As the longer view takes hold something whispers to me about how sometimes certain moments remind you of what you have known all along but could not give form to.
And just like how the longer view brings into view the space beyond your normal focus...
Yesterday I completed the weave stitching on the dot from the previous post. I used some of Deb's sketchy thread for the warp but just a straight bluegrey floss color to weavestitch across... space
Last night there was a new question...
What if the space between the threads, that which remains open regardless of the entanglement, what if that also becomes a design element? ?
OK, let's see how it goes...
I love the undercurrent of excitement here as you address yourself to the thread weaving and feel the pull of the bigger looms you remember from your past.
I feel a big pull, but need to address my capabilities in this point in time.
Really enjoying these weaving posts…creating spaces and the differing thickness of thread…very exciting!
glad! I love weaving.
how shifting our focus to the longer view ‘n then returning it to what’s directly in front of us, allows us to see it differently. solutions that were there all along suddenly become visible. magical. love thinking about supplementary wefts as “on loom embroidery”…
at one point, when I was a designer, I used to sew into the base cloth to get design approval from the customer and then make a weave draft from what I did… for the mill to manufacture from. Of course I had to keep to the capability of the looms available.
Big big love here. The first time I heard you say “weave is stitch” was such a light bulb moment. I recently took a piece off the loom and noticed I had gone in a pattern shed with one strand that should have been in a tabby shed. It made a ridge all the way across and was so noticeable. Then I realized I can actually fix that with a little slow stitch in good light.
I remember my own lightbulb moment, I think it was when I was doing a weave draft for supplementary weft. Realized it was a kind of on loom embroidery…
I love these woven circles, the textures and form . . . lovely thoughts about weaving, too. Thanks for sharing this, Jude!
I really do love to talk about weaving…
Such fun to watch where this is going; sometimes the trip is better than the destination altho your destinations are great.
well in this case I have not intention of getting there…ha!
loving all this
Me too really.
Before I did any weaving, I used to confuse the terms warp and weft. Now it’s totally clear to me. There’s so much context around how each is handled that they are completely distinct. Also, to continue on this thought trail – I realize things with two sides are easy for me to mix up (right vs. left, debit vs. credit). But I don’t have that trouble with weaving. I really enjoy your weaving investigations.
over time, I realize weaving may be my greatest love, after all it is at the root of all the scraps of self I work with. As a metaphor, is becomes more and more useful. And weaving is the slowest of slow cloth…
Love these dots…the texture. Thinking about entanglement and those moments of knowing.
the texture is so great, the feel of it against the base.
knowing is like touching isn’t it?
I love this technique and wonder what will travel through those golden lines … and your musings brought to mind an old Dave Mathews lyric …
The space between
In your heart and mine
Is the space we’ll fill with time
yes, the space between us, how interesting it is, how it shapes the form that the relationship takes.
That’s good for thought…paying mind to the Space between the Threads. That shall stay with me this day…
it’s big really
Interesting! Love cloth weaving.
so many paths are opening up