Weaving!!!

During my textiles workshop i became interested in the idea of weaving. To begin with i was simply weaving paper with different images printed on them to see what effect it would result in. From this i then moved on to actual weaving. The first weave that i attempted is illustrated on the left. I had to learn the process as well as technical terminology such as the warp and the weft. I completed this weave by hand, using a wooden frame which was very time consuming but i like the end result. In areas i either weaved using a single warp or i doubled it up so that it was thicker and looked different. I also experimented by putting ribbon in there or thicker pieces of material. The ends had to be tied correcty, crossing over two pieces of yarn in a figure of four, with another two pieces. Although the weave has narrowed towards the middle, i am happy with my first attempt. Once i had understood the technique i decided to use the weavers loom. This was far less time consuming and i was taught weavers knots so that material could be placed in there aswell, to move away from the common weaving. Once i had completed as much as i wanted to i cut the warps from the loom and once again tied them in the same manner. The vertical warps evident in the picture were already on the loom set up for me so i could not pick these colours, however the other colours were my choice. The final image illustrates a weave, still using the loom, but this time i had to set up everything myself. I selected the colours that i wanted to use. The two pictures at the bottom illustrates the very time consuming process that had to be undertaken for completion.