Saturday, 18 December 2010

"Red and Gold Scarf" in Deflected Doubleweave, by Judy Bool

In a 2007 copy of Handwoven (Issue 133), I found an interesting article and draft by Madelyn Van Der Hoogt on Deflected Doubleweave. I had been researching double weave and the striking black and white picture of a silk scarf had caught my eye.

The draft is for 8 shafts with 4 ends of colour A alternating with 4 ends of colour B. For my first project I chose two Mora yarns; one old red and the other old gold. Epi and ppi 20. I made my own selection from the treadling blocks. Because of the loose set, weaving progressed quite quickly. Mora yarn does not shrink when fulling so the finished article has a nice open hand.

On loom

Side A after fulling

Side B after fulling

Finished scarf

by Judy Bool
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4 comments:

  1. Dianne12/18/2010 3:15 pm

    Very nice indeed.

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  2. Rose12/18/2010 3:43 pm

    Good photos Judy. Hope you get some good weaving time over the holidays.

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  3. Judy12/19/2010 10:01 pm

    Thank you for your comments, Dianne and Rose.
    I've a couple more versions on the same draft & will post them over the next couple of weeks.

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  4. Chris Beech12/21/2010 7:17 pm

    Beautifully woven Judy. Fascinating technique - you've enthused me to re-visit the stack of mag.s featuring deflected dble weave I made some months ago. Of course, there's a world of difference between enthusiasm and action! Looking forward to next posts.

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