Cloth Loom part 1
Consider the cloth itself as a loom. A Mother for new cloth.
My goal here as I reconsider Weave, is to review, present the concepts I was Considering and see where it leads me in the present. I am in no hurry. I intend also to open up some of the advanced cloth weaving concepts that take the techniques from the Cloth 2 Cloth class further. I will add this video to the Considering Weave playlist on my You Tube channel.
Today, the Smoke from the Canadian Wildfires has reached the Valley here. Actually last night. This morning, it is so bad, we need to stay indoors. Wildfire risk warnings in surrounding states. Imagine that.
And on this day I end my fast. Slowly.
love the weaving inside a cloth! Fascinating thank you
where I live in Ohio the air quality alerts have been off the charts for days! I have had to stay in the house because I have asthma, not something I like to do in the summer
we haven’t had rain in weeks
It is slightly better this morning, I realize now, why my allergies have been off the charts.
my eyes have been burning
I love the window-ness of this.
Air quality shifted here today, and the weird bright yellow light is back. Take care.
Can’t sleep.
It’s awful here.
Wish I could open a window.
I love this cloth in just the way I did in 2021! ❤️
The weaving window in a cloth…yes 2014…I remember adding one to my ‘comfort cloth’ for Wendy’s kids.
I tried doing this again in a roundish hole in a piece of leather. It would have been a part of your family pouch, but I couldn’t get it to work. I think you really do need a hoop and I wasn’t too sure about a hoop and leather.
Anyway, love all of this today.
Yeah, you need the holding. The tension. It’s nice to be considering the process again
weaving it all together
I can try 😎
love the soft gradation of color in both the warp ‘n the weft. the metaphor of connection between the already-woven ‘n freshly-woven cloths. the loose threads of thought trailing off. how the white cloth frame makes the new weaving appear to be floating away in time…
framing has put it in perspective
The fires. Another sign of terrible change. Do stay inside. Mask if you go out. /-//-// I also remember this process and how much fun it was. When I get home this weekend I’m gonna look for some of the thread weaving that I did. I never managed to incorporate them into a piece.
The air should be better by then.
I have pulled this one up and I wonder if I should add to it?
I’m curious about the dangling threads with their stitches extended beyond the woven section. When I went back to the linked post, I tapped to the next day and swooned and something about that house/globe seemed like it holds an answer for a possible next step.
Oh!
I am imagining!
It was a lot of fun to try this during the Cloth 2 Cloth class. I’ve recently been finding some of the things I tried while I’ve been sorting. The wildfires…they are making a different reality for me. Now when I talk to new parents about how frequently we take the children outside I have to talk about air quality in the summer….
And there is everything else the wildfires bring…we drove through the remains of one in Oregon. Just awful…
really awful, fires can make big change.
Down here we’ve been checking air quality since before the pandemic! The fires are so harmful.
So much here! I am keenly looking forward to your weaving experiments.
me too, I need to weave
Ahhhhh….I am considering weave, as well…(oh, the tangled webs we weave— ha.) I’ve gotten as far as the considering part…
We can’t smell the smoke, but the moonrise and sunsets are VERY Orange 😵💫
So terrible & sad.
Hope your air clears soon.
(& the fires are out out!!)
These days I’m “weaving” & “stitching” (tying together) little bamboo corral fencing to keep the rooting & rototilling armadillos out of my flowers 🤦♀️
Happy UNfasting day!
The air is awful, never experienced this, sad indeed.
weaving is very useful!
Cloth Loom is brilliant. I can’t wait to try it!!
And maybe fasting.
I do feel so much better.
I remember that one! and you’ve got my gears turning again with the possibilities 💙
gears transfer energy!
I could use some energy!