365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Friday, March 29, 2024
Undulating Twill
Day 168: The April Weave-Along has almost officially begun, and several of us have gotten a bit of a head start on the project, including me. The first challenge I faced was that the tie-up in the assignment draft did not match the way I have Max tied up, so I had two choices: get down on my hands and knees again and change the tie-up to one I might never use again, or change the draft to get the same undulating twill pattern. The issue with changing the draft is that there are a lot of "moving parts" (so to speak), and changing one thing means you have to change another. Add to that the fact that I am just learning how to use this weaving software...well, let's just say that added a whole 'nother layer of complexity. My first attempts turned the drawdown backwards, sideways, and many combinations thereof, but eventually I hit on the solution. However, after I had it threaded and began weaving, I discovered my sett was too wide at 20 epi, so I pulled everything out of the reed and rethreaded it at 24 epi. My finished piece isn't going to be as wide as it should have been, but since I was using 8/2 cotton instead of 8/4, I had added additional width to the original to compensate, so the finished piece will be only slightly narrower.
Labels:
April Weave-Along,
undulating twill,
weaving
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