Done. Could have been smoother on the curves, but I am happy of the colors, the orange doesn’t seem to come from nowhere. I a going on with the chiné and the irregular hatching, sometimes struggling because I’m using different kinds and thickness of wool ( I’m blending Faro, Weaversbazar and Aubusson, that’s a mess). Let’s go for the yellow dancer!

Le danseur orange est fini, et je suis assez contente de la manière dont la couleur s’intègre aux autres. J’attaque le danseur jaune, avec toujours des difficultés à mélanger des laines d’épaisseur différentes.

It’s a French proverb, meaning that even if you undo something, you’re still working. Today update on Not Matisse.

…c’est toujours travailler.

It’s the first time that I weave from the side, and it has its challenges. It’s difficult to conveive and to plan, and I often have to put my head on the side, to find what to do next. Also, I gave myself another challenge, how will I be able to bring smoothly a bright orange next to the blue dancer?

Première fois que je tisse par le côté, je tourne sans arrêt la tête pour trouver ce que je dois faire. Et je me suis donnée la tâche de faire le second personnage en orange qui pète, vais-je y arriver sans encombres?

That’s the title of my new piece. My big loom is waiting for heddles (Gmail told me they are now in my mail box, so I know what the afternoon will be.) But I now have a smaller Mirrix, on which I will try yarns, colors, and whatever is on my mind. So here I go for my chiné dancers. A mix of Faro, Weaversbazar and Aubusson yarns at 8 epi.

En attendant d’installer les lisses du grand Mirrix, je m’amuse avec différentes laines sur le nouveau petit métier.

I found the French word for pick and pick, and it’s: “ pointillé “. I bet i’s very difficult to pronounce for English speaking people. Anyway, my pick and pick exercice is over, and I’ pleased of it. It was woven of the Ladybird mini loom fron Spinspired ( spinspired.co.uk), a very simple and cheap loom with good tension and good size. I used Weaversbazar (weaversbazar.com) 6/2 medium yarn, and appreciated it a lot. The selvedges are not perfect, I have to improve there.

Pick and pick, ça se dit Pointillé en français. J’ai fini mon exercice en utilisant un petit métier de cette boutique (Spinspired.co.uk), pas cher, bonne taille, bonne tension, je le recommande)

I spent the Easter weekend in Aubusson with a friend. We had a wonderful time,eating, learning, reading, watching. A glimpse of Aubusson and the treat I made to myself. More in the posts to come.

Le week-end Pâques à Aubusson, et la laine que j’y ai achetée.

I spent the day winding bobbins for Alice et Anita 2. I’m now waiting for an order to Weaversbazaar, and I hope the colors I selected will match these ones as I expect. If so, I will begin.

J’attends des laines que j’ai commandées, et j’espère qu’elles se marieront comme je le souhaite à celles-ci. Si oui, je commence.

There will be a lot of pick and pick in the new Alice et Anita, so I’m doing some experimentations. I found that I definitly like a fine sett.

J’expérimente la technique du pick and pick ( je ne connais pas le nom français), que je vais utiliser dans Alice et Anita 2.

I had yesterday a delicious tapestry diner with Jon and Juan. We talked about yarns, bobbins, passion, museums, Aubusson. For them, a picture of great books about kilims. So long, friends.

Merci à Jon et Juan pour ce délicieux diner autour de la tapisserie. Pour eux, quelques photos de livres de kilims.

While I was weaving Alice et Anita, I had two samplers on the side of my loom, and from time to time I did exercices.

Mes exercices.