am learning to live with, forever viewing them as expressions of my emotional and other parts of me coming through.

Unwashed - detail of one end, what wrinkles and where did they come from? 

The weft is a combination of vintage white boucle Paton's (?1950's), wool 3-4 ply, silk and cotton blend, silk gima, cotton, tencel and possibly a couple of other yarns all of which could be brought as white yarn. Along with stainless steel and silk as the open squares to gain shape and movement in the piece or at least interest for me on how to weave them as I go along.



Finished unwashed length laid out in hall.



The only place which is long enough to see the length. Images a bit bright, yet it is a very sunny day and I was glad to see the total length. I kept the fringes longish to see what will happen when wet finishing is done, the only bit will be to sort out knotting.

Thanks

Hand dyed and Knitting

 I explored a couple of years ago - Microwave dyeing with mainly local yarns (except for some very old bubbly yarns - ? Paton's that I got locally). They range in 3-8 plys and I used Food colouring, coming from the primary with only a couple of secondary like green, brown and possible an orange.

 I have hand knitted since I was 11, often following patterns but these scarves are my free form or freedom style. I have applied cast on and do what feels interesting and when I have used the whole ball of 25 -50 grams.

 

 

The next few show a close up of what I have knitted - like wrapping, garter stitch, bringing knitting through and over or picked up. 

This is a gather method that I tried and is more than the 50 grams in weight as I had been going to use as a warp but knitting happened.

 

Just a few made.