Winter's Weaving

2'x3,' shaft-switched, hand-woven hand-dyed rug

8"x29," shaft-switched, hand-woven first panel

Hello lovely people.

Welcome to 2014!  I have a lot of anticipation for the upcoming year as it is my final year of school; I graduate this December and have my senior show this fall, which will feature my woven rugs using the shaft-switching techniques.  I have already posted a bit about shaft-switching and what I would ultimately like to do, but first I am running a sampler.  The first image above is the first shaft-switched rug I wove, and it is the inspiration towards my bigger endeavors (in one of my previous posts, I included an image from Photoshop that repeated this rug six times over to create a larger piece).  I absolutely love the stripes with the "brick" pattern, as my professor Morgan describes them.  The image below is the first panel of the sampler.  

Currently, I have off until the end of January before classes for the spring begin, and I was determined to keep working towards my show.  Morgan lent me this great little table loom, and I put together a pattern for a shaft-switched rug that is made up of three panels, sewn together.  As soon as classes start up again, I have a larger version of this (approximately 4'x5' when all is said and done) that is also made up of three panels that is hooked up, dyed, and ready to be woven.  This smaller piece will help me work out the kinks in linking separate panels before I invest more time and energy into the larger version.  

I am only into the second week of January and have two more panels to weave.  I was hoping to be a bit further ahead of schedule, but the past few days have bogged me down with a nasty head cold, consequently slowing up my work time.  However, I am excited to continue working and weaving; though a sampler, this little piece will be great and will give meaning to this peaceful time off from school.

As always, thank you for reading, and have yourselves a wonderful winter's day.