#leypallay

FINALLY cracked the floral design for ley pallay (supplemental warp) technique, here on 11-pairs. Now to weave it over and over again, on both sides (left and right). #LeyPallay #SupplementalWarp #AndeanBackstrap #KeepLearning #StudentWeaver all-txt: collage labeled front (left) and back (right). Half a flower motif emerging from the selvedge is built from four diamond shapes as flower petals. The front shows purple diamond petals on grey, the back elements are reversed (grey where the front is purple). https://www.instagram.com/p/CUbjgSqlwcH/?utm_medium=tumblr

What I am currently studying: Two bags I own, which means I can count threads, move them around, making conclusions based on the textile, and one book which these pictures I am studying. Some of what I see, I can now weave. Some? COMPLETELY STUMPING ME, and there's even something odd about the larger bag I own, where when I expect two threads, I only see one. And who does that?!?! #LeyPallay #KeepLearning #StudentWeaver #AndeanBackstrap alt-txt: collage of three pictures. Left column, a diamond motif in black on cream with center pattern threads in orange and green. Each diamond has a center flower motif made of diamond shaped petals. Right top: two bands in a book. Top burgundy on grey with black dots, diagonals similar to the large diamond on left, and half floral motifs from the selvedges. Bottom right: black on cream with black dots, arrow Vs and diamonds making also a simple snowflake motif. https://www.instagram.com/p/CUPsZxMFZJe/?utm_medium=tumblr

More experiments with ley pallay (supplementary warp) on 11-pairs. #KeepLearning #StudentWeaver #LeyPallay #NoCharts #AndeanBackstrap alt-txt: Woven band with diagonal lines across the center of the band, in repeating ladders of diagonal lines with perpendicular intersections, creating diamond shaped in the voids. Three motifs of ladders leaning to the right, a triangle where the direction shifts, and three ladders leaning to the left. Burgundy patterns on grey, with coral red outer edge stripes. https://www.instagram.com/p/CUKtOoqlUGi/?utm_medium=tumblr

Exploring ley pallay (supplementary warp) on 11-pairs, trying out some motifs in my book and in some woven purses I purchased. Not all my choices look "right" but I have to test what works and what doesn't. #KeepLearning #StudentWeaver #LeyPallay #NoCharts #AndeanBackstrap alt-txt: collage of two photos labeled Front (left) and Back (right). Various diagonal lines across the center of the band, and ladders of diagonal lines with perpendicular intersections, creating diamond shaped in the voids. Burgundy patterns on grey, with coral red outer edge stripes. https://www.instagram.com/p/CUJwrIpLA1h/?utm_medium=tumblr

Seven pairs, Lifetime band #46, ley pallay #4. LOTS of unweaving/reweaving to get this one right, lessons learned. These weave VERY fast. #KeepLearning #StudentWeaver #LeyPallay #AndeanBackstrap alt-txt: collage of 3 pictures - left, full band looped over once to show whole piece, 68cm/27in long and 3cm/1.12in wide, top right close-up of red XOs on white, lower right strap wrapped around my hand and showing the braided ends https://www.instagram.com/p/CUEHZGpFbOL/?utm_medium=tumblr

Last night, the more I looked at it, the more I still saw an error. So I unwove and fixed it. #KeepLearning #StudentWeaver #LeyPallay #NoCharts #LearnByDoing alt-txt: three images side by side, left labeled "last night" the XOXO patterns show Xs that look like two arrows touching tips ><, in the center image labeled "today" the band has been unwoven back to the middle of the first X, and right image labeled "now" shows a woven band again, now with the Xs shorter and more like Xs. Olive and purple outside selvedges, center patterns of burgundy figures on a white background. https://www.instagram.com/p/CT-82FBFwRB/?utm_medium=tumblr

Wednesday I started working on my 7-pairs ley pallay (supplementary warp) weaving and I just kept getting stumped on the first figure. I quit for the night and thought, "I sure hope I dream the solution." I did. I seriously woke up Thursday completely sure I knew what I was doing wrong. So I did some very specific experiments and, Voila! The CORRECT woven figure. Why was this hard? No charts. Just a photo in a book that I wanted to try to recreate by *understanding* what's going on *IN THE STRING* --close the book, and weave. There's a place sometimes when you have to learn by failing first and then solving the problem. (What did I learn/dream as the solution? "3s are not 2s. 3s are 3s.") #KeepLearning #StudentWeaver #LeyPallay alt-txt: Collage of three images side by side. Left labeled "Nope," center "Yup front," right "Yup back." Woven band with olive and purple stripes on the outside edges, white and burgundy for the inside patterns. The "Yup" figure center is a burgundy diamond shaped large O on a white background. The nope version is too thin on top and has an odd pointed tip. The Yup back is reversed colors of the Yup front. https://www.instagram.com/p/CT8ooPglqRS/?utm_medium=tumblr

Another woven band done: Lifetime band #45 (which is also ley pallay #3). I liked the X and diamond look (in red on white), even though my weaving instructor suggested the Os in red should be woven larger. Next band, we'll see what I weave. #KeepLearning #StudentWeaver #LeyPallay #AndeanBackstrap #MemorizedSkills #NoCharts alt-txt: collage of three photos. Across top, a folded length of a woven narrow band, 60cm by 1.5cm (about .5in x 24in) and the bottom two pictures are close ups of the patterns. The borders are dark purple narrow strips next to a thinner orange stripe, the outside edges have grey dots where the weft shows, and the center patterned areas alternate raised red floats and flat white with grey dots areas. On one side, red Xs alternate with red diamonds. On the other side, red and white reverse places. https://www.instagram.com/p/CT3C-LiPqpw/?utm_medium=tumblr