Clasped Warp and another Weaverbyrd Workshop

The lovely Weaverbyrd showed me a new technique this weekend: Clasped Warp.

I had a go at it. I apologise for the awful photos. At this time of year my house becomes very dark.

As you can see my warp is red and black. With mostly red weft. I used a variegated chunky wool at either end as an experiment.

It was really easy to do! It looks like it should be more complicated but it was a surprisingly simple process. I want to play with it more and make some structured patterns.

Also, I made a weaving I am really proud of, based on my Day of the Dead sketchbook. All these photos were taken by Cherrie Stevens. She is (as you will notice) a far superior photographer to me.

There are still elements I need to add to the piece, so bear in mind its still a work in progress. The colour pallette wasnt quite as planned, but I can always do another piece on my loom at home.

I had a great time again. I'm so pleased that I learned how to make windows in the cloth and as you can see I have a floating warp going up through the weaving. Its the bright blue wool on the right, for those who don't know what I'm talking about.

I like it a lot. So much colour fun! I really enjoyed just picking up any colour I wanted and weaving it in. I even used a couple of yarns with sparkle in them. :)