This week I finished weaving another table runner -
For this one I tried a new-to-me weaving technique - Echo and Iris. It looks like an oil slick.
The warp is made up of repeating threads in green, blue, red and yellow, and for the weft I used purple (half as thin as the warp threads). Warp 2/8 cotton and weft 2/16 cotton all from Maurice Brassard.
It was interesting to weave. Somehow it looks better in photos than in real life, I think that is why I was impressed when I saw other examples online.
When I first started weaving I tried out different weft colours, and different thicknesses of thread. Took a bit to work out the tie-up and treadling sequence too.
The warp draft pattern comes from Handwoven Magazine, issue March/April 2022. The tie-up and treadling pattern is from handwaving.net #74128 (from Marion Stubensky's book Weaving with Echo and Iris) - the circle pattern. I varied the number of treadling repeats so the circles wouldn't all be the same, and look more organic. The runner is about 11" x 30" (not including the fringe).
Photos from Around -
All these pets sleeping this afternoon.
Meanwhile these pets were hard at work providing food for us!
More food - hydroponic cucumbers growing in the basement.
All the best!♥︎♥︎
