More Weavity-weave

Worked on the gold band at SH after lunch with Tina.  She worked on a new watercolor.

Weavity-Weave

Taking a break.  It can get frustrating at times.  But it's moving along.

Fluffing Up

Fluffy is fluffing up.  Still needs shaping.

Fluffy

Working on "Fluffy."  Pretty good.  Ear will need work.

Rethinking the Cat Motif

Shaping the cat via the background.  Some elements (ears, legs) will be finer white yarn ~ perhaps cotilin.  The body can be angora.

Back At It

Back at it.  I expect I'll get a lot of weaving done while Bill is in Trinidad this week.

Adding the gold.

On the homefront, Bill missed his flight to Trinidad and is now rerouted thru New Jersey.  He'll be getting in a couple hours later.

Lunch break.

I like this cat better.

Robyn's Device ~ Cartoon & Pin Placement

Cartoon with arrangement of motifs.  Placement of pins.

Now warped and ready to weave.

Let the obsessive-compulsive weaving disorder begin.  ;-]

Darker than it looks in person.

Time to break for dinner.

True Color

Finally.  True color.  I remembered if you put a person in the picture, you can balance the color.

Better Lighting

Better lighting, but still not true color.  It's very hard to get blues and greens to both read true at the same time.  This comes pretty close.

I want to add my signature chop, possibly embroidered on the background cloth.  But nothing I have to rush in to.

I can move along not to my tapestry commission for Lee Wygand in the SCA.

Coming Together

Sewing tapestry onto background.  Color wildly off.  Background is actually light blue.  Strange lighting today.

Finally Back at It.

Tacked the tapestry to the stabilizer, cut it down, tucked and glued misc. ends.  Waiting for it to dry.  

Next, work on frame.  Cut foam core board to right size, add batting and background material.  Screw in eyelets and attach wire.  Frame.

Then tack tapestry to the front.

Tucking and Tacking

Tucking loose threads and beginning to tack the tapestry down to the stabilizing material.  Also reinforced the focal bead.

Each step at this point is like pulling teeth.  There's a decision point at every step.  No longer Zen.

It's a Frame Job

Tapestry is so heavy I decided to go with a frame.  This should work very nicely.  Need a background.  Something neutral?  Ivory to pick out the jellyfish?

Moving Toward the Finishing Line

Time to wet and set the tapestry.  Maybe add a few more passes, but I don't think it needs much.

After it's w&s I'll attach a non-fusible stabilizer to the back.  I expect the blown glass bead to be pretty heavy.  Also I want to run another sturdy yarn or multiple yarns thru the bead and around to the back for extra strength.

Then it'll be time to figure out how I'll mount or hang it.

Wet and setting.  Looks like a night scene.  ;- ]

Drying, drying...

Gold Thread?

I don't think I like the gold thread.  Probably take it out.  Might try another way to add it.

Ok, trying something else.  Better.

Much better.

Detail.

Small additions.  Filling in the corners.

Detail.

Woven & Tucked

Woven and tucked.  Still need to fill in here and there where it needs it.

So Close

So close.  Need to tuck in the ends so I can see the whole thing.

Tucking, tucking.

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Giving some thought to the weight of the tapestry ~ specifically the glass bead.  It'll need supplementary support from the back.  Maybe even tack the whole tapestry to a backing (i.e., tack it in rows on the back).

Getting There...

So close. Then I decide if I want to add any more beads (to the swish at the bottom).

Messy Progress

Getting there.  8-]

Time to get ready for an early Father's Day dinner at Royal Tandoor.

Weaving Around the Bead

Too busy behind the bead.

Added a solid color to show off the jellyfish to good effect.

Working on the Water

Weaving and unweaving and tucking away.

Weaving and Tucking

Weaving and tucking.  Time for a stretch break.

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Action shot.  For size comparison.  Taking a break today (or at least 'til the afternoon); lunch with Tina.

Weaving and Unweaving

The light turq yarn came yesterday.  Perfect.

Weaving and Tucking

Weaving and tucking.  I can see a few problem areas.  Time for a stretch and lunch break.

Painting with Thread

Not sure I like the sea foam and spray.  I'll think about that.

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It can get messy.  Taking a break.

One of Signy's less helpful days.

More Drawing with Thread

Weaving

Starting to Weave

Signy was helping:

Time for a dinner break: