{"id":5391,"date":"2014-07-19T09:37:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-19T14:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=5391"},"modified":"2014-07-20T11:58:12","modified_gmt":"2014-07-20T16:58:12","slug":"not-zen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2014\/07\/not-zen\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Zen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many people – weavers and non-weavers alike – think of weaving as a Zen-like experience. Throw the shuttle, beat, throw the shuttle, beat, throw the shuttle, beat. The rhythm and simplicity of the movements do have that potential.<\/p>\n

For me, a relatively small amount of time is in Zen mode. Because I tend to do somewhat complex weaving patterns, I’m generally repeating the treadling sequence in my head: 1-2-3-4-3-2, 2-3-4-5-4-3, 3-4-5-6-5-4, 4-5-6-7-6-5 or whatever. My first weaving teacher instilled in me the confidence I needed for complex weaves: “If you can say it, you can do it.” That belief has served me well. <\/p>\n

Even when I’m weaving my basic hearts pattern, which I’ve now woven for dozens of yards, I say the pattern repeatedly, or I get distracted by NPR, TV, music, or simply the wanderings of my mind. <\/p>\n

Actually, one of the things I like to do when I’m weaving is planning. Planning my next warp. I usually start thinking about it after I’ve woven a few yards on the current warp. Sometimes I leave the loom and sit down with my weaving software to explore what’s in my mind. <\/p>\n

That’s where I was at 5:30 this morning, working on Fiberworks to try various possibilities. Some weaving books surrounded me for inspiration. I definitely want to weave some more shawls, and I was sort-of-sure I’d work in rayon and\/or tencel.<\/p>\n

Would I try some doubleweave windows? That’s what I really wanted to do, but I needed to do a bunch of testing with cotton to make sure I fully understood the layout. Was I willing to do that?<\/p>\n

\"doubleweave<\/a><\/p>\n

What about doing some single color 8H lace weaves? I knew I could achieve quality in a relatively short amount of time. Maybe trying to warp with 1 strand each of the matte-finish cashmere-silk and the really lustrous tramm silk? How would that work and look? Or maybe warp with the matte finish and weft with the luster?<\/p>\n

How about spending some time with color blending and let the color tell the story, not the pattern? Do I have enough colors that play well together to achieve the transitions I want?
\n\"4H<\/a><\/p>\n

Maybe something simple & classy, like an 8H twill in neutral colors? Or a complex weave in a gebrochene<\/a>, snakeskin<\/a>, or snowflake<\/a> twill?<\/p>\n

My mind was in a whir. Time to walk away from the planning and get back to the loom. Maybe the answer will come to me while I weave CW’s baby wrap and take my walk. <\/p>\n

A girl can hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many people – weavers and non-weavers alike – think of weaving as a Zen-like experience. Throw the shuttle, beat, throw the shuttle, beat, throw the shuttle, beat. The rhythm and simplicity of the movements do have that potential.<\/p>\n

For me, a relatively small amount of time is in Zen mode. Because I tend to do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[325,249,556],"class_list":["post-5391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weaving","tag-handwoven-shawl","tag-rayon-chenille","tag-tencel","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5391"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5408,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5391\/revisions\/5408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}