Another part of me

It’s now going on smoothly (except for small weaving flaws…). I need concentration to weave so many interlocks, in this part of the design, it’s intelocks all the way along, for three rows. I will soon begin the row before last, the colors are ready. I already know I won’t be really satisfied with this…

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I’m now in tthe last quarter of it, and I think I found how to finish it.

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I decided to weave a little doodle I made, but I gave myself different rules. Rule number one : I do it the Ruth Manning way, no cartoon, just looking at the doodle. ( I cheat a little). The goal is for me to learn to draw with wool, to anticipate and understand forms. Rule…

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As always, I found this beautiful object in a yardsale near my place. The seller told me it was a comb, a decorative one. I’m not sure that it was only decorative, I don’t know if it’s a hair comb or a weaving comb. From the design, I would say it comes from an Indonesian…

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…..I was doing needle tapestry, from a kilim I saw in a book, with Aubusson wool already. Il y a 27 ans, déjà avec de la laine d’Aubusson, je faisais de la tapisserie au point.

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I was hooked by the idea of a diary when I saw what Tommye Scalin made of it :https://www.scanlintapestry.com/tapestrydiary But it was difficult to find what would be my diary. I needed it to be meditative but simple, because if I ever find the time each day to weave a little, I knew I wouln’t…

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For five euros at a yard sale, a fifty year old but like new loom for kids. Isn’t it cute? J’ai pas pu résister, cinq euros et comme neuf malgré ses 50 ans, un métier à tisser pour enfant.

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I was not able to be consistent with my interlocks, you can see in the first picture that a double interlock joint follows a simple one. I fear it will show when the tapestry is finished . Also, I was not able to stick with my first choice of colors, I struggled a lot, and…

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I don’t know where they come from, I don’t know what they are made of, I don’t know what they were made for. These tiny objects have been with me for years now. Encore une petite énigme, d’ou viennent ces petits objets, en quoi sont-ils faits?

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I didn’t feel like working on my projects, too tired. So I decided to sample some of the yarns I got. These ones are leftovers of yarn shops, they are sold on sale in a hangar near my place. I warped my loom with linen, and despite my efforts, the warp is not even. I…

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