Texture in Textiles – Honeycomb

by | Jul 14, 2010 | Education, Teaching, Weaving

Today’s post is about honeycomb. The first thing to clear up is what I mean by honeycomb.  In old weaving books, and in UK and Europe, what I am talking about is distorted weft.  In the US it is known as honeycomb, and I am using that terminology because it...

Texture in Plain Weave – Warp Repp

by | Jun 30, 2010 | Art, Education, Teaching, Weaving

Last week we looked at introducing textural elements into your plain weave to give instant changes.  This week, we are looking at a technique called Warp Repp.  This is a fabric where the warp yarns are so closely sett to each other that the weft yarn cannot be seen. ...

Texture in Weaving – Starting Simple

by | Jun 23, 2010 | Art, Education, Teaching, Weaving

Texture in Plain Weave  – Starting Simple As promised last week, here is the first post on how to introduce texture into your weaving.  This is especially for people with simple looms, rigid heddle, 2 or 4 shafts.  I’m not going to go into tapestry here as there...

Regular woven texture blog by request

by | Jun 16, 2010 | Art, Education, Teaching, Weaving

In some of my posts, I have lightly touched on some of the weaving research into texture that I have been focussing on in the past 2 years, and which are the subject of some of the lectures that I am giving at the Complex Weavers’ Seminars and also at...