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In the third cloth I wove for my Weaving Glitches research, I wanted to explore even further how to weave particular patterns and structures on sixteen shafts. The construction of the warp consists of five lanes, each of which is a kind of mixture of the network and echo weaving technique. Actually, it looks mostly like a representation of sine waves on a measuring instrument. You could say that the warp has sound in it, which also resonates through the rest of the weave. Other than using different color variations for each lane, lanes 1, 3 and 5 are similar to each other, and lane 2 is similar to 4.
Waves and circles – base
In the first wefts I tried out the warp, using a standard tie-up diagram and diagonals in the weft. And how using dark purple works with this warp, in which I switched colors a lot. Like you can see in the left part of this example, where I keep alternating four colors.
That’s quite a hassle when winding the warp! But I found a tool, a warping paddle. This way it is just a bit easier to warp more than two different threads than by hand.
WIF file (use right mouse button to save) 23 glitches 03 02.wif
Steep waves
For steep waves, I again used my own variation on network, or something in that category, as the weft. I mostly did some puzzling as usual in the weaving software I use, until I got a pattern I wanted to weave. I actually always design on the computer and see what comes out. Or rather, to see what comes out, because by doing I keep building up a little more logic, every time understanding a little better what effect a choice in the software has on the loom.
WIF file (use right mouse button to save) 23 glitches 03 04.wif
Shuffled tieup crazy-rotate
In this variation I wanted to play with large and small flotations, the distance a thread spans between two joints. I see the effect as a kind of waves, in the sea I mean now. It gives depth, texture to the work. Obtained by shuffling in the tie-up, and a chaotic weft series with three different colors alternating.
WIF file (use right mouse button to save) 23 glitches 03 09 shuffled tieup crazy-rotate.wif
DNA
DNA may not be the right description, but from a distance I can vaguely see a drawing of a DNA strand, in the lower left corner of the photo. To get this shape, I heavily shuffled the tie-up, and kept a simple weft sequence. Actually for my table loom, I always convert the tie-up into an lift plan before weaving.
WIF file (use right mouse button to save) 23 glitches 03 16.wif
Full weave
The variations of cloth two in a zip file. Be aware, this is messy! Where lift appears after the document, it is (usually) the above file converted into an lift plan.
My research Weaving Glitches was financially supported by the Creative industries fund, with the Experiment scheme (now Kick-start Grant)
