This is one of those designs that make your eyes cross. The thing is, sometimes I have to weave some of my designs, just to see if they actually weave up into...something. Or if they wind up as nothing special.
But that's the thing about designing stuff. One idea sparks another, then another, and sometimes I just have to follow the bread crumbs.
So this is a direct offshoot of something I did for WEFT. I wanted to address a technical issue that cropped up and see if I could do the same sort of idea, but reduce the technical issue.
The problem is that the weave starts to get 'muddy', especially at this scale. So am I 'certain' it will look ok? Not really. Do I care? Nope - because they will still dry dishes.
It looks like the current warp will be finished by the end of this week, and my yarn from Brassard will be shipped on January 6 - and then take about 2 weeks to make it here. While I'm waiting for the yarn for the next WEFT article, then, there will be time to put this warp on the loom and see if it is actually going to look like something. (Just noticed I didn't grab the threading in its entirety - the borders are equal.)
While I work on this warp, I'll be cogitating about the WEFT article - how best to illustrate what I want to show. Plus I've been discussing an article in the following issue so I can be thinking ahead to that.
That is the truly wonderful thing - being encouraged to dig deep is keeping me fascinated with the craft and I keep finding new branches of the rabbit warren to go exploring.
Weaving can truly be a life long obsession - er, fascination.
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