I always feel better if I have a warp on the loom. Either patterned or plain, something waiting for me to rejoin it and put in a few rows or inches. It’s a continuity I want to maintain, and for a short while I’ve had empty loom bars, so I’m glad to be back in. This is an exciting exploration of a complex design, typical of Chinchero, Peru (the bit in the middle, at least), that I have never tried because I was trying to work my way up to understanding it. Learning patterns in my mind without charts is a deep aspiration, and has gone slowly. Then a friend designed, created, and released a great program for charting weaving on the iPad, and that gave me the impetus I needed to just work from a chart and weave something above my actual comprehension level.
So I’m off and running. This is meant to be a phone case - another reason I just wanted to do it and move on. Speaking of weaving from a chart and above my actual level, I just finished another piece, which I’m writing about in more detail in the weaving blog realm of this website.
Handspun yarn, wide warp, confusing Central Asian pattern made for a challenging weave, but I’m very happy to see the end result.