Thursday, August 4, 2011

Summer & Winter Pillows

The pillows are finished!  Using a faux suede for the backs and welting, I had enough handwoven fabric for two pillow tops. 

I'm happy with the way they turned out, and the bench will definitely be a more comfy place to sit.  Now all I need to do is make another trip to Taos!


8 comments:

  1. Hi Sarah,
    I wonder if you'd mind answering a few questions about your draft? I'm a really new weaver and need some help that I can't seem to get from how-to books. lariedw@gmail.com

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  2. Hi,
    I responded a couple of days ago, but I don't see it here, so I'll try again. Thanks for responding previously.
    I'm wondering about the treadling draft. I don't understand the larger dots. Do they apply for this pattern, and is the first sequence - 1, 3, 2, 4 - 7 times and then you move on to 1, 5, 2, 6 7 times, using #45 and #34 together 14 times? As you can see I'm confused. LOL

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  3. It's the draft for the summer/winter pillow covers in the article "Color Gradations in Summer and Winter" published in Handwoven March/April 2011.

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    1. You're on the right track! The large dots in the draft indicate the pattern picks and the small ones indicate the tabby picks. Notice that the small dots are always on treadles 1 & 2 which are the tabby treadles. Treadles 3,4, 5, and 6 are the pattern treadles. And, yes, to begin, you use #45 and #34 together, for a total of 14 times. In the first block, 45 is tabby, 34 is pattern. In the 2nd block, 45 is pattern and 34 is tabby. Then there is a color change and the new color, #37 comes in as tabby while 34 is woven as pattern. Read carefully "Weaving the Pillows" and I think it will (hope it will!) make sense.

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  4. Thanks so much. I think I'll do a sample first and try it out. I love the look of the fabric and look forward to trying it.

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    1. You're very welcome! Weaving a sample is always a good idea, and seeing the color rotation on the loom will help. Happy weaving!

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