I realized that the four selvedge idea works with loops, not individual warp threads. This means you need a loom that uses a looping method of warping. Such as all my notched cardboard looms. Or my dear Hokett loom.
I could have been doing four selvedge all along. It was fun making the fancy jig idea, and, to be fair, I did make an award-winning tapestry on it, so it was hardly a total loss. But it coulda been more fun.
And in the course of finding cardboard to use for the new tiny loom, I realized that a couple of my older tapestries still had uncut loops.
If I'd known about all this a couple of weeks ago I'd have better finished covers but oh well.
So I tried out the technique on two of them, and quickly found this wasn't learner country. Too big, too easy to get lost in pulling direction. But I did learn a bit. I'll have to finish those pieces some other way.
Meanwhile I soldiered on.
And finished the little cotton warp book cover
And did the warp pulling thing.
AND IT WORKED.
I can die happy. Not for a while though, got a lot of stuff to do yet. Mainly much better Little Books.
Now to do the second cover to this one, cotton warp and weft, the weft dyed like this one with something pinkish, probably red onion skins.
And spin paper for wefts.
Aside from that, not a lot happening.
I do no know this method of finishing. Perhaps when you have time, you can explain.
ReplyDeleteI looked back at my blogposts labeled Four Selvedge, and they're only partially explanatory. Probably your best bet would be YouTube! Sarah swett and Rebecca mezoff teach the method using a pipe loom and a jig and supplementary warp. But this simpler one I found advertising a tiny loom whose name escapes me. I adapted it and I'm very pleased.
ReplyDeleteJeanne, the other heading is Fringeless. That will get you to some good explanations. Including Norah Crone Findlay's demo using s hooks instead of a jig. But you need a loom with a tensioning device for that.
ReplyDeleteAnd see my blogpost labeled s hook tapestry.
ReplyDeleteExcellent opening sentence, Liz - sounds like a very good day :)
ReplyDeleteOoooh... (reading your blog posts backwards for some reason) I thought these woven pieces were going to be the pages. This makes so much more sense to me!
ReplyDeleteYes, it does make sense after a while. You've been getting glimpses of different parts of the action, no wonder they didn't come together before.
ReplyDeleteNow my mind has gone off on a tangent (it does that a lot!) and I'm now wondering if it's possible to cut those bigger weavings into small books (similar perhaps to steeking in knitting). Not being a weaver I haven't a clue!
ReplyDeleteIt's a lot more problematic to cut weaving, because unlike knitting which is one continuous thread, weaving is a whole series of them, an I think you'd quickly lose the integrity, meaning it would probably fall into many little bits. Better to weave the size you want. If I can organize those two better, one is a future bookmark, one a possible purse.
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