mishaps serial

i should call this stole trompe l'oeil or fooling the eye. the silk knit came out well and i put it in my sucessful ai vat. the color came out well, but it was crocking. badly dyed, hurriedly dyed, not properly fixed  etc etc. the rinsing washed away all the unfixed dye leaving an uneven washed out jean  color .

the kumo shibori was also not a very good idea as the untieing became difficult and produced some holes.

note to self: remember te  kumo is the pits on knits.

no way the frugal textilian was going to trash the stole therefore out came the thinking hat. perhaps i could  print something to blend and hide the uneven color plus give it some zing.

i  decided to go on the direction of the ai painting tutorial  i posted a while ago using a stencil my sister cut for me. 

i think it worked and i saved the number. however as sensei says good, but not perfect which in this case is fooling the eye, and not perfect

of course honoring the craft i won't dare to sell it and will wear it myself.
i could never work on wall street i'm not a good p.r. person i know.

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virtual textiling

managed to finish making a new warp chain yesterday before totally dehydrating in that hot hot studio.
getting ready for the change of season.
for now all textile production is virtual. do you like my new knit? generated in apophysis x7


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the story behind the project

the school, as many others around this insane world, had just given the final axing touches to their textile department and program and the small beauty was in a corner literally rotting to death. ignored by all the powers that be who in turn had refused my offer, in a not so remote past, to restore it. time had come to clean and make space for more serious pursuits  and surprise, surprise, the loom was going to be thrown away.

luck in the form of a former teacher called on me  and urged me to get there as fast as i could to pick it up.  there i went, loaded it on a push cart and hauled it home for 4 blocks! a rather sorry sight, but look who's laughing now (^_^)

at first my wishful thinking lead me to believe it was a small jacq loom as the carpentry workshop at school used to build those as gifts for visiting dignitaries.then after a more sedate look i found out that it was an 18 shaft loom capable of weaving up to 20 cms.

i have along term restoration project in the horizon which is already giving husband-san the hives. moreover,blinded by ambition, i'm contemplating having either a comber board or a jacq head built.as a preliminary step i have already downloaded various documents from the late ralph griswold site.
hope that winter is long enough to accommodate both weaving and restoration projects.

you can examine the photos at will here

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