toying with the idea

of putting my newly acquired knowledge from the maiwa course and doing some warp painting.

the above is a somewhat crude try.the only thing i have clear is that i want some splotches in broken twill, not so regular though.

the colors are going to be madder and lac leftties from the course and occupying half of my fridge. also some leftover logwood from the weft dyeing ( mind the spelling)

the weft is going to be bourette silk dyed in logwood and toned down with a ight iron solution.it's more aubergine in person.

still need to do more design work and then start the  threading.

neki desu

 

the importance of simple things

like a guide thread. always overlooked,but warping sectional w/out a warping wheel makes all the difference.arrogant me was teaching herself to warp sectionally with the fine silks i use AND no guide string. the results were painful. warp chains twisting and no reference  to which side was the  good one.

working with thicker threads is also easy, it facilitates the learning process without stress. although the yarn  looks like  mop yarn it is silk which was bought in japan on my first trip so 

it almost qualifies as vintage. (￣ω￣ ) it has been the cause of debates among weaving friends over the years. silk?? nahh!

 it's going to weave nicely no doubts .

all the sections nice and tight were warped in a relatively short time.devising the hack to adequate the tension box to my loom was kind of fun  too.

neki desu

 

mottainai-big time

"pride always brings along the less welcome humbling guest of the fall from grace"

in the life's too short dept.cut and trash. threads kept breaking at an alarming rate even after sized.mostly the purple ones so i gathered it was a factory defrect. or maybe they were left in a damp environment and they weakened.then i wasn't too crazy about the warp design  so a push to cut and trash happened almost automatically.

really a waste of all that cashmere  ¯\ ( ツ ) /¯  but,it was not going anywhere no matter how hard i tried.

sometimes one has to take a deep breath and be brave.

neki desu