{"id":295,"date":"2021-08-16T16:36:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T06:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spinweaveknit.net\/blog\/?p=295"},"modified":"2021-08-16T16:36:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T06:36:18","slug":"the-power-of-negative-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinweaveknit.net\/blog\/2021\/08\/16\/the-power-of-negative-space\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Negative Space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Now that I have the new loom, I’m off and running. The first project was from Season 3, Episode 1 \u2013 Denting<\/a>\u00a0of Jane Stafford\u2019s Online Weaving School<\/a>\u00a0in brown and rust\u00a016\/2 cotton<\/a>. I showed a bit of the warping process in my previous post about the loom<\/a>. The idea is to add some interest to plain weave by considering the spaces as well as the fabric. The warp was arranged in 1\/2″ segments – 1\/2″ of warp at 24 ends per inch (12 warp threads), then a 1\/2″ gap. The colours started at rust on the edge, moving through browns to a light ivory then reversing. There are 14 of the 1\/2″ segments of warp and 13 empty gaps between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Warp with gaps in reed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When weaving, the idea is to weave some normal plain weave, then leave gaps. I decided to attempt to space the weft the same way as the warp – weaving 1\/2″ squares and leaving 1\/2″ square gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leaving space while weaving<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There’s a bit of an art to getting the spacing right, but once I got the hang of it the whole process was pretty quick. I wove three scarves this way. In the first I did 2 of the 1\/2″ woven stripes in each colour before changing – mirroring the warp with the weft. The second divided the length of the scarf into 7 pieces so that I would have longer bits of each colour. For the third I used a tencel thread for the weft and wove the same colour for the whole scarf. All three scarves are light and breezy – perfect for spring and summer here in Brisbane (click on the pictures to see a larger version).<\/p>\n\n\n\n