Weaving Song

A few weekends ago when Riley stayed over we did we did some watercolors.   I was inspired by this napkin on the counter. My rendition of a pear. This was a fun watercolor, I didn't stress over a perfect likeness.  My watercolors are for weaving cartoons not final products. Making a good start, using my 12 inch Mirrix loom with cotton seine twine with a sett of 8 epi.  Weft is Appleton 2 ply tapestry wool.  Three strands bundled together.  Above you can see I am weaving the area surrounding the bottom curves of the pear. Can you spot the Oops?  I have blocked in an area by weaving too far on the exterior of the pear.  Total rookie mistake! Meet and separate. Bubbling. Finished! Tomorrow I will cut this off and mount it.  This was a diversion, I really should be weaving Red Rocks for the Tapestry Weavers South show in May.

After finishing Road to Mamers it was time to plan the next tapestry.  Fortunately or unfortunately depending on your perspective I have more tapestry ideas and enthusiasm at this point than skills. I admire the work of tapestry weavers who also draw, sketch and paint, like  Tommye Scanlon ,  Sarah Swett  and  Janette Meetze .  Alas, I do not draw or paint.  I did take a gazillion pictures when Rachel and I were in Arizona though. Each day we were surrounded by gorgeous vistas that took my breath away.  I blogged about it  here. So I went through all the photos, chose one and played with enlarging it and isolating an interesting piece of the picture. The view from our room at Sky Ranch Lodge. With some computer manipulation  I isolated the part I wished to weave and used the cartoon effect to edit the image. I pulled out my Navajo weaving books for inspiration.  Should I border this with some stripes or Navajo motifs to honor the re...