a well warped loom

We all concur that the sight of a well warped loom takes a weaver to the heights.

Here's my contribution to levitation and defiance of gravity. A simple double weave in fashion no-no black and brown!

And here you have the the nuts and bolts of it. No big deal.
Now if i could only upload the WIF file here. Ideas anyone?

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beautiful kasuri

This cotton kasuri fabric was given to me by my friend Atsuko in exchange for some bobbin lace i brought her. The Japanese and gift giving!
It was a whole kimono tan that i cut up in half to share with a mutual friend. Handwoven in very fine cotton it has both double and single kasuri motifs.
The fuzzy selvedges so that the woven design matches the resist design is something that i find endearing.

You can watch this video showing the tying of kasuri motifs. It was hard to resist those frothy indigo vats :)

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reviewing the situation

Once you get out of sync getting back is an almost monumental task. There are still so many things to clear out, so may loose ends, so many kinks to straighten!

The good news is that this week i've been able to actually do some work in the studio, other than shift things from one place to another.
The other good news is that i met a weaver who lives here. Oh! a weaving crony in the making!

Back to work and studio working.
This one just flowed out and it was quite therapeutic. Too bad the gilding doesn't photograph well.
Now i have a weaving to full waiting for me.

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