creping 2.0

cut and photographed samples. a real royal PITA to photograph. the light was terrible and i was too lazy to take the lights and do the set up. tried assorted weft yarns. let's see how they react.

tieing on to the table loom. very fine organzine silk, usually reed it at 22-25 ends x cm,this time at 16  but tieing two threads x end to compensate. will try and document the whole process as this will be a hand  felt collaboration project  ;-). more of that later.

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raining here too

but not with so much style.an anthology of movie rain moments by arte, the european cultural t.v. channel

have a good dry weekend!



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this is the end my friends.

 

when the little knots touch the heddle eyes. i could get 10-15 cms more, perhaps 20, but the knots start  getting tangled and life's too short.

friday i'll start re tieing and re sleying as this warp was 2 ends x dent on a 4 ends xcm  reed.

next one'll be my regular silk @20 2nds x cm. still for sampling crepes .

i had to drag myself from the computer because alice's crepe action is absolutely addictive.

i love actions for photos ( can't you tell ?) and actions for weaving are, well, beyond words.

my excitement aside from combining geekery and weaving is because the resulting weaves are ideal for wearables.and i'm on a mission of stash reducing and making my own clothes.
rebellious  little me wants to wear what i want not what i can find in stores.

in a nutshell the action transforms colors into  matrices that can be woven.

i got this crepe from the 12x12 matrix on the side doubled to fit a 24 shaft pplan . three pattern repeats are  illustrated.

the matrix was created  from a medium grayish blue,

 like worn jeans, but not too distressed. i've found  most colors in the mid values yield good weavable results and the pure values do not seem to work for me.

the verry good news is that since it's a textual kind of weaving you do not need gazzilion shafts, you can work them with the multiples of 4.
 (alice correct me if i'm wrong because math is not my thing.)
you can download the action and the crepe overlay from her blog.

 i warned you. it's an addictive process.

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