contagious enthusiasm

 whenever alice begins one of her weaving explorations her enthusiasm becomes contagious.

her granite explorations got me to the computer right away. i was working with some constraints, 20 shafts out  of 24 because i wanted to tie on to what i had on the loom, minus the 4 shaft border, rather than go through all the motions. i came up with this one  for starters , can be tweaked further ,but i was anxious to weave some samples.it is a 10 sha satin and a granite derived from it, although i'm still not sure if it fully qualifies for that nomenclature. my aim eventually, will be working with granites and differential shrinkage.

 sucky aspect ratio and should be re-sleyed, taking notes on that and pinning it to the sample. no way i'm re-slaying, this is supposed to be fun! there are some glaring mistakes, but weaving and life go on.

practice makes perfect. the second tweaked version will be better.

neki desu

sampling sets

can you hear me cally booker? ^_^
the double weave preset collection finished, washed and pressed.

the second from the bottom up would look very good in complementary colors, never mind the mistakes on the back sides.

the first row  is a brocade, it holds some possibilities, but i  was juggling  with the  4 shaft border( not seen)  so i got tired and moved on.

again, i can see  the patterns with  less contrast  woven  in  complementary colors for a nice pop.
i must have grown up in the process because i found  this sampling fun (*o*)
so fun that i have another short warp coming up for granites, this one has some color, c'mon, one does not want to push it too far!

neki desu
 

brush up your college french

non essential, but nice, to get the most of the vid.   how ochre is transformed  into red ochre
pigments rule.

have a wonderful weekend.!



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