{"id":9169,"date":"2018-11-05T11:43:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T16:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=9169"},"modified":"2018-11-05T13:44:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T18:44:32","slug":"wow-that-was-unexpected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2018\/11\/wow-that-was-unexpected\/","title":{"rendered":"Wow – that was unexpected"},"content":{"rendered":"

I usually consider myself a quick study. I learn most things pretty easily. So I was excited back in September to take a class in triaxial weaving – weaving in 3 different directions, in this case with 1\/4″ ribbon. <\/p>\n

The first layer of weaving was simple straight lines. No problem. The second layer was weaving in a different color ribbon in a specific pattern and at an angle. Easy peasy.<\/p>\n

The third layer was using yet another color ribbon, using the opposite angle to layer 2. I didn’t get it. I couldn’t see the patterns. I tried with paper in fatter strips, thinking maybe that would help. Nope. By the end of the class, I still didn’t get it, although others in the class did. (Clarification…I could absolutely see the pattern in a completed piece; I could not figure out how to weave that third layer to make the design.)<\/p>\n

I came home and put it aside. “I don’t have time for this.” Then this weekend I needed to do a few hours of demonstration on Saturdsay afternoon at the Weavers’ Guild Holiday Sale. What would I demo? I wanted <\/em> it to be triaxial weaving. “Come on, I can do this!” So I spent at least 3 hours on Thursday evening, looking at the teacher’s handout and a few YouTube videos and playing with ribbon. <\/p>\n

Nope. Nada. I don’t see it.<\/p>\n

Friday evening I probably spent another 2 hours. Same results. Nothing.<\/p>\n

Saturday morning, suddenly I got it! I saw the pattern! I made a sample out of paper to ensure that I really had it. Yep, I did. <\/p>\n

So that afternoon I went to the Sale and did a demo on trixial weaving. I explained to everyone who came by that I was very new at it, and therefore slow. But I am SO pleased with my results!!<\/p>\n

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Moving on, I was SHOCKED when I went back at the end of the sale to pick up my unsold pieces. There were SO FEW of them! <\/p>\n

I sold all the socks I had dyed for the sale, and eight of my handwoven towels. But WHAT??!!<\/p>\n

I sold that chenille jacket so beautifully modeled in the last post, as well as this cotton & bamboo jacket, which I finished Wednesday evening for Thursday morning screening.<\/p>\n

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

I sold the mobi made on the same warp, also finished Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

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

I sold a rayon chenille mobi made in the spring, and the Brilliant Ideas<\/a> mobi with the light weft. (I’d already sold the one with the dark weft to a friend.)<\/p>\n

That’s all great news! So exciting and rewarding that people really liked my things!<\/p>\n

That’s also the bad news, as now I have no jackets and only 1 mobi to bring to the Roycroft sale at the end of this month. I have to work REALLY HARD for the next few weeks!<\/p>\n

So I got this warp on the loom right away. Cotton, rayon, and a novelty yarn in different weights, transitioning from burnt orange to dusty rose.<\/p>\n

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

Now I’ve got to get back to the loom!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I usually consider myself a quick study. I learn most things pretty easily. So I was excited back in September to take a class in triaxial weaving – weaving in 3 different directions, in this case with 1\/4″ ribbon. <\/p>\n

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