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.
Monday, April 15, 2024
Orange Peel
Day 185: The names of traditional overshot patterns can be as bewildering as the common names of plants sometimes. For example, this one is called "Orange Peel." I see nothing in it reminiscent of orange peels or even the flowers of an orange tree, but there you have it. Having just finished up the April Weave-Along, I decided I wanted to do some more overshot. It and summer-and-winter weave are my two favourite structures. I found a draft I liked, but realized that the tie-up was different from how I have Max set up, so rather than crawling around under the loom, I redesigned it to suit with weaving software. As I started threading the loom, I said, "Hang on a mo'...I based this on half a motif rather than a full one!" so it was back to the drawing board. I printed out the second one, discovered that I had the tabby threads backwards. Because I'm using the free version of the software, that meant I had to redraw the whole thing again. The third printout had some other problem, as did the fourth, but I did not catch one glaring error I'd left in both of them until I started weaving this sample. I'd omitted the points of the ovals! Sixth time around, I got it right. Now I'm just waiting for the new cone of black to arrive so I can start weaving the real piece.
Labels:
"Orange Peel",
overshot,
traditional pattern,
weaving
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