Wagon Wheels Moving On

I have come to the end of this warp. It is threaded to the pattern "Wagon Wheels" from "The Weaving Book of Peace and Patience" by Isadora Safner and Diane Piette. It was a fun project. I only put four yards on so didn't have much to play with. After I wove two different pieces, one green the other red, I went out-side-the-overshot-box. Taking the treadling from another one of their drafts, I treadled "Double Compass Work the Handsome Way." I still have my wagon wheels, but the diagonal line has been broken and give a different look to the area between the wheels.

This is showing the Double Compass Work the Handsome Way while it is still on the loom. Notice the diagonal line is not there.

Now it is off the loom and this is what the non-public (back) side looks like. Or I might make this the public side!

Here are the two different treadlings. Notice the different joining areas between the wheels.

Overshot Notes

 
 
While I am weaving on this overshot draft called "Wagon Wheels", I thought I would tell a little about weaving on the diagonal. Another term is to call it "tromp as writ". A Handweaver's Workbook by Heather G. Thrope says: "This simply means that the harness (shaft) combinations found in the written draft are taken for the tromping of it".




Here I am showing the block that I have just finished. It had 8 pattern picks and 8 tabby picks.



 

The next block to weave is always to the left of the one just completed. It shows me three threads, so I will weave 2 pattern picks and two tabby picks. You always weave one less than the number of threads shown. 

Pattern Between the Repeats

Wagon Wheel from The Weaving Book of Peace and Patience. by Isadora Safner and Diane Piette.

 

It is always interesting to see what happens as you work across your threading draft. You know what your main pattern will look like, but sometimes it is a surprise what the pattern looks like as you join the repeats.

 

This is the joining pattern that is being created as I work across this draft. I would call it the secondary pattern.

This is the main pattern showing the wagon wheels. It would be fun to just weave this  on the bottom of a towel, or apron, or runner, or........

Show and Tell at Katie's House

After we played in the dye pots yesterday we ate lunch, we then had show and tell at our dye party at Katie's house. What wonderful stuff! How about some handdyed M's and O's, overshot baby blankets, huck lace, twill and plain weave. Larry wasn't there, but he made a small warping board for Becky.

You should be able to click on a picture and make them bigger. (I think)

Katie's daughter painted the picture. I just love it!

Dye Party at Katie's House

Some of us got together at Katie's house and did some warp painting! It was a perfect day for it!!

Becky and Jane

Vicki and Shirley C.

Barbara and Katie

Sam supervising Shirley C.

Shirley D.

Since there weren't any pictures of me in action, I thought I would show you what I ended up with.

The colors for this came from everybody. I just went from station to station and dabbed on the colors they were using. They thought I was nuts, but it sure turned out pretty.

Peace and Patience

This new overshot project I am working on comes from some draughts that a mother and daughter used to weave items for their home. The book I have by Isadora Safner and Diane Piette tell me that the draughts date from 1798-1826. The pattern I have chosen to weave is called "Wagon Wheel".  The Weaving Book of Peace and Patience. copyright 1980. It does not have an ISBN number.

I liked the green sock yarn I used first with this draft. I wove it to be a wall hanging. The pattern was not squared but elongated.

For this red version I have used 8/2 cotton for warp, 20/2 cotton for tabby and 2/18 wool for the weft. This lighter wool is allowing me to square my blocks. With traditional overshot you are to square your blocks. If I do end up squaring the blocks, I should end up with a square piece of fabric after I have woven once across the threading.  Time will tell!! 

Back Up and Reverse

Before I begin on another project on the big Macomber loom, I think I will play with the warp I put on the Baby Wolf for my big lecture at MSU. This draft is from a publication by Isadora Safner and Diane Piette. The title is "The Weaving Book of Peace and Patience". They titled it "Wagon Wheels."

I have used 8/2 cotton for the warp and 20/2 cotton for tabby. The weft or pattern thread is 60% alpaca, 15% merino, 10 % nylon hand dyed by one of my friends. She can be found here:  http://www.morningmoonalpacas.com/ . I was going to knit a pair of socks with this yarn, but liked the idea of weaving overshot with some hand dyed yarn. Diane: thanks for the cool yarn!