weaving, rayon chenille, silk, diversified plain weave, cotton,

work done in 2003 using different materials and techniques

My newest passion is dyeing warps, something I had not tried before. After a 2 day workshop with Margaret Mecchia in March this year, these shawls are the result from my first attempt. All four shawl are from the same warp of 2/28 Possum/Merino/Silk blended yarn which is sort of greyish in its natural colour. On a long table the whole length of each shawl was laid out ready to paint using Procion MX dyes.

Cross-over 170x60cm Flying Geese 197x60cm Sand dunes 167x55cm Meander 180x56cm

Here I was trialing a new yarn, a blend of 40% cotton, 30% Merino and 30% Possum. It's a very fine yarn, 2/50 Nm, and is very softly spun, therefore not a very strong yarn. Had quite a number of broken ends in the first piece but got better as I went on. Because of the fineness of the yarn I chose a airy pattern, this is a huck lace variation from the "thick and thin" book set at 30 epi. The result is very soft, very light shawls ideal for our climatique conditions here.

When I was in Europe last year I got this fine multi coloured embroidery cotton thread, I've set it at 60 epi, in the weft I used different silk sewing threads. What I had in mind was that the individual stripes are broken up by a thin stripe of black and that overall, the colours would move from one side diagonally to the other side of the light weight scarf.

I am a member of the Cross Country Weavers and the theme for my group was diversified plain weave for this year. Played around quite a bit on the computer till I finally came up with this networked version. In the warp I've used Rayon Chenille as the thick and some cotton I had for the thin threads. In the weft it is Rayon Chenille as well for the thick and sewing silk for the thin picks. I do like this technique and am intrigued by its design possibilities - definitely on the agenda for more.......

This piece of fabric was woven with Schappe Silk 120/2x4 in warp and weft, set at 40 epi. The drapeability is great, the feel soft. The end use was for a wedding dress.

After having read and seen so much of collapse weave I wanted to give it a try. In these scarves I used all the different colours we currently have available in the Possum blended yarn, alternated with black. Colour stripes were woven in 3/1 twill and black in 1/3 twill. The fabric started to collapse as soon as I immersed it in warm water for finishing.

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Cross-over 170x60cm	Flying Geese 197x60cm	Sand dunes 167x55cm	Meander 180x56cm

	Here I was trialing a new yarn, a blend of 40% cotton, 30% Merino and 30% Possum. It's a very fine yarn, 2/50 Nm, and is very softly spun, therefore not a very strong yarn. Had quite a number of broken ends in the first piece but got better as I went on. Because of the fineness of the yarn I chose a airy pattern, this is a huck lace variation from the "thick and thin" book set at 30 epi. The result is very soft, very light shawls ideal for our climatique conditions here.
	When I was in Europe last year I got this fine multi coloured embroidery cotton thread, I've set it at 60 epi, in the weft I used different silk sewing threads. What I had in mind was that the individual stripes are broken up by a thin stripe of black and that overall, the colours would move from one side diagonally to the other side of the light weight scarf.
	I am a member of the Cross Country Weavers and the theme for my group was diversified plain weave for this year. Played around quite a bit on the computer till I finally came up with this networked version. In the warp I've used Rayon Chenille as the thick and some cotton I had for the thin threads. In the weft it is Rayon Chenille as well for the thick and sewing silk for the thin picks. I do like this technique and am intrigued by its design possibilities - definitely on the agenda for more.......

This piece of fabric was woven with Schappe Silk 120/2x4 in warp and weft, set at 40 epi. The drapeability is great, the feel soft. The end use was for a wedding dress.

	After having read and seen so much of collapse weave I wanted to give it a try. In these scarves I used all the different colours we currently have available in the Possum blended yarn, alternated with black. Colour stripes were woven in 3/1 twill and black in 1/3 twill. The fabric started to collapse as soon as I immersed it in warm water for finishing.