Tied Weave

Hello,

Hope everyone is healthy, happy and doing what they love.  The wedding for last weeks quilt went off with out a hitch.  It was a lovely ceremony and beautiful reception.

Today I want to talk about Tied Weaves.  In the Spring of 2006, I took a workshop with Su Butler.  She is a great teacher and is a coordinator for Complex Weavers Tied Weavers Study Group.  I have belonged to the study group since 2006, minus a year or two when my father died.  That hit me really hard.  The pain is still there.  I have always thought I was a lot like my father.  

So, what is Tied Weave you ask?  Well those of you who are weavers, "Summer and Winter" is the best known tied weave.  Su prefers that it be called a "Single  two-tie Unit weave".  This name is more descriptive of what the weave really is. Two-tie refers to the two shafts that "tie" the pattern wefts to what is considered to the ground cloth.  Single refers one shaft in each unit that makes the pattern.  A unit is the smallest complete representation  of a particular weave structure and is repeatable to create a consistent structure.  When units are combined they can be used as a design tool.  In the case of Tied Weaves the unit must be able to weave two different interlacements, one for pattern and the other for the ground. 

Here are a few of the samples that I have done for the study group:

8 shaft, 10 Tie,  2 to 1 Ratio

Even Tied Overshot

6 Shaft, 2 Tie, 1 to 1 Ratio

I wove this on 24 shafts, and extended the tie downs over

4 shafts.  However it could have on 12 shafts using only 2 shafts

for the tie downs.  (1 to 1 Ratio)

The inspiration for this piece was quilt blocks.  If you know quilt blocks 

I think you can spot the nine patch.  The other block was suppose to be half square

 triangles, they don't really look like half square triangles :-( 

(there are also several errors, please ignore )

The insiration for this piece was from an old Workbasket Magazine. 

It was a pattern for a needlepoint  bell pull.

24 Shafts, 3 tie, 1 to 1 ratio

Originally, after the workshop I had planned to systematically create a notebook of Tied Weaves, however, I have been jumping around trying this and that.  Maybe this is the year to get organized.  On the other hand, I recently read an article on Tied Lithuanian so, that might be what I do this year.  What ever I decide to do I will keep you posted.

Well I actually got this posted on Thursday.  High five for me!  Have a great week.

Pam 

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