July Meeting - Workshop Results

In this post,  samples from the workshop. These are as they came from the loom, not yet washed and finished but enough to see that there is plenty of potential for making the best use of special yarns.

Four examples of double-faced weave. 3/1 twill on one surface and a different weave on the reverse of each one

Chunky "fluffy stuff" almost floats on the surface so it is not wasted by being trapped in the weave. This can be achieved in either warp or weft direction.

Unfinished at this stage, these floats will be snipped into fringes or "eyelashes".

Free to meander in warp or weft direction, a big bold supplementary yarn can be manipulated easily but gets trapped in place by a few picks of close weave.

Both warp and weft floats sit on top of a close foundation weave, stitched at enough points to make a stable fabric but leaving the texture on top.

More integrated into the weave but still floating enough to make a bold statement with textured yarn.

Showing a loose-looking weave with a thick yarn on the top (left) held in place by a reinforced weave underneath (right)