although hard to believe i'm a weaver also

Been carried away by instant gratification and doing just a little weaving. But first and foremost i am a weaver. Boy that's a statement!
Here is the second of the Holes series. i'm installed at Undoland. You know when the curve is not curving gracefully and you see it 5 centimeters afterwards? And this is weaving at 50 picks per centimeter give or take.
Yet this is love and i keep thinking about the next one in the series which will incorporate some surface design.
A side thrill is weaving with my Japanese silk shuttle and bobbins.

neki desu

living on the terrace under the parasol

Taking advantage of the cool summer, very pleasant for Barcelona. But trying to get things done. This is another one of the crackles halfway completed. i don't like to publish incomplete work however i made an exception here.The trimming to be used is dyeing and there's going to be a black and white shibori patch.The person who envisions the way it will turns out wins!
Checked Sharon's blog this morning for this week's stitch and it's another easy, fun one. Goody won't ever come indoors!

There's also cotton fabric rusting on the terrace ( thanks Lynda for answering my SOS) And a new indigo vat fermenting away. The previous one got too too fermented and it spoilt.
Strike one and counting.

neki desu

TAST 28- sheaf stitch

i skipped the previous TAST which was bullion stitch.Too many problems with it at once and hey! i'm officially on vacation.
This week's sheaf stitch was better, although i had bleeding problems. But that's the thread's fault and not the stitch. It's also a bit too busy, but again, that's the fabric and not the stitch. Wanted to use that fabric badly before it turned into a pumpkin. i'm going through a heavy dyeing phase taking advantage of the summer weather and doing lots of sample dyeing. More about that tomorrow.

It's a fun stitch with lots of possible variations. i discovered (DUH!) that using the stab method one can add more stalks to the stitch. i'm still on tenter hooks concerning the sewing and the stab methods as i don't know the whys. Sometimes the stab method feels like cheating.

Threads were silk noil from Stef Francis, DMC verigated cotton single and double stranded and some odd perle cotton remnant.


neki desu