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Daily Band Weaving: Day 26

03 Wednesday Feb 2021

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Do you see a butterfly? The pattern in Inkle Weaving, by Helene Bress, page 124 (194b) looked like a butterfly to me. “Aw, how sweet, I get to weave a butterfly,” I thought. But upon completion, I am not so sure. Ok, maybe an abstract butterfly or a bat? This is one of those designs that looks one way on paper, but doesn’t translate the same once woven. I do like it, nonetheless. It also reads as a crown to me. Maybe I’ll add some glass beads to it at the top…

What do you see?

Until next time,

warp, weave, be happy! ~ Jennifer

Daily Band Practice: Day 25

02 Tuesday Feb 2021

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And today’s design is brought to you by Helene Bress, from the book Inkle Weaving, page 117, published in 1975.

Inkle Weaving is the first book I owned about inkle weaving. The friend who taught me to inkle weave suggested the book, and I am so glad she did. I find myself referencing it often when I am in a design phase.

After working with one author’s designs for a month it was interesting to weave a design from another author. Their unique design sensibilities of the patterns presented by the two authors definitely highlights different aesthetics. With the groupings of right-side up and upside down triangles, the motif has a bit of an Aztec or Southwestern feel. I wonder how the feel of the motif would change if multiple warp ends were picked up in each pick instead. So many options!

Until next time-

warp, weave, be happy! ~ Jennifer

Daily Band Practice: Day 24

02 Tuesday Feb 2021

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This motif of a human figure is the first that I have woven. I’ve always enjoyed the backstrap designs of South American that depict human figures. It was fun to finally weave one. I did modify this design a little by adding one more pickup row in the head, and elongating the hat.

Weaving this motif was pretty straight forward, picking up warp threads in pairs for the entire design. While this is from Evelyn Neher’s book, Inkle, it is not a printed pattern in the book. I adapted it from a picture on page 50, exhibit 1, which she captioned as “Student’s first belt with pickup design”. This was the end of her section on what she calls alternating, so the next post will feature a motif from a different book. Which one will it be, hmmmm?

Until next time,

Warp, weave, be happy! ~ Jennifer