Colorious Weaving

March 9, 2012

These are some of my weaving samples from over the last 30 years. I have always been more of a Textile Experimenter (Experimentalist? Experimentician?) than a Textile Expert. Magazine articles and workshops constantly introduced me to new techniques that I couldn’t resist trying. As a result, I have woven lots of different kinds of things, from wool rugs to warp-painted silk shawls to linen dish towels.

Pale and Neutral Colors

Warp-painted twill, natural dyes

Overshot dish towel – cream

8-shaft cotton curtain fabric

Swedish lace cotton towel

Warm Colors

Boundweave rug

Undulating twill

Honeycomb

Warp-painted plaited twill – warm colors

Thick and thin weft

Finn weave 1

Finn weave 2

Finn weave 3

Finn weave 2 – reverse

Finn weave 3 – reverse

Finn weave 1 – reverse

Network twill – maroon

Overshot towel – red

Supplementary weft butterflies

Boundweave

Twill towel

Cool Colors

Weft-faced twill rug

Twill blocks

8-shaft supplementary weft – multicolor

8-shaft supplementary weft – blue and white

Warp-painted plaited twill – blue

Leno

Monks’-belt band

Supplementary warp shawl

Complementary colors plaid

Overshot

Twill and basketweave stripes – pale blue

Twill and basketweave stripes – blue

Supplementary warp – ribbon and boucle

Dark Colors

Traditional windowpane check

Network twill

Warp-face rug

8-shaft supplementary weft

Wool boundweave

Linsey-woolsey

Supplementary weft boxes – reverse

Supplementary weft boxes

Wool twill

Twill stripes

Supplementary weft inlay

Multi-colors

Tiny boundweave

Double-weave color sampler – reverse

Double-weave color sampler

Supplementary warp Christmas card

8-shaft Boundweave Christmas card

Supplementary warp Christmas fabric

Supplementary weft bands – reverse

Supplementary weft bands

8-shaft multicolor boundweave

None of these samples is extraordinary on its own, but as a collection, I think they show a nice body of work. Looking at them, I think, ‘Oh yeah, I want to weave that again,” or “I can’t believe I never did another piece with that technique!”